Does Home Depot actually own their inventory?

Question

I thought I had read that Home Depot actually rents out space to companies and that HD does not actually own most of their inventory. I know they have their own brands, but excluding those I would guess. Any insight?

Answer 1

i believe the home depot doesn't own the inventory of the products on display.  Most of the products are under consignment therefore ownership of the product is not transferred to the depot.

Answer 2

I'm sure they buy it - they wouldn't be able to sell for low prices if they didn't buy in the huge volume they do