Mark Blumer
02-21-2005, 9:24 AM
For the last several days my wife and I have been visiting my daughter and future son-in-law in New York City. My s/i/l is a charming, intelligent young man who doesn't know which end of an awl is the handle. We decided to go to the Home Depot that is in the Chelsea district of Manhattan to get some home maintenance supplies. What a shock!! A door man in a long coat and uniform hat!! The store was completely different from any HD I had ever been to. It was two stories and more than 1/2 was devoted to decorating, remodeling and appliances. I might have not hit the right part of the store, but I don't think they have any building materials. They have a full selection of tools. In fact, I think they have a larger selection than a typical HD. They had a large selection of Hilti tools, for instance and I have never seen another HD with those. They had a huge selection of hardware that was probably triple the size of the section in my local store in East Lansing, MI.
I just found it fascinating how differently they stock the store depending upon the expected clientel. Oh yeah, we bought an awl.
Mark Blumer (East Lansing, MI)
I just found it fascinating how differently they stock the store depending upon the expected clientel. Oh yeah, we bought an awl.
Mark Blumer (East Lansing, MI)