Never Try to Improve Your Home
Somebody recently got bit by a goddamn copperhead in a Lowe’s Home Improvement store.
Ellen Degeneres, With Justin Bieber, Surprises Impoverished Detroit School with $500,000
On Thursday, Ellen Degeneres appeared via video conference to the students and staff at Spain Elementary-Middle School in Detroit, a school beset by poor funding and abysmal conditions, to announce a surprise donation of $500,000.
John Oliver Demonstrates Why Customer Service Robots Will Never Work
The holiday shopping season is upon us, and with it, questionable business innovations. For instance! Hardware store Lowe's is testing customer service robotsat one of its California outposts. What, because everybody just LOVED automated answering systems?
Woman Injured After a Bullet Spontaneously Explodes in Her Purse
The dangers of carrying a gun in your purse—even a pretty pink one—are pretty well-established. But you might also want to consider keeping any random ammunition you own out of your handbag. That's a lesson one woman in Pennsylvania just learned the hard way. The 56-year-old was shopping at a Lowe's when suddenly a…
Lowe's Facebook Page Explodes With Bigoted Hate Speech
Look, I'm no PR expert, but it can't be good for your brand to have folks writing stuff like, "I proudly admit to hating Islam" on your official Facebook page. After pulling ads from TLC's All-American Muslim, Lowe's issued a tepid apology on Facebook, which read, in part, "It appears that we managed to step into a…
Alexa Chung Named Vogue's Best-Dressed; Fancy Stores Are Trying To Be Nice To Their Customers
- Alexa Chung has been named British Vogue's best-dressed for her "quirky sense of style." Also: Audrey Tautou, Freida Pinto, and Emma Watson. [ThisIsLondon]
- She's "deposed" Kate Moss, now "relegated to 10th place, only one spot ahead of Lady Gaga." [Telegraph]
