Research Paper On Home Depot

Week Two - Company Research
Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement store, and only trails Wal-Mart as the U.S’s second largest retailer. In 2011, The Home Depot had sales of $70.4 billion with earnings of $3.9 billion, of which, 89% was from inside the United States, according to the 2011 Annual Report (2011). Home Depot’s international presence is made up of more than 2,255 locations worldwide including some in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China.
According to the 2011 Annual report, Home Depot’s sales outside of the U.S. showed positive growth where for FY 2011, 2010 and 2009 sales were respectively $8.0 billion, $7.5 billion and $7.0 billion. The ease of which I was able to find this type of information was one of the reasons I…show more content…
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