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Home Depot's Hardware Warriors

The DIY store is drafting former military officers to lead the charge against rivals Wal-Mart and Lowe's.READ MORE

Fast Forward 2005: <span>55-58</span>

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ MORE

Wal-Mart and Home Depot Join the Green Group

Recent articles about Home Depot and Wal-Mart have detailed the efforts these chains are making to bring green products to their stores as well as what they themselves are doing to decrease their impact on the environment. When the ...READ MORE

Chatter

Thanks, Mom!READ MORE

Crowdfunding the Olympics

Home Depot announced today that they were ending their sponsorship of the US Olympic Team (coverage here).  The program, which had existed for 16 years, gave Olympic athletes part-time jobs and flexible hours along with full-time pay ...READ MORE

The Home Depot Experience

In the last two years I have seen a consistent and ever growing decadence at big box retailers in the US. Recently I found myself choosing NOT to shop at Home Depot, but instead to visit a smaller retailer further from my home ...READ MORE

Prime Partners: Hands On Network

CEO: Michelle Nunn www.handsonnetwork.org Grade: A Winner's Statement On a crisp autumn morning in Rockaway Park, New York, 350 corporate volunteers descend on the Region 5 Scholars' Academy. They splash fresh beige paint on ...READ MORE

Walmart Strongarms Suppliers ... For Sustainability!

Walmart Canada has committed CEOs of 24 of the country's largest companies to its "major sustainability project."READ MORE

Don't trash your lightbulbs...

I learned an important fact a couple of days ago. I can't throw my funky energy-efficient lightbulbs I recently bought at Target to help keep my electric bill down can't simply be thrown away in 12 years when they burn out. There's ...READ MORE

Letter From the Editor

Only connect.READ MORE

Bob Nardelli is Watching

He's a by-the-numbers GE vet--but he has turned massive, unwieldy Home Depot into an innovation machine.READ MORE

The Last Green Mile

The race is on to build a one-stop national brand for all your clean power needs.READ MORE

Fast Talk: Books That Matter

One book can change the direction of a company -- or a career.READ MORE

Golden Geese

Earlier this week, I was in Chicago for the first-ever M2W national conference on Marketing to Women, and I'm here to tell you, the secret's out -- marketers now know Freud (and Mel Gibson) were on to something: figure out what women ...READ MORE

B2B Social Media Marketing

Social Media has worked quite well for B2C companies like Dell, Home Depot, Proctor & Gamble and Southwest Airlines but what about B2B. Chris Yates is starting to help B2B companies play in the Social Media arena. Here is the ...READ MORE

Retaining Younger Workers in the Workplace

You've hired them. Now how can you keep them around? READ MORE

Bailout, Bailout, Who Gets the Bailout?

It might be time for government to stop proposing bailout packages for multinational banks, and throw the cash at the retail sector instead. With a little capital, maybe our nation’s stores could finance new and exciting ways to get people back in the holiday shopping groove.READ MORE

Leadership Is a Muscle

How is your attitude about your abilities affecting your success?READ MORE

Rules for Leaders (Continued)

40. Leaders give everyone a cause. Corollary to rule #39: What's the point of our story? If you want people to care -- really to care -- enlist them in a cause that they can care about: being part of the team that will go down in ...READ MORE

Caught in a Big Storm

I'm a Florida girl. I love the sun, beaches, and tennis year round. When I moved here three years ago, I never even thought about hurricanes -- I live on the west coast -- most hurricanes I'd heard about didn't even know there's a ...READ MORE

21. Cool by Design

Previous | Next When Home Depot hit Manhattan for the first time last summer, it knew it needed some particularly cool stuff to appeal to the picky denizens of the Big Apple. The retailer called on John Christakos, whose ...READ MORE

21. Cool by Design

Previous | Next When Home Depot hit Manhattan for the first time last summer, it knew it needed some particularly cool stuff to appeal to the picky denizens of the Big Apple. The retailer called on John Christakos, whose ...READ MORE

People Acumen

In an excerpt from his new book Leaders at All Levels, Ram Charan discusses which social qualities make someone a good leader.READ MORE

Enough Is Enough

There is a place in the Arizona desert where high-powered professionals search for ways to redesign their out-of-kilter lives. Dan Baker is their guide. Can he guide you on your search?READ MORE

Chinks in the Armor

Even the most-admired businesses have a few flaws. And they should want to get better, right? So we've helpfully identified "opportunities for improvement," as they say on performance evaluations, at companies otherwise celebrated for great customer experiences. Here's how they're fixing the problems -- or not.READ MORE