Primary Competitor Analysis Competitor Name: The Home Depot, Inc Headquarters: Atlanta (Cobb County), Georgia Locations: 2,200 Retail Stores in U.S., Canada, and Mexico Annual Revenue: 2013-$74,754,000,000 2014-$78,812,000,000 2015-$83,176,000,000 Slogan/Motto: “More saving. More doing.” Primary Products: -Building Materials (40,000 different kinds) -Tools/Hardware
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Yes, I believe it is necessary for Home Depot to emphasize both the DIY and contractor segments for the market to build and maintain economies of scale as each segment is a key contributor to the company’s revenues. By offering building materials, home improvement products, and lawn and garden products, customers have the opportunity to do their own improvements and can take advantage of a one stop shopping experience at Home Depot. DIY has become more popular since television shows such as Fixer
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Management Analysis The CEO and leader of Home Depot is Craig Menear. He has more than three decades of experience in the retail and hardware home improvement industry, more than half of which have been with the company. This makes me a smart choice to lead the best home retailor in the country. At age 57 he has a vast experience and knowledge of his craft which makes him the obvious choice to lead The Home Depot. He should be in this position for many years to come seeing how in 2013 under Craig’s
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Analysis: Home Depot’s total rehab With the current economy situation, consumers and businesses alike are going through turbulent times. Jobs are being cut, stores are being closed, homes are being repossessed, gas prices are soaring and businesses declaring bankruptcies just to name a few dilemmas. Home Depot on the other hand is investing when the market is down hoping it pays out on the long run. Francis S. (Frank) Blake, CEO of Home Deport, has boiled his strategy down to a few priorities
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projections to current company metrics in an effort to publish an accurate forecast. Before finalizing these projections, it is recommended that Value Line produce a detailed qualitative analysis to support the numbers. The purposes of this analysis are to 1) provide detailed forecast analysis for hardware giants Home Depot and Lowe’s. 2) compare these assumptions to the industries previous and potential performance 3) provide a judgment for Value Line readers for potential stock investment actions.
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industry: Home Depot and Lowe’s, the two companies captured more than third of the total sale of the industry. Home Depot hold 22.9% market shares of the industry and Lowe’s hold 10.8% market share. Two companies are head to head competitor but focus on different market, Home Depot focused on large metropolitan areas and Lowe’s focused on rural area. Two companies both maintained online stores. Lowe’s has its own Web site: “Accent & Style” and focused on professional customer. Home Depot developed
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement, construction products and gardening products. Frank Blake is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Home Depot. The Home Depot was founded in 1978 and it is considered the largest home improvement retailer globally. Home Depot has 1786 stores within USA, Mexico, Canada, China, United Kingdom and South America. Competitions in the home improvement industry are based on several factors such as price, quality, durability
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performance of Home Depot with the strong stock-market performance of Lowe's. Students examine a financial-ratio analysis for Home Depot that acts as a template for generating a comparable ratio analysis for Lowe's. The student ratio analysis is designed to build intuition with respect to interpreting individual ratios as well as ratio interrelationships (e.g., the DuPont framework). The historical-performance comparison suggests that investors are skeptical of the ability of Home Depot to maintain
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Global Fortune 500 Company Home Depot | Economics for SocietyAyesha MuhammadSeptember 1, 2014 | Global Fortune 500 Company Home Depot | Economics for SocietyAyesha MuhammadSeptember 1, 2014 | Global Fortune 500 Company Home Depot Home Depot is one of the largest home improvement retailer in the world. With stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus, along with investment banker Ken Langone and merchandising
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Home Depot vs. Lowe’s Retail Home Improvement Financial Analysis Background Introduction The home improvement sector of the economy is large with two major players in the industry and with many smaller local and regional competitors. These two major competitors are Home Depot and Lowe’s. These two companies account for over $110 billion in total sales each year. Even though sales have gone down over the past few years due to the downturn in the economy they have not gone down nearly
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