IconoclasT wrote: ] Home improvement retailer's first Manhattan store also ] features concierge, but no sheetrock. ] September 10, 2004: 7:31 AM EDT ] ] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. , known for its ] hangar-like stores, is bringing its massive array of home ] improvement goods to the big city as it gets set to open its ] first three-story shop in Manhattan. ] Home Depot's first Manhattan store, which opens to the public ] Friday, will have a doorman for help in hailing cabs and a ] concierge to offer information and schedule appointments with ] designers. It promises same-day delivery of most merchandise, ] a boon for public transportation-bound urbanites. ] ] "Manhattan is unique, and it has a tremendous customer base ] opportunity," Robert Nardelli, the company's chairman, chief ] executive and president said at the store's grand opening on ] Thursday. "We're confident that with success here, it will ] give us the opportunity to continue to expand our business." ] ] The store, located on 23rd Street between Fifth and Six ] Avenues in Manhattan, announces itself with orange banners on ] its facade and features a more classic, homey interior, with ] white columns and an atrium. ] ] WTF?!? I think it was Hank Williams Jr. that said "Send me to ] hell or NYC. It would be about the same to me." Okaaaaaay, and WTF? RE: A concierge at Home Depot |