Lowe's increased its sales for the second quarter (ended 3 August 2018) by 7.1 per cent to USD 20.888 bn over the second quarter of 2017. Comparable sales increased by 5.2 per cent, and for the US home improvement business by 5.3 per cent. Sales for the first six months of the fiscal year came to USD 38.247 bn, 5.2 per cent up on the same period in the previous year.