算是今天的大新聞. 也讓Home Depot成為今天道瓊股中漲幅最大的個股.
實體居家修繕店Home Depot積極佈署科技方面的人才. 卯起來跟Amazon拚了.
"to support an $11 billion multi-year investment plan to extend its lead in brick-and-mortar retail over competitors like Lowe’s and fend off increased competition from Amazon and other online players. "--->看到這種新聞都可以注意一下. 通常在這種幾年計畫的開始, 投資人若對公司有信心, 股價會開始有漲幅出現(不過HD本身就是一直有漲幅, 又有護城河的好股了).
With a stock price that has increased 135 percent over the last five years, Home Depot remains one of the few giant brick-and-mortar retailers to find success in the age of Amazon.
Now, the $200 billion home improvement retailer is going on the biggest technology hiring spree in its history to try to maintain that edge.
Home Depot plans to add more than 1,000 new hires to its technology teams in 2018, the company will announce on Wednesday, to support an $11 billion multi-year investment plan to extend its lead in brick-and-mortar retail over competitors like Lowe’s and fend off increased competition from Amazon and other online players. The company has approximately 2,800 employees in technology roles today.
