The Home depot, Inc. (quoted to the NYSE, share symbol: Hp, ISIN US4370761029, WKN 866953) is an US-American building market chain for hobby amateur handicraftsmen as well as for professional craftsmen. The company with company headquarters in Vinings, Georgia operates over 2.000 building markets (conditions March 2006) in North America (the USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico) and stresses to be the largest building market chain of the world. On average opens every 48 hours a new market, in June and October 2005 was it e.g. in each case over 20 per month. "The Home depot "has 300,000 employees.

The company was created 1978 in Atlanta of Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. It grew fast and 1986 rose the conversion to annually 1 billion US Dollar. In the year 2004 the conversion 73.1 amounted to billion US Dollar.

"The Home depot "possesses also noble building markets and user shops, like the EXPO Design center, Landscape Supply garden center, and a set of specialized "The Home depot "- shops. In April 2006 the company communicated that it wants doubling their activities in the Internet trade and catalog business by the acquisition of two enterprises of these industries to more than.

Firm owner blank bought the Atlanta Falcons, a team to that national football League, in February 2002.

"The Home depot "has the goal after own stating still of occurring also the European market. However this became so far despite all firm assumption attempts for this led (at the beginning of 2004 Kingfisher) and/or co-operation discussions (at the beginning of of 2000 with building house; recently negotiated with a Scandinavian group of building markets) one does not accomplish.

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