About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Home improvement retailers of the United States, The Home Depot, Lowe's, Rickel, Menards, Empire Today, Lehman's Hardware, True Value, Build.com, Channel Home Centers, Proteak, Lighting One, Parr Lumber, Builders Square, Briggs Hardware Building, House Hasson Hardware, Ernst Home Centers, Vonnegut Hardware Company, Tractor Supply Company, Ace Hardware, United Hardware Distributing Company, Hechinger, Pay 'n Pak, Home Quarters Warehouse, 84 Lumber, HomeBase, Handy Andy Home Improvement Center, Aubuchon Hardware, Orchard Supply Hardware, Tupelo Hardware, Porter Hardware, Do It Best, Handy Dan, Payless Cashways, Yardbirds Home Center, Valu Home Centers, Hi-School Pharmacy, Val-Test Distributors, Pacific Sales, PRO Group, Handy Hardware. Excerpt: The Home Depot or simply Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. The Home Depot operates 2,248 big-box format stores across the United States (including all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam), Canada (all ten provinces), Mexico and China. (12 store chain). The Home Depot is headquartered from the Atlanta Store Support Center in Atlanta, Georgia. In terms of overall revenue reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, ahead of rival Lowe's, and the fourth largest general retailer. The store operates out of large warehouse style buildings averaging 105,000 ft (9,755 m) with megastores operating in larger facilities (the company's largest store, located in Union, New Jersey is 225,000 ft). The Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ron Brill, and Pat Farrah. The Home Depot's proposition was to build home-improvement warehouses, larger than any of their ...
