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Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,259 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. In fiscal 2007, The Home Depot had sales of $77.3 billion.
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| Lowe's |
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With fiscal year 2007 sales of $48.3 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. serve approximately 14 million customers a week at more than 1,575 home improvement stores in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world.
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Ace Hardware |
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Ace is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the industry and clear leader in the convenience segment of the home improvement marketplace in terms of wholesale and retail sales, market share and strength of the brand. Ace’s 4,600 stores in all 50 states and 60 countries generate annual retail sales of more than $13 billion.
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True Value |
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True Value Company, headquartered in Chicago, is one of the world’s largest retailer-owned hardware cooperatives with sales of $2.0 billion in 2007. The True Value cooperative includes approximately 5,400 independent retailer locations worldwide operating under the store identities of True Value, Grand Rental Station, Taylor Rental, Party Central, Home & Garden Showplace and Induserve Supply.
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Do It Best |
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Based in Fort Wayne, Ind., Do it Best Corp. is the only full-service, U.S.-based, member-owned hardware, lumber and building materials buying cooperative in the home improvement industry. With annual sales of $2.81 billion, Do it Best Corp. is the second largest co-op in the industry, serving 4,100 member-owned stores in the United States and in 47 countries.
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| Orgill, Inc. |
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Orgill, Inc. is the nation’s largest independently owned hardlines distributor providing retailers across the United States and in more than 60 countries throughout the world access to more than 60,000 products and industry-leading retail services. With six domestic distribution centers and two export consolidation facilities, Orgill, Inc. distributes hardware and home improvement products to hardware, home improvement and building material retailers of all types and sizes.
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