Home Depot STRENGTHS - Strong market position - Higher returns than competitors - Balanced brand mix - WEAKNESSES Sub optimal capital structure - Product recall OPPORTUNITIES - International presence - Growing popularity of power tools - Increasing online sales THREATS - Intense competition - Slowdown in US housing market - Rising labor wages in the US |The Home Depot Inc. (HD)
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Home Depot Questions for Case Discussion 1. Look at page 16 of the case (Selected Financial Data). Note that fiscal 1985 ends on February 2‚ 1986 (there is a typo on this page; the far left numbers column should be February 2‚ 1986 instead of February 2‚ 1985). Evaluate Home Depot ’s performance in the following areas: • Growth in Sales • Growth in Total Assets • Change in Net Income • Growth in Long-term Debt 2. Look at page 17 of the case (Management Discussion). Compare 1985 to 1983
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1. On the basis of Home Depot’s response to environmentalist issues‚ describe the attributes (power‚ legitimacy‚ urgency) of this stakeholder. Using the Reactive Defensive-Accommodative-Proactive Scale in Chapter 2‚ assess the company’s strategy and performance with environmental and employee stakeholders. In 1990 Home Depot began to work off a basis of environmental principles. People in the community pushed for the company to become more eco-friendly. These principles help to guide a number of
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF FLAVORITE What happens if you drive your car without having a destination? You go around in circles. The same way in business success. You cannot achieve success without first being very specific about what you would like your business to be like when it is “done”‚ to define exactly what success means to YOU. The Goal of Flavorite is to be an inspiring restaurant in having an excellent and interesting food and services‚ not only great food selection‚ but also efficient
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sound economic base and a young population. It has the state’s largest university with a population of 15‚000 plus students. The city also has a diversified economic base due to a university‚ industrial base and healthcare facilities. The major objective of the new mall is to influence the purchasing behavior of the residents. The loss of shoppers is due to excellent roads and connecting highways. However‚ the introduction of new giant retailers is expected to turn around the trend. The introduction
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Goals/Objectives Throughout my senior year‚ I have discovered that I want to be a teacher and lead others. I am very passionate about working with kids‚ implementing school plans‚ and being the teacher I always wished for. I am a natural-born leader and do not get nervous in front of crowds‚ I always tend to take a leadership position within my personal life and at work. I would like to start teaching younger children and eventually work my up to high school or possibly college. I must become certified
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Introduction Home Depot is a nationally and somewhat internationally recognized company. They not only have stores throughout the US but they have broken into Canada‚ District of Columbia‚ Puerto Rico and Mexico. They are the United States’ largest retailer behind Wal-Mart. Home Depot is known for its bright orange logo and its multiple departments available to individuals and businesses. They have primary operations in the home center and hardware store industry. Their strongest competition
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Home Depot – 2010 Financial Report For fiscal year ended January 30‚ 2011 ("fiscal 2010")‚ Home Depot reported Net Earnings of $3.3 billion and Diluted Earnings per Share of $2.01 compared to Net Earnings of $2.7 billion and Diluted Earnings per Share of $1.57 for fiscal year ended January 31‚ 2010 ("fiscal 2009"). The results for fiscal 2010 included a $51 million pretax charge related to the extension of our guarantee of a senior secured loan of HD Supply‚ Inc. (the "HD Supply Guarantee Extension")
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Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God’s special love for the poor and called God’s people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ‚ who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19)‚ and who identified himself with "the least of these‚" the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic
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The Home Depot 2008 Annual Report Dear Shareholders: In 2008‚ our retail sales declined by 7.8 percent‚ with comp sales down 8.7 percent. Our adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations declined 22 percent. In ordinary times‚ these would be very disappointing results. But 2008 was not an ordinary year. Despite the difficult economic environment‚ we continued to improve our retail business‚ through investing in our associates and our stores‚ rebuilding our supply chain and
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