Spring Black Friday Marks the Start of Home Improvement's Busiest Shopping Season

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ATLANTA, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot^®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, today announced it will implement its fourth annual Spring Black Friday event, a weekend of regional savings on hundreds of items to improve the home in preparation for spring starting April 4, 2013.

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Like the traditional Black Friday that occurs the day after Thanksgiving to unofficially start the holiday shopping season, The Home Depot's Spring Black Friday marks the start of home improvement's busiest shopping season, spring.

"We see increased traffic in our stores during the spring season as customers kick-off their home improvement projects," said Craig Menear, executive vice president for merchandising. "In a recovering housing market, we know our consumers are continuing to look for ways to affordably improve their homes. Through Spring Black Friday, we offer incredible savings to meet all of their indoor and outdoor needs."

The Home Depot has worked to pass along major savings to customers through great values and special buys on a variety of project starters. Prices on hundreds of the most sought after spring products will be significantly reduced, including: a variety of live goods and lawn care; outdoor power; eco-friendly gardening products; and patio and grills. All Spring Black Friday values are available while supplies last.

With more than 300,000 online products now available to ship to store for free, the options available in many of the seasonal categories (patio and grills for instance) become an even greater value when coupled with the free ship to store option.  

Following are a few examples of the Spring Black Friday deals in stores:

• 7pc Coral Springs Patio Dining Set $299 was $599. $300 Off!
• Nexgrill 4 Burner Gas Grill with Side & Sear Burners $199.  Compare at $349!
• Ryobi One+ Lithium Ion Trimmer $79.97.  A $99 Value! 
• Miracle Gro Liquafeed Advance – Buy Two for the Price of One!
• Buy One, Get One Free on ALL Vegetable, Herb & Flower Seed Packets
• FREE Snap Spreader (a value of $49.98) with purchase of any two Scotts Snap Pacs
  *Spring Black Friday values not available on these items in Alaska or Canada

The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,257 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. In fiscal 2012, The Home Depot had sales of $74.8 billion and earnings of $4.5 billion. The Company employs more than 300,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index. 

SOURCE The Home Depot