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The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer, currently operates in ten Canadian provinces, 49 U.S. States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The Home Depot employs over 27,000 people in Canada.
The Home Depot stores cater to do-it-yourselfers, as well as home improvement, construction and building maintenance professionals. Each store stocks approximately 40,000 to 50,000 different kinds of building materials, home improvement supplies and lawn and garden products.
The Home Depot's corporate culture believes in giving back to the communities it serves. Team Depot, an organized volunteer force, was developed in 1992 to allow associates to contribute to the communities where they live and work.
The Home Depot stock is publicly traded (NYSE:HD) and is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Dow Jones 30 Industrial Index. For eight consecutive years, The Home Depot has been ranked by Fortune magazine as America's Most Admired Specialty Retailer.
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