Walmart Labs, the local product development division of US retail giant Walmart has acqui-hired Delaware-based data analytics and machine learning startup Int.Ai, its second acqui-hire in India in three months, as it looks to strengthen its engineering team. In September, Walmart Labs brought the entire team of engineers from Bengaluru-based Appsfly onboard, which built a…
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And they’re off! Black Friday, the Super Bowl of shopping, kicks off holiday season
CSONDY, GETTY IMAGES On Thanksgiving Day, the traffic flowing through mobile devices represented 68 percent of all online traffic, according to Salesforce. And 54 percent of all digital orders that day were made through smart phones, the most of any day this year and roughly 30 percent more than in 2017. Social media is also playing…
Walmart Tests Same-Day Grocery Delivery In China
“Walmart is piloting same-day grocery delivery in China via a new service called Walmart To Go. According to a report in TechCrunch, customers in China can access the service via a mini-program within WeChat, which is the messaging app owned by China’s Tencent. Walmart partnered with WeChat earlier in 2018 to tap that market of consumers.”…
Walmart Plans To Launch AI-Based Lab In Its Store
“US-based retail corporation Walmart is reportedly planning to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) -based lab which they are calling an Intelligent Retail Lab inside one of its stores in Levittown, New York. The company plans on using AI to help it identify when stocks are running low so that it can replenish it. The company is also…
Walmart turns to Flipkart for tech
“In fact, Flipkart’s AI for India initiative was run by Sachin, who moved out of Flipkart right after the acquisition by Walmart. Flipkart already has more than 50 data scientists and is training another 100 of them. Hiring, too, is on. It is expected to have more than 250 data scientists and AI experts in…