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.
With 69 stores and at least nine more on the way this year, Home Depot is Mexico's largest home improvement retailer with annual sales of more than $1 billion. But Lowe's plans to mount a challenge, opening its first stores this year. Jeremy (Schwartz/Cox Newspapers).he company started with four stores and now operates 69, with at least nine stores set to open this year. The chain, which has annual Mexico sales of more than $1 billion, is the country's largest home improvement retailer.