There is an argument going on about whether smaller merchants will continue to proliferate and grow disproportionately or whether you will see big-name, off-line retailers like Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Home Depot compete more effectively online and take over this medium,
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By the end of the decade, Home Depot Supply expects to operate more than 1,500 locations, covering all 50 states, and will be the largest diversified wholesale distribution business in the United States. Our planned acquisition of Hughes Supply is a great example of how we are rapidly replicating in the professional market the same type of transformation that we brought to the home improvement retail market.
Cell phones are not working, land lines are not working, so communication is almost by word of mouth, ... It's a blessing in disguise because people have started communicating with each other in a way that we used to a long time ago. 'Have you seen so and so' 'Yes, I saw so and so yesterday at this place. They were at the Home Depot trying to get ice and water.' So you know that family is OK.
We're the largest home improvement company today, and we did $30 billion last year, or less than 10 percent of the total amount of building materials sold in the U.S. So when people ask, how much runway left does Home Depot have, it's an awful lot.
Then last month, FedEx opened FedEx.Kinkos.com to sell more than 25,000 products, including a wide variety of office supplies and furniture. And it is making no apologies about invading its customers' turf. We were cognizant of the fact that the superstores like Staples, Office Depot and OfficeMax would be concerned, because they're good customers and we're getting into that business, ... At the same time, though, they're competitors who have also been marketing at the sweet spot of our space.
That's the history of business in this country, ... Wal-Mart did something differently, and Home Depot certainly did something different, and Sears stayed the same. If you don't respond to changes, you can be left behind and find yourself in trouble.
For almost 20 years, ... Craig and the (Chemical Weapons Working Group) have been invaluable in their efforts to ensure that the millions of pounds of chemical weapons stored at Kentucky's Blue Grass Army Depot are destroyed as safely and expeditiously as possible. In large part due to their efforts, we are closer than we have ever been to taking tangible steps towards chemical weapons disposal.
At Feed The Children, we believe in feeding the mind as well as the body. By joining with Office Depot and Peoples' Self-Help Housing today, we are making sure that area children get the supplies and help they need to make the most of their education and create a better tomorrow.
I think smart business owners can compete and do better when Home Depot is here,
Just remember one thing - the competitive world around Home Depot is changing. Lifestyles are changing. He has stay not just on top of those changes, but a mile ahead of them.
I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.
With his experience at GE, ATT, The Home Depot and Motorola, Dennis brings to Nortel an impeccable business pedigree. As I continue to strengthen the Company's leadership team, it's critical that we have individuals with global business experience working for world-class companies. Dennis will play a key role in driving the cultural and business transformation at Nortel that will be essential to the Company's future success.
The best thing is that the proceeds will go to the depot museum, ... I am very excited for both the book signing and the chocolate festival.
I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there.
We aren't protesting Home Depot and Wal-Mart, just the (city's) weak ordinance, ... It's criminal. This is (City Planner) Sam Jones' baby. He wrote 27 pages of the tree protection ordinance and this is what we got.
I am bitterly disappointed that Anniston Army Depot did not gain personnel from Red River Army Depot as the Defense Department had recommended,