Q: What’s your take on the retail sector right now? What Home Depot is doing financially is the complete opposite of just about everyone else.
Tome: What a tough industry. The consumer has changed more in terms of their demand preferences in the past three years than they have in the past thirty years. We have been leaning into that change, and you can see the results. Our online sales grew 23% in the quarter, which is great. But also, 45% of those sales were picked up inside of a store. And when people come into our stores, they are buying something else, too.
