Sales were "below our expectations driven by the timing of certain benefits associated with our One Home Depot strategic investments," said Craig Menear, chairman, CEO and president. "We are largely on track with these investments and have seen positive results, but some of the benefits anticipated for fiscal 2019 will take longer to realize than our initial assumptions."
Sales for the first three quarters add up to a volume of USD 84.443 bn and increased by 3.3 per cent compared to the same period of the last fiscal year.