The Home Depot Jonathan Stiffler MKTG 1010 June 27th‚ 2013 Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank founded the Home Depot in 1978. Along with investment banker Ken Langone and merchandising expert Pat Farrah‚ the founder’s vision of one-stop shopping for the do-it-yourselfer became a reality when they opened the first two Home Depot stores on June 22‚ 1979‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The first stores‚ at around 60‚000 square feet each‚ were enormous warehouses that dwarfed the competition
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Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank in Atlanta‚ Georgia. With their store‚ Marcus and Blank revolutionized the do-it-yourself home improvement market in the United States. Home Depot began as a very basic store‚ operated in a large‚ no-frills warehouse. Home Depot carries over 35‚000 products‚ with national brand names along with the Home Depot brand. At the start‚ Home Depot was able to offer exceptional customer service with knowledgeable employees who could guide
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HOME DEPOT INC. (Note: all $ amounts are stated in millions) PART 1 a) There are 3 years covered in the following primary comparative financial statements‚ namely fiscal years ended 1 February 2004‚ 2 February 2003 and 3 February 2002: • Consolidated Statement of Earnings • Statement of Stockholders Equity and Comprehensive Income • Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows There are 2 years covered in the Consolidated Balance Sheet‚ namely fiscal years ended 1 February 2004 and 2
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The Home Depot store on 59th St in Manhattan uses its storefront to attract its customers. In his book Why We Buy‚ Paco Underhill points out “the front of a store has utmost importance in determining who enters.” When it comes to generating traffic‚ and attracting people to buy‚ the front of the store has the most pull. To attract people to its store‚ the Home Depot location took advantage of its bright orange colors against the surrounding bland cement buildings with bright orange balloons as flags
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Evaluation of credit rating Memorandum: Credit Rating assignment: Home Depot‚ Inc. After analysing the financial statements of Home Depot‚ we have allocated a “C” rating of credit risk. The proposal is to start with the “C” rating and then to either upgrade to a “B” rating or to be down graded to a “D” rating. The reason for such a decision is discussed below. Home Depot has a current ratio of 1.19 to 1 which means that it’s current assets covers it’s current liabilities by 1.19 times.
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ever done any home repairs or worked out in your yard‚ you have probably been in a Lowe’s home improvement store. Lowes’s has an extensive inventory of building supplies‚ home improvement products‚ as well as appliances. However‚ just because a store is fun to shop at does not indicate that it would be a good investment. Therefore‚ even though a head to head price comparison on products purchased at Lowe’s was less expensive than Home Depot‚ I would not invest in Lowe’s because home depot is in the same
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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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are two suggestions that you would give a retailer that caters mostly to men (e.g.‚ The Home Depot‚ Best Buy) to be better at attracting female shoppers? (Please make sure to expand on what the author proposes‚ simply repeating what he says will earn you zero points for this question). The first thing these stores can do is hire more females as employees. If a woman is newly divorced and enters The Home Depot to fix her broken deck and only sees male employees‚ she is likely to be discouraged about
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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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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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