Articles about Home Depot

Seven Trends You Can't Ignore This Year - 1-1-2002

An elite cadre of market watchers and trend seekers offer some expert guidance for the road ahead.

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...keep a closer eye on their family," she says. "Home Depot and office will merge more vigorously than...

...keep a closer eye on their family," she says. "Home Depot more vigorously than ever." On a corporate...

...in sales in the early fall. Shoppers flocked to Home Depot, Pier 1 Imports, and other home-related...

Family - 1-1-2002

OLYMPIC HOPEFULES Get out of the cold this winter and head into the home. The Home Depot, that is. In cities across the U.S., the company’s Olympic Kids Workshops are getting kids ages 6 to 12 involved in the thrill of the Olympic Ga...

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... the cold this winter and head into the home. The Home Depot, that is. In cities across the U.S., the...

...first Saturday of every month. Call your local Home Depot or visit www.homedepot . com. —...

W. Randall Jones - 1-15-2003

AW: what matters most? Management or product? WRJ: Management definitely matters. Dell wouldn’t have been the fastest-growing company of the ’90s without Michael Dell. But over time, product matters more. AW: You don’t worshi...

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... mattered. AW: What’s the lesson from Home Depot? WRJ: Look for companies that stay paranoid.

... Look for companies that stay paranoid. Even when Home Depot was putting all the mom and pop hardware stores...

Downtown Chic - 5-15-2009

They’ve fallen through structural beams, they’ve had to call the police to remove a crazy contractor, and they’ve turned four decrepit gun shops into four vibrant private homes -- one of which was for themselves. (Did we mention they had seven kids along the way?) Husband-and-wife team Robert and Cortney Novogratz know renovation (the heartache! the triumph! the blisters!) and have documented it all in a fresh new tome, Downtown Chic: Designing Your Dream Home: From Wreck to Ravishing ($45, Rizzoli).

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... to take on small projects yourself . Places like Home Depot are really good at helping you get everything...

Field Guide To The New Ceo - 9-15-2004

The biggest turnover in business is happening in the executive suite. Heres how to recognize your new leaders.

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...Top jobs fell open at GE, Ford, HP, Lucent, Home Depot, and Time Warner - just to name a few.

Improving Home Improvement(s) - 3-1-2008

THE PICTURETO THE LEFT IS BUT ONE EXAMPLE OF THE COOL ARCHITECTUREHELSINKI HAS TOOFFER.HOWDO YOU LIKEYOUR CACKLEBERRIES?OUR PREVIEWOF COOLREGIONAL WORDS WILLCLUE YOU IN. PLUS MUCH MORE.

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...annoying little foibles. (When you end up in Home Depot for the third time in three fine spring days,...

Executive Reading - 5-15-2003

NOT ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS Now here’s a book for these post-boom, schizzy-market, sorry-we-blew-our-venture-capital times. In Why Pride Matters More Than Money (Crown Business), Jon Katzenbach, a former McKinsey and Co. s...

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...the U.S. Marines, Marriott Corporation, and The Home Depot, Katzenbach contrasts the...

IT FIGURES - 2-15-2005

31That's the percentage of business travelers who said a cellphone charger is the item they're most likely to forget when they head out of town. Another 21 percent listed a razor; 19 percent said toothpaste. And were sure there was something else, but...

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... well-known enterprises (G.E., Cisco Systems, 3M, Home Depot), Confronting Reality offers a useful model for...

Billion $ Bound - 5-1-2006

David Thomson wanted to know the secrets of companies able to break the billion-dollar barrier (Don't we all?), so he spent three years analyzing the United States highest-growth companies for his new book, Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Ach...

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... else in your category on price or service (think Home Depot). The right industry Hint: Specialty retail,...

High (grill) Marks - 6-1-2006

Dad will simply glow — as will that big old barbecue you just gave him — if you amp up his grilling experience with the best books, tools, and tastiest slabs of beef around. — Jenna Schnuer Keep That New Grill Looking, Well, New<...

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...grill liners . Pack of 20, $18. Available at Home Depot and some Wal-Mart stores.

What Should I Do With My Life - 5-15-2004

Sometimes answering this question is dangerous. And the answer might mean you have to change. Heres how three people let this question lead them in entirely new directions. BY PO BRONSON

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...skills and an even stronger work ethic. Home Depot recently launched a national hiring partnership...

...skills and an even stronger work ethic. Home Depot designed to attract workers ages 50 and over.

The Age Of Aquariums - 7-15-2006

No longer just any old fish in the sea, aquariums across the nation are going high-tech and high-dollar to lure visitors.

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...of the Atlanta-based hardware chain the Home Depot and a 77-year-old philanthropist, wanted to give...

Dirty Business - 12-1-2007

Thanks to a horde of ravenous worms, TerraCycle is turning garbage into dollars.

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...in the United States and Canada at Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Target, and Whole Foods Market, is packaged in...

Mo' Better - 4-15-2001

Le grand tour de Lauto Rental cars are so pass. Why not buy your wheels while in Europe? Carmakers will welcome you with open arms, free meals and hotels, even sticker-price discounts.

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... available to consumers in retail outlets such as Home Depot, or at one of 234 Lesco service centers around...

Racing To Win - 6-1-2003

NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs went from winning Super Bowls to capturing racing titles. What's his secret?

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... of business. You develop a relationship - with a Home Depot, an Interstate Batteries - and expand it. ...

... NASCAR as you do in football? For instance, does Home Depot want Tony Stewart to outperform the Lowe''s Home...

Family Style - 10-1-2009

It’s lonely at the top -- unless you have a virtual clone scaling the heights with you and turning second-tier pro teams into marketing gold mines.

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...NASCAR quickly bore fruit: He soon signed up Home Depot, UPS, and other heavy hitters as major sponsors.