| The Home Depot, Inc. is a home improvement retailer. The Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates The Home Depot stores, which are full-service, warehouse-style stores. The Home Depot stores sell an assortment of building materials, home improvement, and lawn and garden products, which are sold to do-it-yourself customers, do-it-for-me customers and professional customers. In addition, the Company operates EXPO Design Center stores (EXPO), which offer products and services primarily related to design and renovation projects. As of February 3, 2008, the Company operated 2,234 stores in total, which included 1,950 The Home Depot stores, 34 EXPO stores, five Yardbirds stores and two THD Design Center stores in the United States (including the territories of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam), 165 The Home Depot stores in Canada, 66 The Home Depot stores in Mexico and 12 The Home Depot stores in China. On August 30, 2007, the Company completed the sale of HD Supply. |
