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Supplier payment terms helped finance inventory

Ben Gilbert says supplier payment terms and fast inventory turnover meant roughly half of Home Depot’s inventory was financed by suppliers.

Ben Gilbert·Published Sep 14, 2026

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So this resulted in about half of The Home Depot's inventory at any given time actually being financed by the suppliers

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