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The Home Depot began to branch out of Georgia to Florida in 1981 with stores opening in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. By 1984, The Home Depot was operating 19 stores with sales of over $256 million.
In 1995 Home Depot opened its first 24-hour store and published a book on home repair, the 480-page Home Improvement 1-2-3, compiled with Better Homes and Gardens magazine publisher Meredith Corporation. In addition to entering new U.S. markets, Home Depot began to examine other options.
Our story, now almost 40 years in the making, is also theirs. 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.
The Home Depot company history timeline. 16,794 The Home Depot jobs. 1980. The following year they opened three Home Depot outlets in the metropolitan Atlanta area, adding a fourth outlet in 1980. 1981. On September 22, 1981, The Home Depot went public on the NASDAQ and raised $4.093 million.
Apr 17, 2019 · Business began picking up thanks to word of mouth. "Then the whole concept of do-it-yourself really took off," Wyatt said. "Everyone started doing it." By the end of 1979, Home Depot had three ...
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Apr 17, 2019 · Home Depot first opened its doors in 1979. Founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank launched two different stores in Atlanta. Home Depot struggled to attract customers at first, but it ended up...
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1988 The Home Depot was included in S&P’s 500 stock index. 1989 The 100th store opened. 1990 The Home Depot became the largest home improvement retailer. 1991 The first EXPO Design Center opened in San Diego, CA. 1979 By the end of 1979, The Home Depot had three stores, 200 associates and average weekly sales of $81,700. Team Depot, The Home ...
