How Home Depot Copied Apple to Build an Ingenious New Bucket
2nd January 2014
Home Depot’s new Big Gripper all-purpose bucket is a handy improvement on the old school, five-gallon contractor pail. An ergonomic handle and patent pending “pocket grip” on the underside sets the product apart on the shelf, but more importantly, the design is a showpiece for a new approach to big box merchandising. Brick-and-mortar retailers have learned a lesson from Apple and are following their vertically integrated approach by developing high-quality, and exclusive, products to remain competitive in the age of Amazon. And they’re learning from another Apple trademark: revisiting product categories filled with bad offerings, and completely rethinking them.
January 2nd, 2014 at 14:46
From lunar landings,
to an improved bucket.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
January 2nd, 2014 at 17:17
Home Depot did the moon landings? I’m impressed.