Nick and Jack
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For our third and final story, Home Depot has a secret garden. Literally. Home Depot's biggest division is, shockingly, its flowers. Because every rose needs an Amazon thorn. Now, Yeti, before we start this story, Jack, I feel like I should point out that this is a little bit of your own little secret side hustle, right?
For our third and final story, Home Depot has a secret garden. Literally. Home Depot's biggest division is, shockingly, its flowers. Because every rose needs an Amazon thorn. Now, Yeti, before we start this story, Jack, I feel like I should point out that this is a little bit of your own little secret side hustle, right?
For our third and final story, Home Depot has a secret garden. Literally. Home Depot's biggest division is, shockingly, its flowers. Because every rose needs an Amazon thorn. Now, Yeti, before we start this story, Jack, I feel like I should point out that this is a little bit of your own little secret side hustle, right?
Like when I visited you a few weeks ago, I noticed you were growing carnations like a young Claude Monet in that little garden of yours. We have three big garden boxes and we're getting ready to plant a whole bunch of veggies. I better get some tomatoes.
Like when I visited you a few weeks ago, I noticed you were growing carnations like a young Claude Monet in that little garden of yours. We have three big garden boxes and we're getting ready to plant a whole bunch of veggies. I better get some tomatoes.
Like when I visited you a few weeks ago, I noticed you were growing carnations like a young Claude Monet in that little garden of yours. We have three big garden boxes and we're getting ready to plant a whole bunch of veggies. I better get some tomatoes.
In the meantime, yet, is the way to Jack's heart is apparently a good rhododendron. But the Home Depot garden section is the back of the store that's like a Coachella for suburban moms and dads. There's a redonkulous number. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Home Depot's most important business isn't hammers and nails. Periwinkles are the real profit puppy.
In the meantime, yet, is the way to Jack's heart is apparently a good rhododendron. But the Home Depot garden section is the back of the store that's like a Coachella for suburban moms and dads. There's a redonkulous number. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Home Depot's most important business isn't hammers and nails. Periwinkles are the real profit puppy.
In the meantime, yet, is the way to Jack's heart is apparently a good rhododendron. But the Home Depot garden section is the back of the store that's like a Coachella for suburban moms and dads. There's a redonkulous number. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Home Depot's most important business isn't hammers and nails. Periwinkles are the real profit puppy.
Get this, garden is Home Depot's biggest division by sales. That's right. $20 billion a year in revenue. FYI, garden includes flowers, shrubs, hoses, outdoor furniture, and those adorable creepy little gnomes. Which makes Home Depot's garden section not just huge, twice as big as their paint section, three times bigger than kitchen, and four times bigger than the bath section.
Get this, garden is Home Depot's biggest division by sales. That's right. $20 billion a year in revenue. FYI, garden includes flowers, shrubs, hoses, outdoor furniture, and those adorable creepy little gnomes. Which makes Home Depot's garden section not just huge, twice as big as their paint section, three times bigger than kitchen, and four times bigger than the bath section.
Get this, garden is Home Depot's biggest division by sales. That's right. $20 billion a year in revenue. FYI, garden includes flowers, shrubs, hoses, outdoor furniture, and those adorable creepy little gnomes. Which makes Home Depot's garden section not just huge, twice as big as their paint section, three times bigger than kitchen, and four times bigger than the bath section.
Jack, let's sprinkle on more context. Home Depot's garden section is even bigger than entire companies you know and love. H&M, BlackRock, Home Depot's garden section is bigger. That's right. They're selling more garden stuff at Home Depot than Hermes is selling of luxury goods. It is possible. So gardening is Home Depot's secret financial garden. Literally. And it's also resilient to recessions.
Jack, let's sprinkle on more context. Home Depot's garden section is even bigger than entire companies you know and love. H&M, BlackRock, Home Depot's garden section is bigger. That's right. They're selling more garden stuff at Home Depot than Hermes is selling of luxury goods. It is possible. So gardening is Home Depot's secret financial garden. Literally. And it's also resilient to recessions.
Jack, let's sprinkle on more context. Home Depot's garden section is even bigger than entire companies you know and love. H&M, BlackRock, Home Depot's garden section is bigger. That's right. They're selling more garden stuff at Home Depot than Hermes is selling of luxury goods. It is possible. So gardening is Home Depot's secret financial garden. Literally. And it's also resilient to recessions.
That's right. If 40% tariffs tank your 401k, you don't do the new addition, but you will buy seeds for your home garden. But Home Depot faces an interesting problem. Garden shoppers are ironically like flowers themselves. Because some garden shoppers at Home Depot are perennials. They come back every year. But most garden shoppers at Home Depot are annuals. They're one and done.
That's right. If 40% tariffs tank your 401k, you don't do the new addition, but you will buy seeds for your home garden. But Home Depot faces an interesting problem. Garden shoppers are ironically like flowers themselves. Because some garden shoppers at Home Depot are perennials. They come back every year. But most garden shoppers at Home Depot are annuals. They're one and done.
That's right. If 40% tariffs tank your 401k, you don't do the new addition, but you will buy seeds for your home garden. But Home Depot faces an interesting problem. Garden shoppers are ironically like flowers themselves. Because some garden shoppers at Home Depot are perennials. They come back every year. But most garden shoppers at Home Depot are annuals. They're one and done.
They don't come back next year. That's right. You typically don't return for flowers because one of two things happens. First, you buy flowers at Home Depot, but you can't maintain them. They all die. The other outcome is that you're so successful as a plant daddy that you move on to a local plant specialist. Jack got his latest fig tree from some exporter over in like Holland, I believe.
They don't come back next year. That's right. You typically don't return for flowers because one of two things happens. First, you buy flowers at Home Depot, but you can't maintain them. They all die. The other outcome is that you're so successful as a plant daddy that you move on to a local plant specialist. Jack got his latest fig tree from some exporter over in like Holland, I believe.