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Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank dreamed up The Home Depot from a coffee shop in Los Angeles in 1978. Avid DIYers, they envisioned a superstore that would offer a huge variety of merchandise at great prices and with a highly trained staff.
In 1989, The Home Depot became the largest home improvement store in the United States, surpassing Lowe's. In the 1990s The Home Depot searched for ways to redefine its marketplace. The EXPO Design Center subsidiary was launched in 1991 to provide high-end products and design services. A 480-page book Home Improvement 1-2-3 was published in 1995.
When The Home Depot was founded in 1978, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank had no idea how revolutionary this new “hardware store” would be for home improvement and the retail industry. Today, we’re proud to be the world’s largest home improvement retailer.
Back in 1979, Bernie Marcus said, “The Home Depot concept is to provide the most complete assortment of lumber, building materials and home improvement products, competitively priced in a service-oriented retail situation.”
Home Depot is the largest retail home improvement and construction supply company in the world, with more than 2,300 stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Established in 1978, this Atlanta, Georgia–based company employs nearly 475,000 workers as of 2023.
Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus’ customer-first approach helped fuel the DIY craze and build Home Depot into a $380 billion company — here's how it happened. What is Home Depot? Who founded Home...
Company History: The Home Depot, Inc. the largest home center retailer in the United States, operates 478 warehouse stores and sells more than 40,000 items to both the rapidly growing do-it-yourself home improvement market and construction professionals.