Case studies in innovation

Home Channel News, Feb 7, 2000

Percent of 187 online survey respondents who agreed with each answer to this question:

Innovation is the key to success in today's competitive environment. In your opinion, which of the following home improvement industry innovations of the past few years was the most significant?

Orgill's Ouikship e-commerce engine         26%
Stambaugh Thompson's transformation from
home center to neighborhood hardware store. 21%
Home Depot's development of its
Villager's Hardware store.                  21%
Sears' Great Indoors
home decor concept                          12%
Wickes' "frame a house
in a day" program.                          11%
Builders First Choice                       10%
The vision for a nationwide mammoth building supply chain
cobbled together from several acquisitions.

Hard to pick just one Respondents to NHCN's weekly Web poll saw innovation in several places -- one-quarter said Orgill's Quikship e-commerce engine was the most significant innovation of those listed.

To read and participate in other weekly polls, visit NHCN at www.homecenternews.com.

Source: NHCN On The Web. This National Home Center News poll is a voluntary survey of site users and is not scientifically projectable to any other population.