Walmart may want to increase the size of its tech operations closest to one of Amazon’s most likely HQ2 sites (an announcement eagerly awaited by the 20 finalist cities being considered), but the expansion of its Walmart Labs offices on the East Coast also brings it closer to its New Jersey Jet operations.
Walmart has been a tech innovator since the beginning; its early adoption of computers is widely credited for innovations in its supply chain decades ago, something that has helped make it the most efficient distributor of goods in the world.