A Strategic Analysis of Home Depot GM599 A Strategic Analysis of Home Depot Introduction The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is a home improvement‚ construction products and services retailer operating over 2‚000 big-box stores in the United States and abroad. The Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank with the vision of one-stop shopping for do-it-yourself (DIY) customers‚ installation services for do-it-for-me (DIFM) customers and competitive products for the professional
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The Home Depot Case Analysis "The Home Depot NYSE: HD‚ headquartered in Vinings‚ Georgia‚ is a home improvement retailer that aims for both the do-it-yourself consumer and the professional in home improvement and construction. It is the second largest retailer in the United States‚ behind Wal-Mart; and the third largest retailer in the world‚ behind Wal-Mart and French company Carrefour. The Home Depot operates about 1‚900 stores across North America. The company operates stores in the United States
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from a large consumer group of new homeowners. As a result‚ a company such as The Home Depot was able to capitalize from the success of the construction and home improvement markets. Unfortunately‚ the downturn in the economy is truly affecting Home Depot ’s revenue. However‚ evaluating market conditions and market trends will help provide the company with the needed data to help predict the future market of Home Depot and suggestions to consider in order to overcome the economic challenges of the
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CSR Case Study: The Home Depot Giving back to communities Prepared for: Interdepartmental Working Group on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons Learned Final Home Depot Case Study 1 Corporate Overview Home Depot was founded in 1978‚ and has grown to become the world’s largest home improvement retailer and the second largest retail chain in the USA with total sales of $53.6 billion in 2001. The company employs a workforce of more than 250
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Case Study: The Home Depot Preface This Essentials of Strategic Management assignment has been made by three persons which have been working together and individually to finish the assignment properly and in time. Secondly‚ we would like to thank the company whose websites we were able to visit and use‚ to get additional information that we could use for leading the assignment of Home Depot to a successful ending. We can say‚ that it was a pleasure to work on this assignment and would‚ in the
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Financial Analysis of Home Depot For Fiscal Year Ending February 3‚ 2008 Presented by: Team FAB 5 Financial Analysis of Home Depot Introduction Founded in 1978 by Arthur Banks and Bernie Marcus‚ who were both fired from a local hardware store after a disagreement with their supervisor (http://founderbios.com/bernie-marcus.php)‚ Home Depot opened its first store in Atlanta‚ Georgia on June 22‚ 1979 (www.corporate.homedepot.com)
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Home Depot Economic Indicators Two of the economic indicators‚ housing starts and interest rates have a trickle down effect on Home Depot’s business. The current outlook for both of these indicators is still ‚ unfortunately‚ bleak. We are firm believers in Edward Learner’s thesis that "Housing is the Business Cycle". It is still considered the source through which we view the economic cycle. According to a survey by PAA Research‚ the housing market colors every investment idea evaluated and
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.............................................................................................3 History of Home Depot…………………………………………………………………………....4 Business risks related to capital structure…………………………………………………………5 Financial risk related to capital structure………………………………………………………….5 Home Depots Financial Status………….…………………………………………………............6 Future and Flexibility of Home Depot….…………………………………………………………7 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...8 References…………………………………………………………………………………………9
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Centralization and Decentralization at Home Depot Christopher Navage MGT 302-1 Modern Organizational Theory Colorado State University – Global Campus Dr. Bonnie Adams August 6‚ 2010 Centralization and Decentralization at Home Depot It is interesting to note how the Home Depot’s combination of centralizing and standardizing authority and methodology‚ coupled with the definitely decentralized concept of giving managers authority to make important business decisions locally has resulted
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COMPANY MISSION / VISION 3. LEADERSHIP 4. THE HOME DEPOT COMPANIES 4.1 EXPO Design Center 4.2 The Home Depot 4.3 The Home Depot Floor Store 4.4 The Home Depot Landscape Supply 4.5 The Home Depot Supply 5. STORES 6. SERVICES 7. SUPPLIERS 8. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY 8.1 The Home Depot Foundation 9. MARKETING STRATEGY 9.1 Neighbor of Choice? 9.2 Employer of Choice? 9.3 Retailer of Choice? 9.4 Investment of Choice? 10. THE HOME DEPOT VALUES 11. COMPETITION 12. DID YOU KNOW? 13. SWOT
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