Founded in 1978, Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services that has grown into one of the most successful retail operations and websites in the U.S. today. Although the company is headquartered at the Atlanta Store Support Center in Cobb County, Georgia, in the Greater Atlanta area, Home Depot now operates gigantic stores across all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam, as well as Canada, Mexico and China too.
According to revenue data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States today, surpassing the rival Lowe's stores by a wide margin. The store now operates out of large warehouse-style buildings with mega-sized stores operating in some locations like the company's largest stores in Union, New Jersey and Anaheim, California that boast over 225,000 square feet of floor space.
The Home Depot’s strategy has revolved around its’ stores and its service culture that has tried to better engage its employees to make home improvement products readily available, more usable and more exciting to all of its customers. Home Depot’s ongoing efforts now center on the stores and company website that are both focused on constantly improving the store environment, and dominating the professional contracting business for all home improvements
The Home Depot's original proposition was to build home-improvement warehouses that were significantly larger than any of their competitors' facilities, and in that effort they appear to have succeeded. The company’s current slogan of "More saving. More doing” is reflected throughout the stores and comprehensive website and its efforts have had a discernable effect on the pricing of home improvement supplies and materials across the nation today. Home Depot is now used as a yardstick to measure the performance of all its competitors in the areas of price, service, availability, convenience and speed. If you’re looking for home improvement materials, the Home Depot website is the place to get started.
