Alumni, Retiring President Honored. Retiring President David L. Soltz and Roberta âRobbieâ L. Soltz, Ph.D., were recently named 2017 honorary alumnus and alumna, at the annual Bloomsburg University Alumni Awards Dinner.
Origins, Locations, and Customer-base. Despite being the larger of the pair, The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) was actually founded over 30 years later than Loweâs Companies, Inc. (LOW)âHome Depot in 1978 and Loweâs in 1946. Since then, Home Depot has grown to 2,269 stores, of which 1,976 are in the United States, 182 are in Canada, and 111 are in Mexico.
The Home Depot. The Home Depot, Inc. is an American home improvement supplies retailing company that sells tools, construction products, and services. The company is headquartered at the Atlanta Store Support Center in Cobb County of Atlanta, Georgia.