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We are the world’s largest home improvement retailer.
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We are the second largest retailer in the U.S.
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We are the third largest retailer in the world.
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The Home Depot is the youngest retailer in the Fortune 50.
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The Home Depot is ranked No. 8 on the S&P 500 list of largest employer of the
companies. This excludes companies that did not report
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The Home Depot is ranked No. 17 on the Fortune 500 U.S. list.
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The Home Depot is ranked No. 79 on the Forbes 2000 Largest Companies list.
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The Home Depot is ranked No. 50 on the BusinessWeek 50 list.
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The Home Depot is ranked No. 44 on the Forbes Global list.
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The Home Depot created nearly 20,000 net new jobs in 2006.
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The Home Depot won the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for our
leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through marketing and
promotion of energy-efficient solutions.
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Since 1997, more than 17.5 million projects have been completed at Kids
Workshops.
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More than 1 million children built their first toolbox at a Kids Workshop.
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The Home Depot is the world's leading employer of Olympic and Paralympic
athletes and hopefuls.
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The Home Depot is the fastest growing retailer to reach $30 billion, $40
billion, $50 billion, $60 billion and $70 billion in sales. At the end of
fiscal year 2006, revenue was $90.8 billion.
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More than 22 million people visit The Home Depot each week.
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The Home Depot is the largest home-improvement retailer in Canada and Mexico.
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In 2006, Team Depot donated a half million hours working on community service
projects.
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The Home Depot, The Home Depot Foundation, and our suppliers committed a total
of more than $11 million to support recovery and rebuilding efforts throughout
the regions impacted by the Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
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