this is craig menear, too.that probably shareholders should feel and do feel fairly certain about. he has a lot of experience with the company and he's taken them on a good transition. there were some bumpy years going back to the nardelli times but things have been pretty good for home depot. as we walked through our future of retail series, a lot of folks pointed to home depot and said this is one of the names that's still going to be around in 20, 25 years. yes, they may be moving more online and that business will grow but there is definitely still a market to go to heem home depot and try to hang blinds or gloss those floors. home depot has got a good job with all of those in their stores. >> there's craig menear again. we visited that distribution center in atlanta at the beginning of the month. among some of the comments he had there, which was pretty interesting. he said i would say there is more change that's happening in retail in the last three years than in the last 50. he thinks there sis more of t

hopefully, craig menear can help him on the merchandising front. ted is more of a numbers guy. we'll be watching that role very closely. >> and stacy what do you think craig's biggest challenges are as he inherits this mantle? >> yeah, as laura said, really big shoes to fill here. expectations now for home depot are extremely high, as high as they were coming into the quarter now that they blew away the numbers, you know, also considering that there have been some mixed numbers in housing out there and from some of the retailers, you know, that, again. but we look at a two-year trend in the comp. it was the highest in over a decade. it's phenomenal. >> laura, what did we learn this week as we heard from both home depot and lowe's? >> home depot just continues to take share, and they're taking share in some key categories, like appliances, where they don't have a history of being a leader. so, home depot getting better and better at what they do, which is accept reasonable margins and use those excellent price points and good cost structure to put pressure on everyone else in the

someone involved in the development of this program is craig menear, president of u.s. ot and widely rumored to be the next ceo when frank blake steps down. i sat down to talk to craig about home depot's future and his efforts to make them big players in mobile shopping. is it safe to say you guys are becoming sort of like the amazon for items that weigh 5 pounds or more? >> so, we are focused in this facility on not only parcel shipment but also being best in class at big and bulky. so, whether it's a customer buying a bathtub, for example, and having that shipped to them or shipped to one of our stores for pickup, that's what this facility will give us the capability to do. >> that's a difficult thing to do, isn't it, to move some of these big, heavy items around the country? amazon today is rolling out same-day delivery in more u.s. cities, but that's for a lot of small items -- toothbrushes, books, those kinds of things. >> right. >> what is the challenge when we're talking about getting a washing machine or a dishwasher to a customer within days or hours, even? >> s

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home depot names craig menear as the new ceo. home depot stock has nearly doubled during its six years of him running the country. fraj blake is someone who has been widely credited with just doing a phenomenal job, even for the housing crisis. >> i asked for that. got it earlier this week. macy's last week, they were supposed to be different than everyone else because they're waiting for home depot's numbers. they're up like 7%. new high, the stock was up two or three points. and one retailer that, really, the ohm one -- and then we said is lowe's going to be the same? and lowe's wasn't. >> by the way, he stepped in in 2007 right before the housing crash managed to keep that company afloat and maneuver through a very good time. >> i've talked about the airlines, how one guy at the top, can you manage to filter stuff down, the ticket agent, flight attendant and everyone else? >> i haven't seen that yet. right now, there are a lot of unhappy -- >> but it makes a difference. >> when you go through just about any of the airlines. >>