An Ode To Lowes...And A Hat Tip To Curtis Lumber

We would often joke when we went to the Lowes Hardware at Ticonderoga that the store looked like a Hollywood set, where the company might film their commercials.

That's because the store was like a scene from a movie, brightly lit, always pristine - where the floors actually sparkled. There appeared to be not a screw out of place. We were always helped by happy, smart and attentive employees.  (That's a far cry from other Lowes stores we've been to, as far south as Maryland and New Jersey, where it seemed like a hurricane had just passed through moments before our arrival, scattering products and making the staff disappear).

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Bye Bye Lowes of Ti

The Lowes Hardware store at Ticonderoga, our favorite area big box hardware store – where we always had exceptional service for appliance deliveries – is no more.

We just got a tip that the Lowes closed unexpectedly late Sunday. Now, more than 80 employees are without jobs. An answering machine greeting today told would be customers: "We're sorry, but this location is permanently closed. Please visit our location in Glens Falls."

The store -- one of seven that got the chop late last night -- came on the eve of the hardware giant's earnings call this morning, which you can read here

The Press Republican has more on the story here, including a statement from Lowes about the closure of the seven stores --  including Ticonderoga:

“The seven stores missed sales estimates from the outset,” said Public Relations Manager Stacey Lentz on Monday afternoon from corporate headquarters in Mooresville, N.C.

“They didn’t improve over time. We didn’t see a scenario that led to profitability for the store.”

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the employees who lost their jobs.