The Home Depot

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

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)

Introduction The Home Depot of Canada is one of Canada’s largest home improvement retailers with over 27,000 employees (MarketLine Company Profile, 2016) and recorded revenues of over 66 billion dollars in 2010 (MarketLine Industry, 2013). The Home Depot is a titan of industry in the retail market and continues to grow today. HD Canada offers many lines of products and services to meet the budget and the needs of customers all across Canada. HD Canada is also a large presence in the communities that

Home Depot is the largest building supply and home improvement store utilized by contractors and individuals. The store specializes in products and services for construction and home improvement needs. Home Depot’s greatest competitors in our area are Lowes, Juniors and 84 Lumber. My husband as a general contractor, Home Depot is a store we frequently use.  We purchase items from tools, lumber, building supplies, appliances, and lighting, to name a few. Home Depot has an extensive variety of the

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY (MGMT 6543) PROFESSOR: Dr. BROWN NAME: PATEL CHIRAG (B00040617) CASE TEMPLATE: THE HOME DEPOT ` (Current Situation, External Environment, Internal Environment, Analysis of Strategic Factors, Strategic Issues, Strategic Alternatives and Recommendations, Evaluation and Control and Summary) [pic] THE HOME DEPOT Case Notes Template I. Current Situation Comments |

available to Home Depot is the use of environmentally friendly supplies. Recently, Home Depot began shifting to greener products and practices, such as no longer using wood from the Amazon forest, and removing harmful chemicals like formaldehyde from their paint products. They have also began to use water recycling pumps for their irrigation centers and are in the process of creating solar powered roofs for their stores which can drastically reduce their carbon footprint. Home Depot is also recycling

Internal Analysis Home Depot is a leader in the home improvement retailer industry. While many companies are falling behind Amazon and Walmart, Home Depot continues to beat its earnings estimates and attract investors. This part of the report will analyze the core competencies, strengths, and weaknesses of Home Depot to give insight into its recent successes and interpret possible downfalls. Core Competency- Retail Strategy Home Depot’s retail strategy is one of reasons for its fast growth and

Introduction The founder of Home Depot opened two stores in Atlanta, Georgia the year of 1979, with a fruition vision of one-stop shopping for the do-it-yourselfer. Both stores square feet were 60,000 each with a warehouse to stock 25,000 products, which were more than their competitors at that time and more product than the average hardware stores. The Home Depot has 2,200 retail stores in the United States as well as in other countries such as Canada and Mexico with an average of inside space of

Abstract Home depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer with stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. Along with investment banker Ken Langone and merchandising Guru Pat Farrah, these founders’ vision of a one stop shopping for the do-it yourself came in fruit when they opened the first two Home Depot stores on June 22, 1979, in

Background Home Depot is a well-known company that sells many products and services involving the construction and building industry along with simple home supplies and appliances. For example, they sell tools and different kinds of plywood. They also sell siding, drywall and fencing and many other home building supplies for contractors and do it yourself homeowners. Additionally, they offer a wide variety of landscaping products such as gardening, grass seed, plants pine straw and tools for gardening