Walmart is already the world's #1 retailer. The know the e-commerce is a big deal, so now they are trying to become the world's #1 e-retailer as well. Or, to pu

Walmart is already the world's #1 retailer. The know the e-commerce is a big deal, so now they are trying to become the world's #1 e-retailer as well. Or, to put that equivalently: Walmart is trying to unseat Amazon. They're going about it in a decently smart way, too. Which is to say, they're taking advantage of the fact that they have the resources of the third-largest corporation on the planet to back them up. One aspect of that is that entire companies count as "off-the-shelf" software. Walmart Labs is actually far away from the HQ that is far away from the HQ. Walmart Corporate split off Walmart.com into a separate group in the Bay Area because there wasn't enough tech talent in Bentonville, Arkansas to meet their needs. Walmart Labs is now a split of a split, in a separate zip code than the Walmart.com offices (but still Bay Area).