Home Depot Looks to Online Expansion

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DALLAS The Home Depot is expanding its store-based home appliance business through a new online initiative that allows consumers to purchase more than 1,800 products directly from its recently enhanced Web site, the company said.

Since rolling out its new appliance showrooms in 2001, the Atlanta-based retailer has steadily increased its share of the market and today ranks third in sales. In the third quarter of 2004, the company reported that its core market share of appliances increased 40 percent over the same period a year ago.

“We



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