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For Lowe's Inc. (stock ticker: LOW):

Briefly discuss the outlook for stocks and your industry based on economic analysis.

Use economic data over the past 5 years as the basis for the analysis and outlook.

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Financial analysis of Lowe over the past 5 years

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Lowe's Inc.
I need some assistance and ideas with a paper on Lowe's Inc. stock ticker (LOW)
Briefly discuss the outlook for stocks and your industry based on economic analysis.
Use economic data over the past 5 years as the basis for the analysis and outlook.
Make sure the units are appropriate and the graphs make sense (eg, % changes, not absolute $ amounts, graphs are labeled, etc).

Lowe's Companies, Inc. is one of the largest home improvement retailer. "Its products include home decorating, maintenance, repair, remodeling and property maintenance. Its customers include retail do-it-yourself (DIY) customers, do-it-for-me (DIFM) customers, who utilize the Company's installation services, and commercial business customers.
As of February 1, 2013, it operated 1,754 stores, comprised of 1,715 stores ...

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