PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE
THE COMPETITION
STORE APPEARANCE
HOME DEPOT HISTORY
OUR DISTRICT / OUR STORE
100
if you are running wire to a 15 AMP single pole light switch in a domestic application, you typically use this wire
What is 14 Gauge
100
One of Home Depot's principal competitors, founded in 1946
What is Lowes
100
Store appearance belongs to this major Homke Depot strategy
What is the Big 3
100
In the late 1970's, these two business partners created a home improvement warehouse that has gone on to become the world's leading home improvement retailer, known today as "The Home Depot"
Who are Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank
100
Identify this Home Depot associate and job position
Who is Chris Erickson, District Human Resources Manager?
200
True or False: The following brands are all Home Depot Owned...Hampton Bay, HDX, Ecosmart, Husky and Vigoro
What is True
200
Store 4714 sold $30,739 in 2015 while our local competitor sold $814,000 in 2015. This means 4714 only received 4% of the market share.
Who is Tuff Shed
200
The catchphrase term for how internal Home Depot associates referred to merchandising practices in the 1990's
What is Stack it high and let if fly
200
This company revolutionized the home improvement industry by bringing the know how and the tools to the consumer and by saving them money
What is The Home Depot
200
What member or members of 4714's management team have worked in 4 different Home Depot's
Who is Jay Sirmans Richland North Store Valley Store Federal Way
300
If a customer is looking for 3 3/4" Parabolic Aluminized Reflector, they are referring to this
What is a Par 38 Bulb
300
This local competitor has 11,545 stores and club locations in 28 countries and employees 2.3 million associates
What is Walmart
300
One of the more prevalent detractors to a clean shopping environment at the Home Depot, this ubiquitous foe contains small parts of plant pollen, human and animal hairs, textile fibers, paper fibers, minerals from outdoor soil, human skin cells, the remains of burnt meteors and many materials which may be found in the local environment
What is Dust
300
As Bernie Marcus says in Built From Scratch, "At the end of the day, we're in the __________ business."
What is People
300
Store 4714 opened on what day and date?
What is Thursday, October 16, 1997
400
What customers commonly refer to as "TEFLON" (TM) is a registered trademark of DuPont and is not carried at the Home Depot. The actual name is
What is Polytetraflourethylene or PTFE tape
400
One of the largest competitors in paint, even though our Behr paint is rated number 1 in Consumer Reports
What is Sherwin Williams
400
Shipping boxes, pallets, rolling racks, shipping materials ... anything needed for the operation of the store should be out of sight or neatly stored away from the traffic flow in the store ... This is all part of this section of the VOC survey
What is Clean and Uncluttered aisles
400
This year marked the celebration of Home Depot's 100th store opening, as well as the year that the USSR's Phobos II entered Martian orbit
What is 1989
400
Which managers started their Home Depot careers in 4714, left the store and came back as an ASM or Manager?
Who are Nickie, Jay, Lori and Andy
500
A combination of polymer resins and premium recycled wood fiber, offering the best of both materials
What is composite decking
500
This concept of this competitor was launched in the 1990's, and didn't exist in the 1980's. They are now the leading seller of power tools in the country
What is Amazon.com
500
"If you have time to lean, you have time to ___________ "
What is clean
500
The current number of Home Depot Retail Stores: Including stores in the US, and the territories of Puerto Rico US Virgin Islands, Guam, Canada and Mexico
What is 2,274 (as of February, 2016)
500
How many ASM's from 4714 have gone on to manage their own stores?
What is Jerry Contonio, Wayne P Henton, Terry Straub and Jay Sirmans
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