Home Depot sales up

Home Depot, the world’s biggest home improvement store operator, has reported an increase in sales for the first quarter of 2013 of 7.4 per cent compared with the same period last year to US $ 19.1 bn (like-for-like sales + 4.3 per cent). The company currently has a total of 2 257 home improvement stores and employs over 300 000 staff.