The Home Depot A paper submitted to Webber International University in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor Degree in Business Science Administration Elizabet Rodriguez April 2‚ 2013 Principles of Finance Financial Statement Analysis Dr. Jeannette Eberle Index I Title Page 1 II Table of Contents 2 III Brief Introduction and Organizational Structure 4 IV Brief Discussion of Products‚ Services and Markets 5 V Summary of Financial Statements
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| | Home Depot’s Business Strategy Home Depot ’s target market is individual homeowners/small contractors. Even though the traditional ideology is that cost leadership and product differentiation business strategies are mutually exclusive‚ Home Depot was successful at using a combination strategy. First‚ Home Depot optimized the cost leadership strategy by offering low and competitive prices to its customers by emphasizing higher sales volumes with lower margins‚ while instituting a high
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MGMT 407 HOME DEPOT ANALYSIS- CASE 1 Home Depot: Building Towards Success 1. The Home Depot gives back through volunteerism‚ philanthropy‚ product donations and sharing expertise. The Home Depot is in the home improvement business and their goal is to provide the highest level of service‚ the broadest selection of products and the most competitive prices. Home Depot is a values-driven company. The above sentence is the mission statement of The Home Depot. The mission statement itself
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B. Corporate Culture C. Corporate Resources 1. Marketing 2. Finance (Please attach Ratio Analysis) 3. R&D 4. Operation 5. Human Resources 6. Information Systems V. ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC FACTORS (Please attach SFAS Table) A. Situational Analysis B. Review of Current Mission and Objectives VI. STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES AND RECOMMENDED STRATEGY (Please attach TOWS Matrix)
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addressed the problems that were easy to point out and also the ones that weren’t apparent to other employees. Nardelli needed to rebuild an organization that could easily compete with other big names‚ and this was relatively easy because the people at Home Depot knew the importance of taking advantage of its growing size. Nardelli did this by implementing a three strategy plan that involved enhancing the core‚ extending the business‚ and expanding the market. Nardelli’s first step in the process was
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Team Project #1 Home Depot‚ Inc. in the New Millennium (HBS 9-101-117) Question 1. Assess Home Depot’s financial performance from 1986 to 1999. What explains the decline in performance in 2000? (See Question #1 Exhibit) The slowing economy in 2000 combined with Home Depot’s aggressive expansion efforts was the reason for Home Depot’s poor financial performance. Between June 1999 and May 2000‚ the FED had raised interest rates six times – or a total of 1.75 percentage points – in an effort
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INTRODUCTION Home Depot‚ Inc. first opened its doors in June of 1979 in Atlanta‚ Georgia under the owners of Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. They had the vision of a one-stop shop for every need a do-it-yourself customer might have. The first few stores were around 60‚000 square feet and they used empty boxes to give the illusion of more products on their shelves. Home Depot quickly became a popular home improvement warehouse throughout the country and revolutionized the do-it-yourself industry. Home Depot’s
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS END TERM PROJECT The Home Depot Inc. Submitted by: Janmey Patel (202)
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David McGee Jr. BUS 482 Strategic Analysis Professor Bevensee The Home Depot The Home Depot‚ Inc. (The Home Depot)‚ based in Georgia‚ US‚ is a home improvement retailer. The Company operates The Home Depot stores‚ which are full-service‚ warehouse-style stores. The Home Depot stores sell an assortment of building materials‚ home improvement and lawn and garden products and provide a number of services. The Home Depot stores average approximately 104‚000 square feet of enclosed space‚ with approximately
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The Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the Unites states with 2252 stores across the globe and the fourth largest retailer. Home Depot is a Fortune 500 company currently ranked number 35.The home depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus‚ Arthur Blank and Pat Farrah.Today‚ Home Depot‘s stores stock up to 35000 different kinds of building materials and lawn and garden products. The chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of Home Depot is Frank Blake .Headquarter of Home Depot
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