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Walmart India team playing key role in innovation: CEO Doug McMillon

He added that they've changed the way people spend and save and their perception of value as well as how they travel, communicate, and work

Doug McMillon, CEO & President, Walmart
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Doug McMillon, chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Walmart Inc

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru
Walmart’s global tech team in India is playing a key role in developing many innovations for the world’s largest retailer. These range from automating warehouse management, store modernisation to improving customer experiences.

One of the innovations built by Walmart’s global tech team in India is ‘Element’, an intelligent and collaborative platform.

It will democratise access to all of the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning initiatives within Walmart, said Doug McMillon, chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Walmart Inc. McMillon was speaking at the Converge@Walmart, a retail tech event by Walmart Global Tech held here on Friday.

“It is

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