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Home Depot Is Bulking Up Its Supply Chain to Serve Contractors

The retailer’s new distribution centers are aimed at speeding up the handling of construction materials, big-ticket orders

By

Liz Young

ET

Home Depot is adding four distribution centers that cater to professional customers.
Home Depot is adding four distribution centers that cater to professional customers. Photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Home Depot’s new supply-chain investments mark a bet on the construction and remodeling professionals that the home-improvement retailer sees as a strong growth market in an uncertain consumer economy. 

The company plans to add four distribution centers this year to its network of 14 warehouses targeting professionals, with dedicated sites handling bulky construction materials—lumber, insulation and roofing shingles, for instance—that are particularly in demand among contractors. 

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