Company Profile:
Founded in 1978, The Home Depot, Inc. is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States, with fiscal 2008 retail sales of US$71.3 billion. The Home Depot has more than 2,200 retail stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
The Home Depot stores sell a wide assortment of building materials, home improvement and lawn and garden products, and also provide a number of services. The Home Depot stores average approximately 105,000 square feet of enclosed space, with approximately 24,000 additional square feet of outside garden area. For more information, please visit www.homedepot.com.