The Home Depot announced a single-day effort to prepare residents in storm-prone regions for the upcoming hurricane season. On July 27, Home Depot said it will host Hurricane Preparedness Workshops at more than 700 of its stores from the Gulf Coast to New England.

The Home Depot shrugged off bad weather, and thanks, in part, to a recovering housing market, the company reported first quarter sales of $19.1 billion, up 7.4% from last year's quarter, which had one less week.

Martha Stewart Living and The Home Depot have teamed up for a new video series launching April 25.

The Home Depot is bringing back its Spring Black Friday event, which it describes as a weekend of regional savings on hundreds.

Fourth quarter same store sales at The Home Depot advanced 7% and profits swelled 29% to $1 billion, or 68 cents, compared to profits of $774 million or 50 cents a share the prior year.

Home Depot expects to be busy this Spring and is hiring 80,000 seasonal employees, 10,000 more than last year, to keep pace with the demand.

The Home Depot Canada has joined other Canadian retailers in complying with the government's planned phase out of the penny.

Office Depot on Friday announced that Kevin Peters had resigned from his role as president of the retailer’s North American division effective immediately.

Home Depot has added Samsung to its portfolio of leading appliance brands, which already includes Whirlpool, LG, GE, GE Profile, Maytag, Frigidaire, Electrolux and Adora.

Positive same store sales in 12 of 14 merchandise categories at Lowe’s pushed third quarter profits up 76%.

The Home Depot has named Mark Vadon to its board of directors. Vadon will be a member of the audit and finance committees.