Despite higher prices and interest rates making customers wary about undertaking expensive repair works, they have been willing to spend on non-discretionary and smaller repair works like those related to plumbing and exterior painting, which have helped prop up sales at home-improvement retailers. Lowe's has also been able to sustain demand from its Pro-customers, which include professional builders, contractors and handymen, helping it counter the weakness from its Do-It-Yourself customers,... Read this story