Home Depot Financial Analysis Introduction Home Depot is an American public corporation founded in 1978 (Homer, 2011). Home Depot’s shares are listed in the New York Securities Exchange with the abbreviation HD. The company retails construction and home improvement commodities and services. Home Depot runs stores of the big-box format across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Home Depot’s headquarters are in Cobb County, Atlanta. Home Depot is the largest retailer of home improvement products
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MIDTERM – THE HOME DEPOT’S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION Organization Communications Mgmt 305 Potomac College Abstract This paper will analyze the culture of The Home Depot and its communication practices. This will be accomplished by examining the dimensions of the organization’s structure. The Home Depot’s sociability, power distribution and job autonomy, degree of structure, achievement rewards, opportunities for growth, tolerance for risk and change, conflict tolerance, and emotional
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* Strategic Planning Initiative Although Lowe’s has grown to the second largest home improvement retailer worldwide, they still continue to trail Home Depot. At the center of Lowe’s success are their customer focus and their commitment to ethical behavior. However, Lowe’s 2012 Annual Report results a decline in the financial performance (Lowes.com, 2013). As a result of the decline the financial performance, Lowe’s has implemented the following strategic planning initiatives, Retail Relevance
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Home depot mission statement According to their corporate Web site, Home Depot's "mission" is as follows: The Home Depot is in the home improvement business and our goal is to provide the highest level of service, the broadest selection of products and the most competitive prices. We are a values-driven company and our eight core values include the following: *Excellent customer service *Taking care of our people *Giving back *Doing the "right" thing *Creating shareholder value *Respect
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Cover Story Renovating Home Depot; Skip the touchy-feely stuff. The big-box store is thriving under CEO Bob Nardelli's military-style rule By Brian Grow, with Diane Brady in New York and Michael Arndt in Chicago 6 March 2006 BusinessWeek 50 Volume 3974. Don D. Ray is one tough hombre. The 39-year-old Kentucky native spent three years with the 82nd Airborne Div., one of the U.S. Army's elite units, serving at the head of a maintenance crew during the first Gulf War and an additional seven years on
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II. Home Depot – Home Depot Inc. was formed by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank in 1978 was a public company by 1981 and became listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. This is the world largest retailer of building materials, home improvement, and lawn and garden products. The company’s headquarters is currently located in Atlanta, GA. As of 2010 the company has attained 317,000 employees (Datamonitor 360). III. Strengths and Weaknesses 1. Marketing- Home Depot currently is the largest home improvement
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Home Depot and PepsiCo Founded in 1978 by Bernard Marcus and Arthur Blank, The Home Depot is an American home improvement and construction product retailer. It operates stores in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Canada and Mexico. It is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, next to Lowes. Founded in 1965, PepsiCo is an American food and beverage corporation formed between the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito Lay. PepsiCo has
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Background Lowe’s although a well-known store for home improvement now falls behind Home Depot in profit and customer preference. Lowered to second place in 2013 when the Home Depot’s profits increased 18% over the year’s earlier period; with great results in housing recovery. Lowe’s failed during that time resulting in a miniature gain of 2.5% profit and a report of the spring being unusually cold, causing returns due to the ruining of products with dampened hoses and gardening gloves. Lowe’s
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Unit 2 IP MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS AS A SENIOR MANAGER Carol Leader AIU Online Abstract Formulating sound choices requires a logical approach. Using an organized approach as a senior manager to create a constructive environment, having a backup plan in place, and being able to go with the alternate plan, quickly in the event plan A is not a workable one or flaws have been discovered. Senior managers need to know what the right course of action to take, how and when to communicate a decision
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Improving the Customer Experience at Home Depot Rev. 12-2012 During 1990’s, the Home Depot was well renowned for its orange-blooded entrepreneurial culture and outstanding customer service. From the beginning, the retailer took a long-term approach by training its associates to form enduring customer relationships rather than push for incremental sales gains. As a result, the company grew very quickly becoming the fastest retailer in history to reach sales milestones of $30 billion, $40 billion
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