Although Home Depot had arrived in Canada just a year earlier (with the acquisition of Aikenhead’s), Lowe’s was hedging its bets here even back then. Revelstoke used Lowe’s expertise to erect big boxes of its own, including seven openings in 1995. In this week’s edition of HARDLINES from 20 years ago, president Carl Grittner dispels rumours that Lowe’s might buy up the Revelstoke chain.