Pat Farrah
Pat Farrah is an American former retail executive and co-founder of The Home Depot, where he served as chief merchandising officer. He is best known for pioneering the big-box home improvement retail model, creating the warehouse-style store aesthetic with vast product assortments, and building a merchant culture centered on expert associates. He founded the big-box prototype Homeco in 1978, and after its financial failure was recruited by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank to help launch The Home Depot in 1979. He retired from The Home Depot in the early 2000s after a successful return stint beginning in 1996 to re-energize the company's merchandising culture.
“Instead, after discovering the business was insolvent, they walked from the acquisition entirely but hired the erratic, insolvent founder himself.”
Source→“Pat Farah — Fourth Home Depot co-founder; eccentric merchandising genius who founded HomeCo and joined Home Depot after its insolvency.”
Source→“Responsible for the "stack them high, watch them fly" merchandising philosophy and famously scuffed floors before opening day”
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