Joe Raedle/Getty Images News Introduction Over the past two months, I wrote several articles covering what I would call "retail" or "brick and mortar" businesses, including Starbucks (SBUX), Dollarama Inc. (TSX:DOL:CA)(OTCPK:DLMAF), Costco Wholesale (COST) and Walmart (WMT). As a (early disclosure) shareholder of Home Depot (NYSE:HD), I want to keep up my coverage of these retail-type businesses and share my opinion on HD and its major competitor Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) in this article. I will skip a se ...