The Home Depot

When two companies are compared we must first understand that there are different strategies to be successful. An example is comparing Lowe’s and Home Depot for 2013- 2014 for both companies. As I refer to the Lowes and Home Depot example the horizontal analysis of the profitability ratios is done in the same time period in order to provide a valued comparison between the two. Using the horizontal analysis over the time period 2009 is 14%, 2010 is 18%, 2011 is 19% and 2012 is 21% this gives us…

operating leverage. It is calculated by dividing the contribution margin by the net income. It indicates the extent to which the net income will be influenced (positively or negatively) by the change in the sales level. The different costs incurred by Home Depot can be classified broadly into two…

Home Depot’s fiercest competitor is Lowe’s. “Home Depot achieved a growth rate of 8.2% and Lowe’s had a total comparable store sales growth rate of 6.2%”(Opinion: In Home Depot vs. Lowe’s, the winner is, 2015). Although Home Depot had a stronger fiscal year, Lowe’s is the closest competitor in the home improvement industry. In terms of leveraging paid, earned and owned media I will rank each separately on a 1-10 scale, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. For paid media, I would rank…

Home Depot’s Diversity Home Depot’s objective is for all individuals to feel that they are treated fairly, and included. This involves individuals as customers, and employees. This organization pledges, “At The Home Depot Canada, we support and promote diversity as part of your core values. Our diversity and inclusion strategy represents our ongoing commitment to our associates and communities to prove an environment that is, and feels inclusive to all.” (Homedepot, 2015). As stated above,…

The CEO of Home Depot is Craig Menear. The formal education of Mr. Craig is as follows: Craig earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business. The third corporation is Chevron, which is one of the world's leading integrated…

Home Depot is a place based around the customers, they strive to make and fulfill all of the needs the customers have and need to get done. Home Depot tries to make everyone feel as if they are at home in the store, even the staff. I personally work at Home Depot and can tell you that they store tries to make everything seem as on and i can say that the staff is like a family no matter what department you are or if you 're a new hire, everyone is treated the same. It all starts out for Home…

Home Depot was founded over 40 years ago with two stores, based in Atlanta and has become the U.S. market leader in home improvement supplies and equipment. So far it pulls in $75 billion annually through more than 2,260 North American stores and online sales. In the past, consumers used to shop at small hardware stores and be limited in what they could purchase or even have to wait long periods for out-of-stock or custom-order goods to arrive. Now with Home Depot and other big-competitors, the…

partnership with Best Buy and budding presence in Home Depot should be our main focus. Best Buy’s stylish, tech savvy, low price sensitive consumer is the most representative of our target segment and positioning strategy. Furthermore, utilizing our advantage of having the highest training by store and availability of brochures, Best Buy salesmen can easily be taught to generate more traffic for our brand. Second, choosing between Home Depot and Lowe’s, Home depot’s client base is more upscale…

I have chosen Home Depot as the business that I will research for this week’s discussion board. It is a large corporation with numerous stores throughout the United States as well as a strong presence in Canada as of 1994 and Mexico as of 2001. The Home Depot is in the services sector. The Home Depot sells, installs, and services products for the home and business. Products such as flooring, plumbing, building materials, and paint are just a few items that Home Depot carries. Its main competitor…

two companies are both home improvement retail stores. This industry has a strong relationship with the macroeconomy. When the economy is growing, there are usually more home improvement projects because people have more disposable income. The housing market may also influence the revenue of the industry because developers are building new homes and apartment buildings. In the home improvement industry, Home Depot and Lowe’s are actually the two biggest dominators. Home Depot ranks number…