What is Masters Home Improvement?
{{Infobox company | company_name = Masters Home Improvement | area_served = Australia | key_people = [[Grant O'Brien]] (Woolworths Limited CEO), [[Don Stallings (Businessman)|Don Stallings]] (CEO), [[Melinda Smith]] (COO) | founded = 2011 | locations = 33 | industry = [[Home Improvement]] [[retail]] | parent = [[Woolworths Limited]] ([[Bella Vista, New South Wales]], Australia) <BR> [[Lowe's]] ([[Mooresville, North Carolina]], United States) | homepage = [http://www.masters.com.au masters.com.au] }} '''Masters Home Improvement''' was the name of a series of hardware retail outlets in [[Australia]]. The chain was operated by both the Australian corporation, [[Woolworths Limited]], and the [[United States]]-based hardware chain [[Lowe's]]. The first Masters Home Improvement store opened on 31 August 2011 to tradespeople and 1 September 2011 to the general public in [[Braybrook, Victoria|Braybrook]], a suburb in [[Melbourne]]. Masters was the main competitor of [[Bunnings Warehouse]], which is another chain of hardware outlets operated by [[Wesfarmers]]. Masters Home Improvement stores however had many differences to Bunnings Warehouse stores, including [[McDonald's]] and McCafe outlets in some of their stores, push-buttons for customer assistance and whitegoods (refrigerators, dishwashers, washers and dryers) departments. [[Category:2011 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Retail companies of Australia]]