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The Home Depot History

The Home Depot History. Founded First Stores Opened The Vision Values Corporate and Financial Overview. Founded and incorporated in 1978. Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. First 2 stores open . Atlanta Georgia , June 22 , 1979. The Home Depots Vision.

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The Home Depot History

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  1. The Home DepotHistory • Founded • First Stores Opened • The Vision • Values • Corporate and Financial Overview

  2. Founded and incorporated in 1978 • Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank

  3. First 2 stores open AtlantaGeorgia, June22, 1979

  4. The Home Depots Vision • Vision of one-stop shopping for the do-it-yourselfer • The Home Depot has a philosophy of customer service—“whatever it takes”—means cultivating a relationship with customers rather than merely just making a sale.

  5. Values Taking care of associatesGiving back to the communityDoing the right thingExcellent customer careCreating shareholder valueBuilding strong relationshipsRespect for all people

  6. Corporate and Financial Overview • Headquarters in Atlanta Georgia • CEO, and chairman is Frank Blake • 2200 retail stores including 1977 in the U.S. and the territories of Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam and 180 stores in Canada • More than 300,000 assoc.

  7. Financial Results (Q3 2013) • Revenue $19.5 billion, up 7.4% from (Q312) • Earnings $1.4 billion, compared to $947 million in (Q312)

  8. Global Presence • 85% of Home Depot’s stores are located in the U.S. • 180 stores located in Canada • 100 stores in Mexico

  9. International Strategy • Official statement by Francis S. Blake, the Chairman and CEO at Home Depot from the company’s Annual Report for FY2013 • International • “We believe our business is well positioned as the U.S. housing market continues on a path to recovery.”

  10. International Strategy • Current Chinese home improvement market value of $78 billion and forecasted to be $99 billion by 2017. • U.S. home improvement growth rate by 2017 is predicted to be 1.7% • Chinese home improvement growth rate by 2017 is predicted to be 4.9%

  11. Environmental Responsibility Eco Options Program • http://www.ecooptions.homedepot.com/ • In 2012 alone, The Home Depot’s partnership with WaterSense saved consumers 35.5 billion gallons of water and nearly $260 million in water utility costs. • Total purchases made at The Home Depot in 2012 of ENERGY STAR qualified products saved our customers over $700 million in annual utility costs, reducing kilowatt hours usage by over 6 billion

  12. Issues • Many legal proceedings • South Coast Air Quality Management • Unfair business practices and false advertisement

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