Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> November 2, 1998
LARRY D. STONE is Executive Vice President-Chief Operating Officer of
Lowe's Companies, Inc. headquartered in North Wilkesboro, North
Carolina. Other positions he has held at the company includes Executive
Vice President-Store Operations, Senior Vice President-Sales Operation,
Vice President-General Merchandise Manager in both functional
merchandising and fashion merchandising, Vice President-Store
Merchandising, Area General Manager, and Store Manager. He attended the
Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. Mr. Stone
is married, has two children, and includes golf and reading among his
personal interests.
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TWST: Could we start out with just a quick capsule of the company? Mr. Stone: Lowe's today has over 460 stores up and running. Sales this
year will exceed $12 billion in volume. We have