The Home Depot, Inc. Business 105 - Introduction to business Section 2 December 3, 2003 Description of the business The Home Depot company was founded in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. It began with a warehouse store with a wide variety of products at the lowest prices. The company started to grow opening stores in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Alabama within the first five years. Today, is the world's largest home improvement chain and …showed first 75 words of 1904 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1904 total…of tastes and strength of the economy, making of this city an extremely attractive market in where to compete. In addition, the new store will bring new resources to Manhattan's community, having as a priority the creation of new jobs. Sources ▸The Home Depot web page: www.homedepot.com. ▸Hoovers. ▸Business course book. ▸Article from: Daily Variety, August 12, 2003. ▸Article from: Home Channel News NewsFax, September 8, 2003. ▸US Department of Commerce web page: www.bea.doc.gov.