- Jan 30, 2013
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Home Depot Parole location was once Hechinger's -- a once proud, locally owned DC regional chain that rocked for decades. Then, Hechingers management lost interest/became decadent, incompetent, whatever, and lost their market share to Home Depot and Lowes, and eventually went "out."
Local lore is that Home Depot wanted to shut Lowes out of Annapolis when Hechinger expired, so when Hechinger finally succumbed to its own lethargy, HD took over the relatively small Parole location as a second Annapolis store, solely to preclude Lowes establishing a footprint, despite their larger, better location on Defense Highway just a mile away. Where else do you see two Home Depot's within a mile of each other?
Bottom line: The skilled personnel resources who can help you with your home solution are at the Defense Highway location. If you need a light bulb or furnace filter, or another "self service" item, go to Parole.
Local lore is that Home Depot wanted to shut Lowes out of Annapolis when Hechinger expired, so when Hechinger finally succumbed to its own lethargy, HD took over the relatively small Parole location as a second Annapolis store, solely to preclude Lowes establishing a footprint, despite their larger, better location on Defense Highway just a mile away. Where else do you see two Home Depot's within a mile of each other?
Bottom line: The skilled personnel resources who can help you with your home solution are at the Defense Highway location. If you need a light bulb or furnace filter, or another "self service" item, go to Parole.