Wyoming Business: Lowe’s Cheyenne project moves full speed ahead

CHEYENNE — A slower national economy isn’t slowing plans by Lowe’s Cos. to gain a greater share of the national home-improvement market, especially here in the West.

The North Carolina-based company, the 14th largest retailer in the United States last year and 34th in the world with 700-plus stores, plans to open some 120 new stores this year, and it’s ninth regional distribution center is taking shape rapidly in Cheyenne.

“It’s full speed ahead; there’s absolutely no retrenchment,” Lowe’s senior vice president Lee Herring told The Northern Colorado Business Report during a recent visit to Cheyenne. “We had a strong first quarter,…