15. Interview with Mr. Mark Holifield of The Home Depot

Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should be able to

• Describe The Home Depot.

• Describe The Home Depot supply chain.

• Explain how The Home Depot deals with products in the Introduction stage of the product life cycle.

• Explain how The Home Depot deals with products in the Growth stage of the product life cycle.

• Explain how The Home Depot deals with products in the Maturity stage of the product life cycle.

• Explain how The Home Depot deals with products in the Decline stage of the product life cycle.

• Explain the importance of seasonality to The Home Depot.

Points of Further Interest

• This interview answers this question: How do you deal with the riskiness of ...

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