Lowe's is the second-largest home-improvement retailer in the world and operates approximately 1,700 stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company's stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling. Lowe's targets retail do-it-yourself and do-it-for-me customers, as well as commercial business clients. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the firm employs approximately 230,000 people.