Wal-Mart to Hire Hundreds for Big Expansion of Digital Operations

Wal-Mart's global e-commerce unit intends to hire hundreds of tech workers in a big expansion of its operations in Sunnyvale, Calif. "We're planning to expand to about 1,000 employees in Sunnyvale," said Bao Nguyen, a spokesman with Wal-Mart global e-commerce, whose operations are headquartered in San Bruno, Calif. At present, the e-commerce unit has about 550 employees in Sunnyvale.