Home Depot's next idea, HD Supply, is already in full flower.

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Much the way Home Depot put dozens of weaker chains out of business in the 1990s, HD Supply intends to outgrow and crush a very fragmented construction-supply industry.

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Activist shareholders want Home Depot to leverage up the balance sheet far more and buy back shares, or sell the real estate or spin off the HD Supply wholesale business.

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Activist shareholders want Home Depot to leverage up the balance sheet far more and buy back shares, or sell the real estate or spin off the hd Supply wholesale business (see table).

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Unseasonably warm weather has boosted sales at Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD) and other building-supply and home-improvement retailers in recent months.

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He notes that shipments in the latest quarter had been constrained by supply issues with the new HD retine display.

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Like the last-gen Slingbox Solo, which the 350 replaces, the unit has component HD inputs, an IR output and uses an external power supply.

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Since 2006, HD increased its operating margin through efforts such as developing its supply chain management, which reduced cost of transportation and inventory, and developing a formal distribution channel which increased bargaining power over suppliers.

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UrtheCast will supply video data and imagery of Earth collected by two HD cameras on the Russian module of the Space Station.

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