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The Home Depot appoints Mark Holifield as SVP, Supply Chain

27 Jun '06

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"Mark has the exact experience The Home Depot needs to continue to improve our supply chain management. His international experience also will help as we continue to expand the market and enter new geographies," Taylor said. "His hiring is a major step for the future of our supply chain operation."

Prior to joining Office Depot, Holifield was director of consulting projects at Dallas Systems Corp. and traffic manager for Frito-Lay Inc. He also worked in logistics for nine years at H.E. Butt Grocery Co. Holifield holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas and an MBA from Baylor University.

The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,071 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico.

Through its HD Supply(SM) businesses, The Home Depot is also one of the largest diversified wholesale distributors in the United States, with more than 900 locations in the United States and Canada offering products and services for building, improving and maintaining homes, businesses and municipal infrastructures.

In fiscal 2005, The Home Depot had sales of $81.5 billion and earnings of $5.8 billion. The Company employs approximately 355,000 associates and has been recognized by FORTUNE magazine as the No. 1 Most Admired Specialty Retailer and the No. 13 Most Admired Corporation in America for 2006. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.

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