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1980 Home Depot


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1980 Home Depot. Low prices, wide selection, and exceptional service. Local hardware stores were much more common back then, but this group saw a gap in the home improvement market.

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Bowater's reputation with consumers was shoddy, and the merchandise in its stores did not match what home depot carried in its other outlets. In 1978, five businessmen founded their vision of a home improvement superstore, a niche that really was yet to be filled in the united states. Low prices, wide selection, and exceptional service.

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With help from investment banker ken langone, merchandising guru pat farrah, and first finance officer ron brill, marcus and blank opened the first three home depot stores in atlanta the following year. In 1978, five businessmen founded their vision of a home improvement superstore, a niche that really was yet to be filled in the united states. Bowater's reputation with consumers was shoddy, and the merchandise in its stores did not match what home depot carried in its other outlets. The latest price is $366.45.

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