Home Depot closing 15 stores (IN,KY,LA,MN,NJ,NY,ND,OH,VT,WI)

[hopeky94]

Saw an article from a local KY news source, then found the following at the bottom of a HD corporate news release:

The Home Depot will close 15 underperforming U.S. stores that do not meet the Company's targeted returns. The store locations are as follows:

-- #2015 East Fort Wayne, Indiana
-- #2032 Marion, Indiana
-- #2310 Frankfort, Kentucky
-- #379 Opelousas, Louisiana
-- #2819 Cottage Grove, Minnesota
-- #6901 East Brunswick, New Jersey
-- #6904 Saddle Brook, New Jersey
-- #6171 Rome, New York
-- #3702 Bismarck, North Dakota
-- #3874 Findlay, Ohio
-- #3865 Lima, Ohio
-- #4552 Brattleboro, Vermont
-- #4932 Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
-- #4933 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
-- #4913 NW Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[Q_ponQ]

this is a sign of the times...for sure.....

many "building, home improvement, contractor, etc...will fold"

I feel really bad for the small independent contractors

I am 57 years old and have NEVER seen the economy this bad!



P.S.

I have a tortie cat too!

[collectorofbells]

yup we're on that list...not that I really went there all that much but still....I did see on the news that you had the option to go to another store to work..but with the price of gas is that really an option?

I have a feeling Home Depot isn't gonna be the only pulling up stakes...

[JOURDYSMOM]

my sister works (worked) at Rome NY
is going to New Hartford NY ( 20+ minute drive)
:(

It closed today...no notice given besides a couple hours.... :(

[sbp]

the one in Vermont is the next town over for me and I'm not really surprised to hear that it's an underperforming store. Less than 1/2 an hour or so (depending on how fast you drive) is the Keene NH store where there's NO sales tax at all, so people are probably traveling over there to not have to pay the 6% VT tax. Although with the high price of gasoline now, it's hard to tell if that's keeping them shopping in town.

[urbanqueen]

Originally Posted by Q_ponQ

this is a sign of the times...for sure.....

many "building, home improvement, contractor, etc...will fold"

I feel really bad for the small independent contractors

I am 57 years old and have NEVER seen the economy this bad!

That would be my husband, a small independent contractor, and in Michigan! That's a double !!

[lovelace]

wow and they are planning on building another here and we have 3 in a 25 miles radius.I can leave my house and go in a circle and hit 3 home depot and now they plan to buil another one.

[quiltingdiva]

I'm not surprised if the service in those stores is anything like our HD. I have never had such poor service in any store like I have there. Actually, my DH even refuses to shop at HD anymore, and always goes to Lowes. So economy or not, they had better clean up their customer service or they won't make it.

[frogmama]

I'm just waiting for WM to buy out HD (or lowes). Seems the customer service is right on target for them!

[MoDo84]

Menards is taking over around here. Within the past year or so we've had 3 go up. There is one getting ready to open in the next town over.