David Rosenthal
speaker
40,888 appearances
64 recordings
4 series
first heard Aug 2022
last heard 14 Sep
David Rosenthal’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They're doing home makeovers or home refinishings.
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They're like weekend sprucers versus weekend warriors.
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So they're buying more kitchen and bath products, furnishings.
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They're not buying lumber and plumbing pipes
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Yep.
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And what does it also coincide with?
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The Internet.
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So all of a sudden, for the first time, there's a way to get educated as a consumer, as a DIYer, about how to complete these projects without needing to go to these tough, burly former pros that are staffing the Home Depot.
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All of this in aggregate, though, opens up the market for a real competitor for the first time.
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So once Arthur takes over Home Depot, he runs the company for a couple of years, but these issues start piling up.
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And he's also getting tired, just like Bernie when Bernie retired.
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And the company is just getting bigger and bigger.
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By 2000, it's over $40 billion in revenue.
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They have over a thousand stores and over 200,000 employees.
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And so one day at a board meeting, Ken asks Arthur about succession, like succession.
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Hey, man, you seem like you're kind of getting tired, too.
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If you need to step down tomorrow, is there anybody here at the company that could take your place?
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Right.
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When Bernie stepped down, we had you, but...
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Who's after you?
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