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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. A Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6, 1978 ; 47 years ...
Homelite Super XL 12 automatic Chainsaw. Homelite Corporation is an American power equipment manufacturer, i.e. (chainsaws, leafs blowers, trimmers), that became notable for being one of the largest post-World War II manufacturers of portable electrical generators and professional and consumer level chainsaws, as well as holding the distinction of producing the world's first one-man operated ...
The company was founded in 1974 as Maintenance Warehouse in San Diego, CA. In 1997, The Home Depot purchased Maintenance Warehouse with its dedicated delivery trucks and free delivery service. In 2004, Maintenance Warehouse changed its name to HD Supply. In January 2006, Home Depot announced that it was acquiring Hughes Supply in a $3.2 billion ...
On this day in economic and business history ... Home Depot went public on Sept. 22, 1981, two years after its first stores opened in Atlanta. The home-improvement retailer listed 600,000 shares ...
Marcus was Home Depot’s CEO until 1997 and served as the company’s chairman until his retirement in 2002. The Home Depot got its start in Atlanta, a city where Marcus was a well-known ...
The California Electric Company (now PG&E) in San Francisco in 1879 used two direct current generators from Charles Brush's company to supply multiple customers with power for their arc lamps. This San Francisco system was the first case of a utility selling electricity from a central plant to multiple customers via transmission lines. [ 11 ]
The company has also earned the Good Housekeeping Seal for its Guardian Series home standby generators and several portable generators. [13] Generac was honored with the 2014 Natural Gas Generator Company of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan for its contribution to the North American natural gas generator set industry. [14]
The company ended production of consumer level tools, and repositioned itself as a manufacturer of professional power tools. In 1989, it introduced the first electric random orbital sander . Around this time, the company returned to consumer tools, sold via retail outlets which included The Home Depot and Lowe's , greatly expanding its sales.