Traditional retail electric business, Wal-Mart opened a second electric business center to accelerate the process of electronic business

Wal-Mart, the world's retail giant, opened a second E-commerce center in Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley. It is understood that the center is built to attract high-tech talent. At present, such as Amazon, EBay, Google and Suning and other giants have been set up in Silicon Valley Office center, the Wal-Mart to accelerate its own electronic business process, the Silicon Valley talent war intensified.

Traditional Retail electric Business

Wal-Mart recently opened its second electric-business center in the Silicon Valley city of Sunnyvale, and then tree the benchmark for its own electronic business process. The center will be mainly responsible for online and mobile internet shopping areas. Previously, Wal-Mart had built a similar electric-business center in San Bruno, Calif., just 30 miles from the location of the second electric Dealer's center.

A spokesman for Wal-Mart said the second electric-business center employs 1000 professionals, and currently has 500 employees in Sunnyvale's office. The former Bruno Office Center already has 1500 professional talents. The location of these two offices is the focus of global high-tech talent, the establishment of the new electric Power center in Silicon Valley will be the introduction of technical personnel for Wal-Mart to bring a clear advantage.

We selected Sunnyvale is a highly concentrated talent density of the South Bay. Los Angeles and the peninsula area can provide design, app and user interface talent. The person in charge said so. Although the former electrical business Center has been able to provide a lot of technical talent, but the South Bay in Silicon Valley has a higher density of engineers and technical personnel, Wal-Mart's foray into Silicon Valley is to occupy more geographical advantages of technology.

It is understood that, in addition to Wal-Mart, Target and Staples also in the electric business to carry out drastic reform, have opened a power business center.

Technology first Introduction strategy

Under the impact of internet companies like Amazon, many American traditional retailers are aware that their status is net to save themselves. Wal-Mart launched the WalmartLabs project in 2011, mainly responsible for the company's social and mobile internet business, to integrate its online and offline business resources.

Wal-Mart recently acquired a continuous acquisition of Web site performance optimization company Torbit, Electric business development company Oneops, social company Tasty Labs and data analysis company Inkiru and other enterprises, through a series of acquisitions to bring their own technical advantages and fresh talent supplement, thereby strengthening their research and development capabilities in the Electronic business laboratories.

But the acquisition does not provide Wal-Mart with enough talent genes, and the layout of the Silicon Valley is also an important part of Wal-Mart's electricity business process. Wal-Mart's CEO, Duke, said earlier that Wal-Mart is now investing heavily in technology, and will scramble for more technical talent in Silicon Valley, thereby increasing corporate efficiency and increasing its competitiveness.

Silicon Valley hits talent war

Although Wal-Mart has opened a power center in Silicon Valley, it does not mean there will be a lot of high-tech talent rushing into Wal-Mart's embrace. Ebay and Google are still keen to compete in Silicon Valley for local talent, and Amazon, America's top retail retailer, is also reaching the West Coast.

In addition to the activity of overseas companies in Silicon Valley, Chinese companies are increasingly keen on Silicon Valley. Last November, the suning American Research and Development Center and the Silicon Valley Institute officially opened the operation, the double line of Suning also hopes to recruit more talent in Silicon Valley, the shortage of High-tech talent short board.

Silicon Valley's High-tech talent is fiercely competitive. Even so, Wal-Mart will offer more opportunities to professional talent with its unique corporate culture and global technological innovation, a spokesman for Wal-Mart said. At present, Wal-Mart in Silicon Valley work invitation acceptance rate has reached 94%.