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Which retailer pioneered the 'category killer' big-box store format, dominating home improvement retail in the United States from the 1980s onward?
Answer
The Home Depot
The Home Depot, founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, pioneered the 'category killer' warehouse-style big-box format for home improvement, offering vast selection at low prices that drove smaller hardware stores out of business. Its model became the template for the entire category.
💡 Did you know?
The Home Depot's co-founder Bernie Marcus was fired from his previous job at Handy Dan Home Improvement — the very firing that gave him the time and motivation to invent the big-box home improvement store.
Other options people guess
- Lowe's
- Kmart
- Sears
Topics
- retail
- big-box
- 1980s
- home-improvement
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