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Masters Home Improvement was an Australian home improvement chain operated by two retailers; Woolworths [2] and Lowe's. It was established as a way for Woolworths to enter the hardware retail market, which has been historically dominated by Bunnings , owned by their competitor Wesfarmers .
These were later either closed or turned into large-concept Mitre 10 stores. In 2011 Masters Home Improvement entered the market and opened more than 49 stores, with an average footprint of 13,500 m 2. Masters Home Improvement, which was the second-largest hardware chain in Australia, closed in December 2016. [4]
Lowe's is the second-largest hardware chain in the United States (previously the largest in the U.S. until surpassed by the Home Depot in 1989) behind rival the Home Depot and ahead of Menards. [6] It is also the second-largest hardware chain in the world, also behind The Home Depot but ahead of European retailers Leroy Merlin, B&Q, and OBI. [7]
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It is Australia's third-biggest hardware chain after Bunnings and Mitre 10, the latter of which is its parent company. Home is known for its distinctive advertisements with two animated dog mascots: Rusty (voiced by Vic Plume) and Sandy (voiced by Greg Fleet ), often making fun of or pointing out perceived flaws of another unnamed hardware ...
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