Walmart readies 'Open Call' in India on way to $10 bn a year export target

'The category expansion over the last 15 years has been incredible …The ingenuity, the grit, the education of the labour force are a strategic advantage in India'

Retail major Walmart is looking at an India-first opportunity on sourcing for the world as it readies to host a never-before mega sellers’ summit in New Delhi on February 14 and 15 next year. This is the first India outing for the Bentonville-headquartered group’s flagship summit and the second outside of America. Typically an annual American event held in the US for about a decade, the sellers’ meet was held in Mexico last April, breaking from the past.        

In a conversation with Business Standard here on Tuesday, Andrea Albright, Executive Vice President – Sourcing, Walmart, said the India