ATLANTA-- The Home Depot recently reported record net earnings of $778 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2001, an increase of 19.7% compared with net earnings of $650 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2000.
Sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2001 totaled $13.3 billion, an increase of 15.1% from the third quarter of fiscal 2000. Comparable store sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2001 were flat with last year.