Meanwhile, Home Depot has been slow in getting its own Web store up and running.
In a conquest that typifies the age, Home Depot recently knocked Sears off the Dow Jones industrial average.
At the beginning of this year Home Depot closed its last shop in Beijing.
Home Depot and Wal-Mart are now offering more non-traditional retail services to their customers.
Home Depot stock is up about 24% in the last three months and Lowe's, 18%.
Anticipation of a housing recovery has driven up shares of Home Depot and Lowe's, analysts say.
Home Depot workers allegedly make use of the invention in stores throughout the country.
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These shops can be as overwhelming as a Costco, Old Navy and Home Depot combined.
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Just this week, Home Depot announced it would buy Tianjin-based Home Way , a 12-store chain.
In Friday trading, Home Depot Inc shares are currently up about 0.5% on the day.
Customers, in fact, are responsible for having suggested 70% of Home Depot's 50, 000 items.
An even bigger issue for Home Depot is how to maintain its phenomenal growth.
Blank has some room to play with: Home Depot's gross margin is 30%, against Lowe's 27%.
Blank will join Bernard Marcus , with whom he founded Home Depot in 1979, as co-chairman.
Comparatively, Home Depot is targeting a total of 6 new store openings for the year.
Home Depot is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings ahead of the opening bell on February 21.
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"The Home Depot where all the materials are bought is in Detroit, " he says.
At Home Depot, Nardelli led a period of explosive growth, including expansion in Mexico and China.
The recent slowdown in the housing market shouldn't scare off investors in Home Depot .
Right now the only credible threat to Home Depot's dominance of hardware retailing is Lowe's Cos.
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He bought a chisel at Home Depot and studied the business end of it.
In addition to the McDonald's deal, PayPal has signed up with such retailers as Home Depot.
Just like there are dozens of good hoses available for sale at Home Depot.
It is still not too late for Home Depot to turn itself around in China.
Wal-Mart, Target, Sears and Home Depot said they have no plans to add a credit-card surcharge.
Dow components Home Depot ( HD) and Wal-Mart ( WMT) will both report on Tuesday.
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First, Home Depot decided to replace BlackBerrys with iPhones for many of their employees.
Her building blocks wind up back on Home Depot's shelves, awaiting use in other projects.
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