Lowes Menswear
{{Short description|Australian menswear retail company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd
|logo =
|image = Lowes Miranda Shop Front.jpg
|image_caption = Lowes Miranda store
|type =
|founder = William Lowe (1898)
Hans Mueller (1948)
|area_served = Australia, New Zealand
|key_people = Linda Penn (MD) (2017)
|industry = Retail
|products = Apparel
|services =
|operating_income =
|net_income =
|owner =
|num_employees = 1,900 (2017)
|parent =
|divisions =
|subsid =
|footnotes =
|foundation = {{start date and age|1898}}
|location_city = Sydney
|location_country = Australia
|locations = {{ubl|{{increase}} 206 (2017)|181 (2012)}}
|origins =
|homepage = {{url|lowes.com.au}}
|dissolved =
}}
Lowes Menswear, also currently known as Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibisworld.com.au/enterprise/lowes-manhattan-pty-ltd.html|title=Lowes-Manhattan Pty Ltd - Retail|website=www.ibisworld.com.au|access-date=2017-02-06}} is a private, family-owned leading Australian menswear and retail chain established in 1898 by William Lowe. There are now over 200 stores nationally because of expansion driven by Hans Mueller who established Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd in 1948.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lowes.com.au/|title=Menswear Online, Mens Clothing and Workwear Online {{!}} Lowes Menswear Australia|website=www.lowes.com.au|access-date=2017-02-06}}{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-148300387.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329102232/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-148300387.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2015|title=Lowes-Manhattan takes Gowings space|date=18 July 2006|work=Australasian Business Intelligence|location=Australia|author=White, Lyn}}
Lowes primarily sells casual wear, big men's, corporate workwear, school wear and have expanded into the senior market.
Product range
Lowes sells school wear, casual wear, workwear, business and formal wear, men's outsize clothing, socks, underwear, shoes and accessories.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lowesschoolwear.com.au/|title=Online School Wear, School Uniforms, Schoolwear Accessories Online {{!}} Lowes|website=www.lowesschoolwear.com.au|access-date=2017-02-06}} In addition, their range includes sportswear and clothes for older people, fragrances and gifts, household items, confectionery and stationery.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigmenswear.com.au/|title=Lowes Big Mens|website=www.bigmenswear.com.au|access-date=2017-02-06}}
History
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Operations
{{As of|January 2017}}, the Lowes chain employed 1900 employees and includes 206 shop locations across all Australian states and mainland territories; this is a 13% increase from the 181 stores in the chain in 2012. The largest of the chain's stores is in Bankstown.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106777764.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329102226/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106777764.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2015|title=The lowdown on Lowes|date=15 August 2003|work=Australasian Business Intelligence|location=Australia|author=Gublin, Melissa}}
{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlineworkwear.com.au|title=Buy work clothes online Australia|website=onlineworkwear.com.au|access-date=2022-08-01}}
The three main shops in New South Wales include Westfield Miranda, Bankstown and MacArthur. Lowes’ head office and warehouse is located in Arncliffe.{{Cite web|url=http://australia-business-directory.net/eng/lowes-head-office-320645#.WJgEuVV96os|title=Lowes - Head Office, 02 95621111, 240-242 Princes Hwy New South Wales Arncliffe Australia|website=australia-business-directory.net|language=en|access-date=2017-02-06}}
Advertising
Lowes is known for their use of rugby league personalities in their commercials, most notably Ray Warren, Peter Sterling, Phil Gould, Wally Lewis, Paul Harragon, Matthew Johns, Andrew Johns, Ben Elias, Steve Roach, Ray Hadley, Paul Sironen, Paul Vautin, and Darryl Brohman. These television ads proclaiming you get good priced, quality clothing “at Lowes” became famous in Sydney during the 1980s and 1990s.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rendezvous-with-the-grinning-cheapskate/story-e6frg76x-1226311690513|title=Rendezvous with the grinning cheapskate|date=28 March 2012|work=The Australian|author=Salusinszky, Imre|access-date=18 May 2012}}{{subscription required}}
Future
Hans Mueller died in December 2016. His son, Jeffery Mueller, and daughter, Linda Penn, are now directors of Lowes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.penncollege.edu.au/about-us/|title=ABOUT US - The Penn College|newspaper=The Penn College|access-date=2017-02-06|language=en-US}}
See also
{{Portal|Australia|Companies}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=4C3AD05B60F9A9AEAEC27552A376BDA7?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=449&clsPage=1&docID=SMH1405241N5B73HCHM8|title=Survivor with a Ready Smile|date=May 2014|work=Sydney Morning Herald|location=Australia|url-access=registration }}
Category:Clothing retailers of Australia
Category:Companies based in Sydney