The world’s largest home improvement retailer & business for the Do-It-For-Me customer, The Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus & Arthur Blank, who had had no idea how revolutionary their “hardware stores” would be for the industry. The 1ststores were around 60,000 sq. ft. & stocked roughly 25,000 products. Today, The Home Depot is the approximately 475,000 “orange-blooded” associates &  2,300 stores in the U.S., Canada & Mexico that process over 1.6 billion customer transactions each year. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, the typical store today averages 105,000 sq. ft. of indoor retail space & an eCommerce business offering more than 1 million products.

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