US consumers heading out on Black Friday shopping trips to Walmart may not realise they are visiting a branch of the latest hot tech stock. But after half a century on the New York Stock Exchange, the discount retail giant is about to relist on the Nasdaq, an index more often associated with fast-growing start-ups or tech titans such as Nvidia or Google. That what is still the world’s largest company by sales can rebrand itself, at least by association, as a growth stock is striking. It says much about its transformation under CEO Doug McMillon, who is stepping down after 12 years.
許多在黑色星期五前往沃爾瑪(Walmart)購物的美國消費者，或許沒意識到自己正踏進一支最新熱門科技股的門店。可是在紐交所(New York Stock Exchange)掛牌半個世紀后，這家折扣零售巨頭正準備轉赴納斯達克(Nasdaq)重新掛牌——一個更常與高速成長的初創(chuàng)企業(yè)或英偉達(Nvidia)、谷歌(Google)等科技巨頭聯系在一起的指數。目前以銷售額計依然為全球最大公司的沃爾瑪竟能至少借由關聯將自己重塑為成長股，實屬驚人。這充分彰顯了在執(zhí)掌12年后即將卸任的首席執(zhí)行官董明倫(Doug McMillon)領導下的轉型成果。