A) Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank where the proud creators of Home Depot
B) The Strengths of home depot are that they have owners that strive to help out the customers and keep them happy with the products. They also have good Advertising where they have slogans like "More Saving. More Doing" and also " You can do it. We can help"

Bernie - Service/ Cheerleader
Arthur - Competitive/Org.
Ken - Finance
Pat - Marketing ( Sell )

C) Home Depot was a successful business because they were always ready to help you and teach you how to use an item. Along with friendly employees they also had lower prices than every other business in the Retail Industry. They were really good at listening to what the customer wants.
D) I can learn from how the Founders studied the customers to see where to improve and what they needed to add. Also how they trained the employees to think customer first and how they were to be them selves. You can learn that anything is possible as long as you strive to achive your goals. and not allow critics to get in your way. Listening to customers reviews can save or make a business

The Home Depot operates 2,193 big-box format stores across the map
Home Depot was founded by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank in 1978
The first ever Home Depot was opened in Metro, Atlanta.
The workers at Home Depot were always ready to help and were well educated with every product, The workers were also trained to be them selves.
"To create a company that would keep alive the values that were important to us. Values like respect among all people, excellent customer service and giving back to communities and society." this quote showed how Arthur Blank was thinking what they needed to do to hit the top of the charts.
Robert Nardelli was appointed chairman in 2000
as of 2007 Frank Blake has taken over as chairman and CEO.