• Stock symbol: NYSE: HD
    • Fortune 500: Number 17
    • Founded: 1978
    • CEO: Frank Blake
    • Co-founders: Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank
    • Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Annual revenue: $77.3 billion USD (2007)Home Depot: Building Toward Success
    • Employees: 331,000 (January 2008)CNNMoney.com: Home Depot, Inc. Company Profile
    • Slogan: "You can do it. We can help."
  • Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer, with more than $75 billion in annual revenue. The company trails only Wal-Mart as the leading retailer in the United States in terms of annual revenue. Home Depot has more than 2,200 stores in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and China, and employs more than 331,000 people.Home Depot: Building Toward Success

    On Monday, January 26, 2009, Home Depot announced it would lay off about 7,000 employees—about 2% of its workforce. The company also said it would close all 34 of its Expo Design Center stores. The majority of the job cuts were expected to come from the Expo store closings.Market Watch: Home Depot to close Expo, slash jobs (January 26, 2009) CNNMoney.com: Home Depot cutting 7,000 jobs (January 26, 2009)

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  • Environmental Push

    Home Depot, in keeping with the trend of companies pushing environmentally friendly products to improve corporate image and entice eco-friendly consumers, has launched a number of environmental campaigns and features environmentally friendly products in stores.

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