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Home improvement sales are holding steady despite the overall retail slump

May 19, 2020
As people spend more time at home because of COVID-19, they are thinking about how they can improve those spaces.
Home improvement sales saw only a small dip in the U.S. in April.
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Home Depot blames lumber prices for drop in sales

Aug 20, 2019
The company says that a better price for lumber is better for business.
A customer's lumber sits on a cart at a Home Depot store on in 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The company cited lumber price deflation as a reason it trimmed its outlook for 2019.
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The Home Depot may be an e-commerce model for the retail industry

Dec 20, 2017
CEO Craig Menear says shopping starts in the digital world and finishes in the physical world.
Product is the hero at The Home Depot, says CEO Craig Menear.
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