Lowe's to sell its Canadian retail business to Sycamore Partners

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US-based home improvement retailer Lowe’s has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian retail business to private equity firm Sycamore Partners.

Sycamore Partners will acquire the business for $400m in cash and a performance-based deferred consideration.

Based in Boucherville, Quebec, Lowe’s Canadian retail business operates a network of around 450 corporates and independent affiliate dealer stores.

These stores trade under different banners, including RONA, Lowe’s Canada, Réno-Dépôt and Dick’s Lumber.

https://www.retail-insight-network.com/news/lowes-canada-sycamore/

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As Target found out, Canada may seem like a copy of the U.S., but our retail market is not the same. One of the big issues is, with the stretched out supply chain but only a ninth of the population of the States, the economics are different. The new company will retain the Lowe's branding but will do things our way.

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1. I hope this does not have implications for stores in the US

It seems few people are aware that Lowe's main rival, Home Depot, is a major contributor to right wing causes, including to TFG himself, via its owner, billionaire Bernie Marcus.
https://www.stephens.edu/files/resources/increase-your-awareness-of-where-your-money-goes.pdf

If it's at all possible, shop at Lowe's rather than HD. I don't know where we'll go for our dry wall if Lowe's USA goes under. I sure as hell am not shopping at HD.