Arthur Blank
14 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 28, 2017 by Arthur Blank · said 7 times in 6 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2024 2 mentions in 1 episode
2019 1 mention in 1 episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
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Dec 28, 2017
Dec 28, 2017
Dec 28, 2017 positive
Dec 28, 2017
Blank: Home Depot avoided planograms so every new store improved
“Really, at HD, we had a five year plan, we had a one year budget, we had all of that, but we focused on every single store, and our plan was that each store had to be better than the last store we opened up. So we didn't have any plantograms. We didn't have an…”
Dec 28, 2017 negative
Dec 28, 2017
Blank: Home Depot founders spent 75% of early time on store floor
“I probably spent 75% of my time, as did Bernie, as did really most of our associates, on the floor of the store, finding out from customers what is it they like, what didn't like, and we kept changing the mix, adding things, taking things off, changing prices,…”
Dec 28, 2017 positive
Blank: NFL anthem protests address social injustice, not military disrespect
“And I will tell you, there are 1750 players in the NFL, and I will tell you, these players have great respect for the military, and so it's not about the military to them. It's just that becomes an opportunity, a platform for them to speak about their concerns…”
Dec 28, 2017
Blank: Early competitors believed Home Depot's business model would fail
“Every competitor came into our stores and visited us and said, I mean, these, I can't use bad words here because this is like kind of a live radio thing, but these, ah, whatever you want to call us, they're crazy. The stores are much too big. Prices are much t…”
Dec 28, 2017 positive
Blank: Home Depot concept arose by defining an uncompetitive retail model
“Bernie had said, well, you know, if we were ever to leapfrog our own business, Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers, what kind of home improvement center store could we not compete against? And so we said we could never compete against the big warehouse, no fril…”
Dec 28, 2017 neutral
Blank: Handy Dan and drugstore division were Daylin's only profitable units
“We were the only part of the company that was making any money, and they had a small home improvement center company in California called Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers. They were also making a little bit of money, but the rest of the company's all losing …”
Dec 28, 2017 negative
Dec 28, 2017
Blank: The Atlanta Falcons never had back-to-back winning seasons before 2001
“Commissioner Tagliabue, at the closing when I bought the team, he said, you realize the team you just bought has never had back-to-back winning seasons, and I said, Paul, you know, Paul's the smartest guy in the room, not because he told you, it's because he r…”
Dec 28, 2017 positive
Blank: Handy Dan was the most successful US home improvement chain
“Well, that company, Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers, was, and we operated kind of a traditional model, 40,000 square feet, 40% gross margin, 40 associates on the floor and it was by far the most successful chain of Home Improvement Center. Stores in the cou…”