- Published On May 13, 2026 at 08:03 PM IST
Walmart‘s head of global technology Suresh Kumar and head of global AI acceleration Daniel Danker in a memo to employees on Tuesday.
The company had moved from organizing separately for Walmart U.S., Sam’s Club, and its international markets to building in a unified way on a single, shared platform over the past year, according to the memo.
Walmart, which became the first retailer ever to hit $1 trillion in market value in February, has been ramping up a digital transformation to better compete with Amazon.com , Costco and Aldi.
Many of the affected staff have been asked to relocate to Walmart’s Bentonville or Northern California offices, the Wall Street Journal, which first reported about the development, said on Tuesday.
Walmart employs about 2.1 million people worldwide, as of January 31, according to its annual filing. It is the largest U.S. private employer with about 1.6 million employees, of whom 92% are hourly workers.
The company reports quarterly results on May 21.
- Published On May 13, 2026 at 08:03 PM IST
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