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April 5, 2013
Home Depot builds how-to video series with Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart Living and The Home Depot have teamed up for a new video series launching April 25.

April 4, 2013
Home Depot springs an early Black Friday campaign

The Home Depot is bringing back its Spring Black Friday event, which it describes as a weekend of regional savings on hundreds.

April 3, 2013
Home Depot settles paints suit

Home Depot announced that it has reached a tentative agreement in March to settle California lawsuits related to the sale of paints and coatings.

February 6, 2013
Hiring surge begins for home improvement retailers

Home Depot expects to be busy this Spring and is hiring 80,000 seasonal employees, 10,000 more than last year, to keep pace with the demand.

February 1, 2013
Home Depot makes sense of penny phase-out

The Home Depot Canada has joined other Canadian retailers in complying with the government's planned phase out of the penny.

January 15, 2013
PayPal extends reach into physical stores

Home Depot and Dollar General are among a total of 23 national brand name retailers that now accept PayPal as payment in their physical stores.

December 4, 2012
Home Depot stays ahead of the appliance brand game

Home Depot has added Samsung to its portfolio of leading appliance brands, which already includes Whirlpool, LG, GE, GE Profile, Maytag, Frigidaire, Electrolux and Adora.

November 27, 2012
Ex Home Depot exec named new HoneyBaked VP, HR

Former Home Depot executive Michael Esposito has joined HoneyBaked as its new VP, human resources, a newly created position.

November 19, 2012
Lowe’s looking better with room for improvement

Positive same store sales in 12 of 14 merchandise categories at Lowe’s pushed third quarter profits up 76%.

November 13, 2012
Improved housing market boosts Home Depot's Q3

An improved housing market boosted Home Depot in its latest quarter, as the home improvement retailer reported Tuesday that net income for the third quarter rose to $947 million from $934 million in the year-ago period.

November 12, 2012
Home Depot opens 100th location in Mexico

Home Depot has opened its 100th location in Mexico, according to an article in El Financiero. The Atlanta-based retailer now operates 95 stores in 60 cities in Mexico, where it generates annual revenues of $1 billion, the newspaper said.

In the final quarter of 2012, Home Depot will open stores in the towns of Coahuila, Sonora, Veracruz, Michoacán and Nuevo León.

 

October 29, 2012
Home Depot, U.S. Home Systems close merger transaction

Home Depot and U.S. Home Systems have announced the completion of the merger of USHS with an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Home Depot.

September 14, 2012
Home Depot to close its big box stores in China

The Home Depot will close its remaining seven big box stores in China, the company announced late yesterday, in order to shift its focus to specialty stores and online offerings in that market.

August 20, 2012
Lowe’s stumbles in second quarter

Mooresville, N.C.-based Lowe’s posted declines in net sales, comp-store sales and earnings in the second quarter ended Aug. 3.

August 14, 2012
Earnings jump 12.4% at Home Depot

Home Depot Tuesday reported sales of $20.6 billion for the second quarter of 2012, a 1.7% increase from the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Comparable sales for U.S. stores were positive 2.6%, and overall same-store sales for the second quarter were positive 2.1%.

August 10, 2012
Market Track: July 2012

With the start of Back to School promotions, (and taking JCPenney out of the mix) we witnessed increase in page count that was driven mainly by significant increases in Walmart’s and Sears’ page counts.

July 5, 2012
Home Depot adds new line of appliances

Home Depot has announced the expansion of its major appliance brands by adding Whirlpool, Electrolux and Frigidaire in a limited number of stores and on Homedepot.com.

June 8, 2012
Home Depot will defend its lead in power tools

Speaking at The Home Depot’s 2012 Investor and Analyst Conference in Atlanta, Home Depot EVP merchandising Craig Menear revved up the power tool rhetoric.

June 8, 2012
Home Depot will defend its lead in power tools

Speaking at The Home Depot’s 2012 Investor and Analyst Conference in Atlanta, Home Depot EVP merchandising Craig Menear revved up the power tool rhetoric.

June 6, 2012
Home Depot looks to build customer relationships, shareholder value

Ahead of its investor and analyst conference, Home Depot has provided an update on its strategic priorities and long-term financial targets.

May 16, 2012
Home Depot lawn products are golden in Q1

Home Depot’s Craig Menear, EVP merchandising, shared details and data from a first quarter that saw double-digit comps in certain seasonal product categories.

April 9, 2012
Home Depot theft ring busted

An organized retail theft ring that targeted 70 Home Depot stores in six states has been taken down by multi-agency task force after the arrest of three men in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

March 12, 2012
Former Home Depot CEO leaves post at firearms maker

Robert Nardelli, former Home Depot and Chrysler CEO, said Friday he is stepping down from his current post as CEO of firearms maker Freedom Group.

March 7, 2012
Retailers make a difference when disasters strike

Mother Nature unleashed her fury again this month when dozens of tornadoes swept across the Midwest and South, killing 41 people and prompting Target to take action.

February 21, 2012
Mild weather warms up Home Depot sales

Boosted by mild temperatures and spring-like selling conditions throughout much of the country, Home Depot saw sales rise nearly 6% in the fourth quarter.

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