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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1) On the basis of Home Depot’s response to environmental issues‚ describe the attributes (power‚ legitimacy‚ urgency) of this stakeholder. Assess the company’s strategy and performance with environmental and employee stakeholders. A stakeholder framework helps identify the internal stakeholders and the external stakeholders. Internal stakeholders such as: employees‚ boards of directors‚ and managers. Customers‚ special interest groups‚ regulators‚ and others who agree are external stakeholders
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Home Depot’s Customer Service Case Study Home Depot is an American based retailer of home improvement and construction products. Home Depot also offers services to its consumers. With its headquarters in Cobb County‚ Georgia‚ the company employs more than three-hundred fifty five-thousand people and operates two-thousand one-hundred sixty-four big-box stores across the world including‚ all fifty states‚ the District of Columbia‚ Puerto Rico‚ the Virgin Islands‚ Guam‚ Canada‚ Mexico and China (wikipedia
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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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Motivational Profile Paper: Home Depot Motivates Daniel PSY/320 Home Depot Motivates Decks‚ patios‚ bathrooms you name it‚ there is no job too difficult when Home Depot is there. Home Depot has helped many troubled individuals accomplish impossible tasks that seem like they can never be done. Home Depot has been around since the late 70’s and has only gained more popularity as the years have passed. As one of the leading retailers in the United States‚ Home Depot is highly respected by the
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Home Depot Case Study Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank opened the first Home Depot in Atlanta‚ Georgia in 1979. They had big plans for the hardware and home improvement industry. Today‚ Home Depot is extremely successful with over 22 million customers shopping weekly and 66 billion in revenue‚ which makes them the largest home improvement retailer in the world. Home Depot employs over 300‚000 people and operates over 2200 stores in the US‚ Mexico‚ Puerto Rico‚ China‚ the Virgin Islands‚ Guam and
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Plan: Phase IIntroductionThe Home Depot is a well respected company leading the do-it-yourself home repair market. In the demand for better service‚ Team A has identified a potential project to augment the services provided to customers. This paper will identify the Home Depot Company and its values; define the proposed project; examine SWOTT analysis for implementing the project‚ and develop a marketing plan. Organizational overviewBeginning in 1978‚ The Home Depot was founded by Bernie Marcus
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For my report I chose The Home Depot‚ Inc. (HD) on the NYSE. The Home Depot’s fiscal year ended February 3rd 2013. The information used in this report came from the company’s annual report. This company is clearly a retailer. It purchases home improvement goods from manufacturers and resells those goods to the consumer. I chose the Home Depot because I am very familiar with the home improvement industry having spent ten years working in the field. While I was working on homes professionally‚ I became
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“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.” The above sentence is the mission statement of The Home Depot. The mission statement itself reveals what kind of standard The Home Depot is looking for. The Home Depot Incorporation was established on 22nd June‚ 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. Home Depot is the world’s biggest home improvement
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Home Depot Case Study Fabian Gonzalez Great Basin College Line and staff relationships consist of two types of authorities that work hand in hand in order for a company to work in an efficient manner. Line authority deals with the ability to make decisions over production‚ sales‚ or finance‚ while staff authority deals with the assisting of those who have line authority‚ by helping with the performance expected by workers (Certo). In the Home Depot case‚ the
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