The home improvement chain is teaming up with
That will allow a small number of entrepreneurs to pitch their products directly to Lowe’s, sidestepping a traditionally arduous process of getting their goods sold in 2,200 stores run by the
From Tuesday through
Five finalists will make a live virtual pitch, hosted by John, to Lowe’s CEO
In July, the home improvement retailer more than doubled its small business grant program to
Ellison, one of only a few Black CEOs to run a Fortune 500 company, declined to say what percentage of its vendor base is minority-owned.
“We are on a mission to increase that number as much as we can," he said in an interview Tuesday.
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