<p>The company, which already has an R&D centre in the Silicon Valley, is setting up another 'WalmartLabs' facility in Bangalore, with plans to hire up to 100 developers here.<br /><br />"At the centre in Bangalore, we will hire 100 developers and cater to Walmart's global e-commerce business," Walmart Global e-Commerce Senior Vice President Anand Rajaraman told PTI.<br /><br />He said the centre is expected to be up and running by the end of this year, but declined to provide the investment details.<br /><br />"We are currently recruiting developers who have deep knowledge and expertise in the areas of machine learning, social analytics and big data infrastructure," he said.</p>.<p>The team will lead and own projects to bring new e-commerce, social and mobile commerce offerings to the global marketplace, he added.<br /><br />"Globally, Walmart has e-commerce businesses in a host of countries, including the US. <br /><br />However, online shopping option is not available to consumers in India yet," he said.<br /><br />In India, Walmart operates 13 wholesale cash-and-carry stores in India in partnership with Bharti Enterprises.<br /><br />Globally, over 200 million visits are made to Walmart stores across 28 countries each week.<br /><br />"New technologies generated from 'WalmartLabs' are designed to eliminate the boundaries between brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce to give shoppers a seamless experience anywhere and on any device," he said.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The company, which already has an R&D centre in the Silicon Valley, is setting up another 'WalmartLabs' facility in Bangalore, with plans to hire up to 100 developers here.<br /><br />"At the centre in Bangalore, we will hire 100 developers and cater to Walmart's global e-commerce business," Walmart Global e-Commerce Senior Vice President Anand Rajaraman told PTI.<br /><br />He said the centre is expected to be up and running by the end of this year, but declined to provide the investment details.<br /><br />"We are currently recruiting developers who have deep knowledge and expertise in the areas of machine learning, social analytics and big data infrastructure," he said.</p>.<p>The team will lead and own projects to bring new e-commerce, social and mobile commerce offerings to the global marketplace, he added.<br /><br />"Globally, Walmart has e-commerce businesses in a host of countries, including the US. <br /><br />However, online shopping option is not available to consumers in India yet," he said.<br /><br />In India, Walmart operates 13 wholesale cash-and-carry stores in India in partnership with Bharti Enterprises.<br /><br />Globally, over 200 million visits are made to Walmart stores across 28 countries each week.<br /><br />"New technologies generated from 'WalmartLabs' are designed to eliminate the boundaries between brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce to give shoppers a seamless experience anywhere and on any device," he said.<br /><br /></p>