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***** UPDATE from a fellow SD'er seawolf *****

HD is dropping EGO because Lowes is picking them up.

https://ir.homedepot.com/news-rel...-140058673

https://corporate.lowes.com/newsr...g-07-22-20


From the Atlanta Business Chronicle today. Sorry, but I am on the app and cannot supply the link yet. Sinc many people have and use these tools this is more of an FYI.


Home Depot is cutting a brand from its inventory as part of a "reset" of its outdoor power equipment.

The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) said Tuesday it's "accelerating its investments" in the reset as it "refines and simplifies its primary brands across the category." That means, in part, discontinuing the Ego line of outdoor power tools, owned by Chervon Group, and have been sold at Home Depot since 2014. Ego products are also sold at Ace Hardware.


Home Depot said it will continue to sell cordless brands Ryobi, Makita, DeWalt, and Milwaukee; and gas-powered products from Toro, Echo, John Deere, Cub Cadet, Honda, and Troy-Bilt.

The Atlanta-based retail giant said the four remaining cordless options fit their aim to provide interchangeable batteries among products, and collectively make up the vast majority of platforms already owned by its customers.

"We are focused on the most relevant brands with the greatest adoption," Sara Gorman, a Home Depot spokesperson, told Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Gorman said it's not unusual for Home Depot to "refine our assortment" of brands but could not specify how often they are removed or when the last time it occurred.

Home Depot earlier this year started to more heavily emphasize its battery-powered equipment and group them by brand. Gorman said the company paused the rollout as stores had more pressing matters with response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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rainking12
07-22-2020 at 07:34 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:34 AM.
Heard Lowe's is picking them up.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-r...97661.html
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lagvoid
07-22-2020 at 07:34 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:34 AM.
Wow, Ego is one of the well regarded consumer brands out right now. Wonder if they will move to another retail store.
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ironclad
07-22-2020 at 07:34 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:34 AM.
Disappointing, Ego makes some damn fine tools.
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s1ickDealer
07-22-2020 at 07:35 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:35 AM.
That sucks! Ego is great line of products.

Looks like they want to be all Ryobi.
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vettefreak
07-22-2020 at 07:35 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:35 AM.
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Ok, And? I've never even heard of this brand.

And your point is? It's an extremely popular brand and this is news to many people here, nobody cares if you care.
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gizmo17
07-22-2020 at 07:35 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:35 AM.
Oh wow, interesting. Just when I moved over to from Greenworks to Ego! Dammit!
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billygreen23
07-22-2020 at 07:36 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:36 AM.
Quote from rainking12 :
Heard Lowe's is picking them up.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-r...97661.html [prnewswire.com]
I really hope so. I'm all in with EGO and if neither Home Depot or Lowe's carries them, that means they'd likely die a slow death.
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aboss3
07-22-2020 at 07:37 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:37 AM.
That's not good! Just moved to Ego
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rainking12
07-22-2020 at 07:37 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:37 AM.
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I really hope so. I'm all in with EGO and if neither Home Depot or Lowe's carries them, that means they'd likely die a slow death.

Agreed. Ace Hardware isn't big enough.
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gtbuzz
07-22-2020 at 07:39 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:39 AM.
Ego products are fantastic. None of the other cordless OPE brands they carried were able to ply me away from Stihl until Ego. Glad to see Lowe's us picking them up. much easier to get discounted gift cards to Lowe's Smilie

Hopefully the deals be coming...
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rypajo
07-22-2020 at 07:40 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:40 AM.
Hopefully the Lowe's news is true. It's right next to our new house.
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BADsirIVAN
07-22-2020 at 07:41 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:41 AM.
Quote from rainking12 :
Heard Lowe's is picking them up.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-r...97661.html
YASSSS!!!!ApplauseApplauseApplause
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chaoss
07-22-2020 at 07:41 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:41 AM.
Sad to see. Hopefully they slash the prices on their inventory. Want to finally get that lawn mower
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07-22-2020 at 07:41 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:41 AM.
EGO is awesome. They just work. HD is crazy.
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TigerBun504
07-22-2020 at 07:41 AM.
07-22-2020 at 07:41 AM.
Home Depot said they leggo their EGO. 😂
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