LESCO Appoints New Vice President to Support Service Center Growth

CLEVELAND, Aug. 29  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LESCO, Inc. (NASDAQ:LSCO), a leading provider of products for the professional green and pest control industries, today announced the hiring of Michael Poole as its Vice President, Real Estate & Store Planning.  Since the beginning of 2003, LESCO has opened more than 60 new LESCO Service Center(R) stores and intends to increase its total number of Service Centers annually by ten to fifteen percent.  LESCO's analysis of the turf care and pest management industries indicates that there is potential for the Company to open at least 250 additional Service Centers over the next five years.

"Service Center growth is the core driver of our Commercial Retailing Strategy.  By adopting business practices from leading retailers and integrating them into our business, we believe we can better serve our commercial customers," noted Michael P. DiMino, President and Chief Executive Officer.  "Michael Poole has been responsible for opening new stores for many well-known retailers, and we expect that his experience and knowledge will lead to real estate and new store opening best practices being implemented throughout the LESCO organization."

Today LESCO operates 287 Service Center locations and 111 Stores-on- Wheels(R) vehicles serving customers in the lawn care, landscape, golf course and pest control industries.

Mr. Poole's retail career has been in real estate and store opening roles for a variety of organizations, including Talbots, United Retail Group, Dairy Mart and Edison Brothers Stores.

   FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
   Jeffrey L. Rutherford,
   Sr. V. P., Chief Financial Officer
   216/706-9250


DATASOURCE: LESCO, Inc.



CONTACT:  Jeffrey L. Rutherford, Sr. V. P., Chief Financial Officer of

LESCO, Inc., [phone]



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