Lowe’s is closing 20 stores in the United States! Only 2 Locations Left in South Orange County!
Lowe’s is closing the majority of its stores in Orange County! A Lowe’s company spokes person said on December 10th that it will close 20 stores in the United States as part of its plan to focus on its most profitable locations. Unfortunately this news hits Orange County residence especially hard because 2 of the 20 are located here in Tustin / Irvine and Aliso Viejo. Now South OC residence have to drive further to their closest Lowe’s now in Rancho Santa Margarita or San Clemente!
The primary reason Lowe’s management decided to close 2 stores in Orange County
The primary reason Lowe’s management decided to close 2 stores in Orange County is the fact that they consider stores with in 10 miles of each other to be redundant. They don’t want it’s stores to compete with each other. Fortunately the Rancho Santa Margarita and San Clemente stores will be kept open. I think the stores in Aliso Viejo and Irvine | Tustin must have more overhead and lower sales volume than the other stores.
Driving Further to Lowe’s
If you don’t mind driving you can still go to a Lowe’s, but you will probably pass one or two Home Depot locations on the way. After the stores close I’ll have to drive a ways to get to Lowe’s so the only reason I will go to Lowe’s is for items Home Depot doesn’t carry. That primarily means higher end hardware for me and not large items like lumber, dry wall, etc.
Lowe’s May Have More Competition Online…
Unfortunately that puts Lowe’s in the cross hairs of online retailers that also sells hardware like Amazon.com, Walmart.com and Target.com. Getting caught between those giants is not a good place to be… Not much else could get me to drive 10 miles out of my way to go to Lowe’s. So if the management at Lowe’s reads this post – CARRY MORE HIGH END HARDWARE that’s too expensive to ship.
Lowe’s Says It Will Save Money and Employees
I spoke with one of the employees at the Aliso Viejo location and he said the store will be shuttered in mid January. If you buy anything your receipt will be stamped “No Returns” because Lowe’s has already agreed to a contract with Hilco Merchant Resources to liquidate the inventory at the closing stores by February 1st 2019, which is the end of its fiscal year.
Lowe’s says that the majority of the stores being closed are within 10 miles of another store. So most employees of the United States stores being closed will be provided the opportunity to have similar jobs at nearby stores. Lowe’s expects the impact of the closures on fiscal 2018 earnings to be 28 cents a share to 34 cents a share, which based on 808.3 million shares outstanding as of Aug. 31 would imply $226.3 million to $274.8 million.
Why I think Lowe’s Will Stay In Business
I believe Lowes and Home Depot will stay in business because both stores sell lots of things people don’t usually buy online. But The Home Depot will continue to do more business primarily becasue it has more and better locations than Lowe’s.
Here is the list of stores being closed, provided by Lowe’s:
| State | City | Address | Store number |
| Alabama | Graysville | 1100 Bankhead Hwy SW | #3039 |
| California | Aliso Viejo | 26501 Aliso Creek Rd. | #1900 |
| California | Irvine | 13300 Jamboree Rd. | #769 |
| California | South San Francisco | 720 Dubuque Ave. | #2452 |
| California | San Jose | 750 Newhall Dr. | #2842 |
| Connecticut | Orange | 48 Boston Post Rd. | #621 |
| Illinois | Granite City | 1333 Schaefer Rd. | #3028 |
| Illinois | Gurnee | 7735 Grand Ave. | #1829 |
| Indiana | Portage | 6221 U.S. Hwy 6 | #1778 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | 5770 Read Blvd | #2690 |
| Massachusetts | Quincy | 599 Thomas Burgin Pkwy | #2267 |
| Michigan | Burton | 4274 E. Court St. | #761 |
| Michigan | Flint | 2100 T.A. Mansour Blvd | #669 |
| Minnesota | Mankato | 2015 Bassett Dr. | #2855 |
| Missouri | Bridgeton | 11974 Paul Mayer Ave. | #2299 |
| Missouri | Florissant | 3180 N. Hwy 67 | #748 |
| New York | New York | 2008 Broadway | #3292 |
| New York | New York | 635-641 6th Ave. | #3293 |
| Pennsylvania | Shippensburg | 250 South Conestoga Dr. | #2816 |
| Texas | Irving | 3500 W. Airport Fwy | #1811 |
| Canada | |||
| Province | City | Address | Store number |
| Alberta | Calgary | 11520—24th Street SE | #62520 |
| Alberta | Calgary | 12330 Symons Valley Road NW | #62880 |
| British Columbia | New Westminister | 105-1015 Columbia Street | #61580 |
| Newfoundland | Bay Roberts | 239 Conception Bay | #22120 |
| Newfoundland | Conception Bay | 825 Conception Bay Hwy | #22040 |
| Newfoundland | Goulds | 53-59 Main Highway | #22030 |
| Newfoundland | St. John’s | 66 O’Leary Ave. | #22070 |
| Newfoundland | St. John’s | 1297 Topsail Rd. | #22010 |
| Newfoundland | St. John’s | 710 Torbay Rd. | #22130 |
| Ontario | Kingston | 1452 Bath Rd. | #55310 |
| Ontario | Lakefield | 178 Water St. | #33140 |
| Ontairo | Mississauga | 1133 Dundas St. | #55430 |
| Ontario | Mississauga | 1692 Lakeshore Rd. | #55390 |
| Ontario | North York | 6600 Yonge St. | #3320 |
| Ontario | Peterborough | 1575 Chemong Rd. | #55520 |
| Ontario | Sault Ste. Marie | 132 Black Rd. | #33640 |
| Ontario | Sault Ste. Marie | 248 Northern Ave. | #3276 |
| Ontario | Sudbury | 943 Barry Downe Rd. | #33020 |
| Quebec | Ange-Gardien | 194, rue Principale | #43070 |
| Quebec | Grandby | 788, rue Moeller | #44060 |
| Quebec | L’Assomption | 723, boulevard L’Ange-Gardien | #44070 |
| Quebec | Laval | 134, boulevard Sainte-Rose | #44040 |
| Quebec | Montreal | 9200, boulevard Maurice-Duplessis | #43250 |
| Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | 1200, rue Mantha | #43270 |
| Quebec | Saint Elzear | 100, rue du Parc Industriel | #43290 |
| Quebec | Sainte-Clotilde-de-Chateauguay | 335, Route 209 | #44000 |
| Quebec | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | 870, boulevard d’Iberville | #44110 |
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