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Home Depot's CEO & President Craig Menear Named Chairman
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 10:46am | 135Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) on Friday announced that its President and CEO Craig Menear will assume duties of Chairman of the Board effective February 2 and will replace Frank Blake, who will retire from the company. "On behalf of the Board of Directors, I once again want to thank Frank for his...
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Home Depot CEO Talks About Recovery, The Weather and Online Sales
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 4:48pm | 289Home Depot (NYSE: HD) Chairman and CEO Frank Blake was on CNBC early Wednesday, and had some interesting comments regarding recent earnings, Mother Nature and the economy in general. As many companies have recently done, Home Depot is pointing to the recent harsh winter weather for its...
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Home Depot Appoints New President, Possible CEO Successor
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 5:09pm | 480Home Depot (NYSE: HD) announced last week that Craig Menear has been name the president of U.S. retail. Menear joined the company in 1997 as a merchandising manager in the Southwest Division. He was most recently the executive vice president of merchandising, where he handled a throng of...
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Home Depot Planning To Expand Into Same-Day Deliveries
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 2:39pm | 375On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is planning on offering its customers same-day shipping and delivery. Many investors would have speculated that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) or eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) would be the first to offer the same-day service. Home...
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Home Depot Beats Earnings Estimates, Raises Guidance
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 12:02pm | 548Home Depot (NYSE: HD) reported another strong quarter Tuesday, topping second-quarter analyst estimates. Net income increased 12 percent to $1.53 billion, or $1.01 a share from $1.36 billion, or $0.86 per share in the year ago period. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg projected earnings per share of...