Home improvement retailing rivals Home Depot and Lowe’s have a need for speed. Each company has announced this month that they are taking steps to outpace the other when it comes to the delivery and pickup of online orders made by their respective professional and do-it-yourself customers.
Home Depot revealed earlier this month that it plans to open three new distribution centers in Georgia over the next 18 months to meet growing demand. The largest of the new facilities will be a 657,600-square-foot DC to speed inventory replenishment at stores. A new “flatbed” center will offer same- and next-day deliveries of bulk and oversized orders, including direct service to job sites for the retailer’s professional building trade customers.
