Colin McGranahan Home Quotations

Bad weather and the war did affect Lowe's sales in the quarter. That's the logical assumption. But whether that was 100 percent of the reasons for disappointing sales remains to be seen. If Home Depot reports better earnings and the comparable sales gap between Home Depot and Lowe's narrows, that will raise questions,

You can't get shower curtains in a Home Depot. You can at Lowe's,

Home Depot is taking the right steps given the environment. No one is immune from that environment.

Even Home Depot's generally positive meeting yesterday was somewhat marred by the release of poor December housing starts.