ATLANTA, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer, announced today that it will hold its Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, August 18 at 9 a.m. ET.

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A webcast will be available by logging onto www.homedepot.com and selecting the Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call icon. The link will be displayed on the home page as well as under the Investor Relations section. The webcast will be archived and available beginning at approximately noon on August 18.

The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,241 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. In fiscal 2008, The Home Depot had sales of $71.3 billion and earnings from continuing operations of $2.3 billion. The Company employs more than 300,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.