To take on Amazon, Walmart is streamlining its retail and web teams – Recode (Jan 13, 2017)
Every story about Walmart (or any other brick and mortar retailer) rejigging its e-commerce arm is bound to be seen in the context of Amazon’s dominance of the space, and Walmart has famously struggled in e-commerce despite its massive scale. At least two of these moves are about consolidating leadership of online and offline retail domains, which is a logical step (and one that Apple, for example, took a couple of years ago). Others reflect ongoing hiring from outside Walmart to strengthen its leadership team, and it looks like Jet is also being further integrated into the company, which was inevitable. Walmart won’t report its December quarter earnings until February 21st, but it will be well worth watching what impact, if any, Jet is said to have had on its performance.
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