Company overview
- Sector
- Retail, E-commerce & CPG
- Sub-sector
- Retail
- Mandate (derived)
- Customer Support & Ops
- Parent headquarters
- Mooresville, North Carolina, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $86,300,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 47,689
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Bengaluru
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .GIS
- .NET
- 24-7 Media
- AB Tasty
- AC500 PLC
- ACL
- ADP Applicant Tracking System
- AMP
- ASG Software
- AT&T
- AVEVA PDMS
- AWS Analytics
- AWS SDK for JavaScript
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- AWS VPN
Public leadership
Mayur Purandar
Senior Vice President, Merchandising & Supply Chain Technology
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Lowe's Companies, Inc. reported fiscal 2025 (ended Jan 30, 2026) net sales of $86.286B, operating 1,759 stores (~196M sq ft) with approximately 300,000 associates company-wide.
- India launch
- 2015
- Maturity
- Mature / Strategic Innovation Hub
10+ years of continuous operation since 2015, grown from ~500 to 5,000+ employees, an India-based SVP-level Managing Director leading Technology, full-stack mandate spanning technology, analytics, supply chain, merchandising, marketing, finance and shared services, and ownership of proprietary platforms (an internal 'AI foundry' running 50+ production AI models).
Location rationale
Lowe's Managing Director Narayan Ram said Bengaluru was chosen to 'leverage Bangalore's potential for technology-led innovation' and tap India's growing technology talent pool, supporting Lowe's shift to an omnichannel retail model.
Timeline
- 2015-02-11
Lowe's opens its Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Bengaluru, a 110,000 sq ft facility targeting ~500 employees by end of 2015.
- 2017-07
Lowe's Services India leases an additional 490,000 sq ft at Manyata Tech Park, Bengaluru - one of the 2nd-largest lease deals in Bengaluru for H1 2017.
- 2024-10-29
Lowe's India marks its 10-year milestone with 4,200+ employees, launch of an AI Acceleration Platform team for generative AI, and a new $2M community investment pledge.
Leadership context
Mayur Purandar is Senior Vice President, Technology, Merchandising and Supply Chain at Lowe's. Joined 2019, previously held VP roles at Lowe's in Enterprise Architecture & Platforms and Merchandising & Marketplace Technology. 25+ years retail/e-commerce experience; prior roles include Senior Director of Technology at Target, and earlier stints at Amazon and Walmart. Bachelor's in Electronics & Communications Engineering, Mangalore University.
Real estate
HQ at Building Willow-L2, Manyata Embassy Business Park (SEZ), Outer Ring Road, Nagavara, Bengaluru. July 2017 lease added ~490,000 sq ft at Manyata Tech Park (~Rs 41 crore/year), on top of the original ~110,000 sq ft 2015 facility.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- 65
- As of
- 2026-08-26
- Software Engineer
- AI Engineer
- Principal Engineer - Enterprise Cart & Checkout
- Senior Engineering Manager - Backend (Java)
- Senior Analyst - Digital Category Experience
News and developments
Lowe's India marks 10-year milestone, pledges $2M in new community investment and stands up an AI Acceleration Platform team
Anniversary announcement.
2024-10-29 Lowe's India (company newsroom) ↗
How Lowe's India GCC is driving AI innovation for global impact
'AI foundry' running 50+ production models, computer-vision store pilots, Mylow advisory platform.
2025-04-17 YourStory ↗
Lowe's India certified as a Great Place to Work for 2026-2027
Workplace culture recognition.
2026-06 Lowe's India site ↗
Sources
Related entities
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.