Home Depot

The Home Depot Presents Strategic Priorities and Outlines Long-Term Operating Targets; Updates 2009 EPS Guidance

ATLANTA, June 10 -- The Home Depot will today outline its key strategic priorities and discuss its long-term operating targets at its 2009 Investor and Analyst Conference. In addition, the Company has updated its 2009 EPS guidance.

Today's conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET and will be available in its entirety through a live webcast and replay at homedepot.com in the Investor Relations section.

Strategic Priorities

The Company will discuss its three areas of strategic focus and the specifics behind each: (1) customer service, (2) product authority and (3) productivity and efficiency driven by disciplined capital allocation.    » read more »

ATLANTA, May 19 -- The Home Depot, a home improvement retailer, today reported first quarter of fiscal 2009 net earnings of $514 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $356 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, in the same period in fiscal 2008.    » read more »

Seattle, Wash., Feb. 26, 2008 -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $1.3 million settlement with Home Depot, Inc. to resolve construction storm water violations that were discovered at more than 30 construction sites in 28 states where new Home Depot stores were being built.    » read more »

December 6, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Holiday Figurines

Units: About 64,000

Importer: The Home Depot, of Atlanta, Ga.

Manufacturer: Creative Design, of Hong Kong

Hazard: Surface paint on the holiday figurines contains lead.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.    » read more »

Environmental, Religious, and Activist Groups Ask Home Depot to Pull Ads

July 10, 2007 -- A grassroots coalition of environmental, religious, and activist groups launched a campaign today to expose the Fox News network's consistent pattern of spreading misinformation about global warming. As part of the campaign, the coalition is urging Home Depot -- a company that says it cares about the environment -- to stop advertising on Fox.    » read more »

President asks Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Wal-Mart to Stop Selling Product

June 25, 2007 -- SAN FRANCISCO, CA : With hurricane season underway, the Sierra Club is telling retailers around the country to stop selling garden mulches produced from cypress trees, which act as storm buffers during hurricanes.    » read more »

Consumers to receive greater hurricane protection

June 25, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – An agreement reached today between Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and Home Depot will entitle some South Florida consumers to free replacement hurricane shutters and will improve customers’ options for hurricane safety. Consumers will also receive refunds of up to 25 percent of the prices paid to purchase hurricane shutters which may not have provided sufficient protection from dangerous storms.    » read more »