Home Depot News

  • Suspicious store clerk ends crime spree

    A Home Depot sales associate in Deerfield Beach, Fla. helped end an organized crime operation that defrauded the retailer of more than $97,000 in merchandise, according to an article in the Sun Sentinel.

  • Deadly tornado flattens Missouri Home Depot

    A major retail artery of Joplin, Mo. -- including a Home Depot and a Walmart -- was hit hard by the deadly tornado Sunday, according to an article in the Joplin Globe.

    According to a Home Depot spokesman, a store associate was killed in the storm. High winds ripped the roof of both stores located on busy Range Line Road. 

  • Home Depot Canada takes strides against youth homelessness

    The Home Depot Canada is sharpening its social good muscle in the fight against youth homelessness.

  • Home Depot’s Ellison tapped for JCP CEO spot

    Home Depot’s Marvin Ellison will leave the world’s largest home improvement retailer to take the top spot at Plano, Texas-based J.C. Penney. 

    Ellison is currently executive VP stores at The Home Depot. 

  • The Home Depot prepares for phaseout of penny in Canada
    The Home Depot Canada has joined other Canadian retailers in complying with the government's planned phaseout of the penny.

  • S&P raises Home Depot's credit rating

    Citing improved performance, Standard & Poor's announced Tuesday that it is raising its corporate credit rating for Home Depot from "A-" to "A".

    Additionally, the credit ratings agency upped its short-term ratings from "A-2" to "A-1". These increasingly investment-grade ratings point to confidence in the company's ability to meet its financial commitments, with a stable outlook on the ratings.

  • Dave & Buster’s hires former HD real estate exec

    Dave & Buster's, Inc., the chain of restaurant/entertainment outlets, has named John Mulleady as its senior VP development. In addition to overseeing all real estate and construction projects, Mulleady will lead the company's expansion strategy, driving D&B's growth into new and under-penetrated markets. Dave & Buster's currently has 59 locations in the U.S. and Canada, and expects to open several more in the near future.

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