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Builder Square

A 1980s home improvement warehouse chain that copied Home Depot's format.

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Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank built Home Depot on a specialty retailer's service, not just low prices▶ 1:26:00Builder Square, Home Club, Homequarters Warehouse and Mr. How Warehouse all copied the format in the 1980s and none exist today.Acquired · The Home Depot: How America's aging houses built the best stock of the last 45 years

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