BUILDING BLOCKS
Home Depot Number of stores: 2,270 (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Number of stores in Canada: 181
Number of employees: 370,000 Sales in 2014: $83.2 billion (U.S.)
Rona
Number of stores: 500
Number of employees: 24,000
Sales in 2014: $4.1 billion (Canadian)
Lowe’s Number of stores: 1,840 (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Number of stores in Canada: 39 Number of employees: 265,000
Sales in 2014: $56.2 billion (U.S.)