User Generated >> Home Depot SWOT Analysis:
Strengths:
  • Great Customer Service
  • Street Cred with Contractors
  • Largest size and annual revenue of all home improvement retail stores
  • Great growth history
  • Clinics are a great way to teach do-it-yourselfers how to accomplish a task
  • Kid craft days introduce kids to HD early and provide family friendly environment.
  • Loyal Customers
  • Market share leadership
  • Strong Brand Equity
  • Strong Financial Position
  • Supply chain
  • Pricing
  • Great Real Estate
     
Weaknesses:

     Stores are not aesthetically pleasing
     Customers just starting out in home improvement may feel lost in stores
     Weak Information Technology
     Bad Communication
     Low R&D
     No online presence
     Not innovative
     
     
Opportunities:

     Could improve store aethetics
     Could improve store aethetics
     Acquisitions
     Emergining markets and expansion abroad
     Innovation
     Online
     Product and services expansion
     
Threats:

     Lowe's seems to be gaining ground
     Economy
     
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