Home Depot News

Craig Menear describes best sellers, including Hurricane-Sandy-related items in the Northeast.

EGO Power+ Snow Blowers, a Home Depot exclusive, shows off in Antarctica.

Former Home Depot executive Michael Esposito has joined HoneyBaked as its new VP, human resources, a newly created position. Esposito previously served as director of associate relations for the Home Depot’s northern division.

Home Depot executives, in two published interviews, discussed the Atlanta retailer’s views on expansion south of the U.S. border and beyond.

Ricardo Saldivar, chairman Home Depot Mexico, told El Financiero that the Mexican division expects to end this year with 100 stores in 58 cities. Currently there are 94 stores in Mexico. More than nine out of 10 Home Depot store openings take place in Mexico, Saldivar said.

Two shoplifting suspects at a Salem, N.H. Home Depot have been accused of stealing a vanity  full of tools and other merchandise on Sept. 5, according to an article in the Eagle-Tribune.

According to police, the two suspects choose a vanity off the shelf and then walked around the store filling it with $2,000 worth of tools and other merchandise. The pair then went to a self-checkout register, scanned a few of the items, and left the store. 

2017 Responsibility Report details its policy for accepting FSC certified lumber and solidifying its chemical standards.

Atlanta-based The Home Depot heads into its 20102 investor and analyst conference today with a full slate of priorities.

The company pointed to four key strategic priorities:

• On creating an emotional connection with customers, putting customers first and simplifying the business;

• On its merchandising transformation and portfolio strategy, including innovation, assortment and value;

A Bronx, N.Y., man whom police believe was stashing Home Depot merchandise in a garden center trash can -- and then fetching it after the store was closed -- has been arrested, according to an article on NorthJersey.com.