1.   And the New York City Police Department has consulted with executives of organizations like Home Depot, the home improvement chain, on ways to make officers more pleasant.

2.   Home improvement chains posted same-store sales declines because of the weather.

3.   Kmart is also trying to find buyers for its struggling Canadian chain and its Builders Square home improvement chain.

4.   Protestors flooded the town with fliers denouncing the Atlanta-based improvement chain.

5.   The Atlanta-based home improvement chain is taking a page from its mass retail brethren as it faces one of the toughest holiday seasons in recent memory.

6.   The home improvement chain is also looking at flextime and telecommuting as options.

7.   The stores are based on the format of Atanta-based Home Depot, a building materials and do-it-yourself home improvement chain.

8.   There has been speculation Sears might buy Best Buy Co., a consumer electronics chain, and Hechinger Co., a home improvement chain.

9.   Apex Supply is owned by The Home Depot, the home improvement chain.

10.   Ms. Hanlon, who started with Home Depot in her hometown of Houston, has risen in the home improvement chain and now manages a store in suburban Atlanta.