Lowe's Deploys 42,000 Mobile Devices to U.S. and Canada Stores

Lowe's has joined the march to in-store mobility with its deployment of approximately 42,000 handheld devices to its U.S. and Canadian stores. The home improvement retailer has begun the rollout to its 1,700-plus stores and expects it to be complete by the end of fiscal 2011, at the end of January 2012. "Our goal is to make home improvement simple for customers and for our employees," said Lowe's CEO Robert Niblock during a recent conference call. "Leveraging Apple's iPhone technology, our employees will check inventory availability, access how-to videos and utilize lowes.com from the aisles of the store." Home