Chinese Retailer Comes to U.S. Seeking Tech Talent

Following on the heels of Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl's, Staples, QVC and others, Suning Commerce Group, China's largest electronics retailer, last month opened a retail tech lab in Silicon Valley. Already among China's top three e-commerce players, Suning said its research center in Palo Alto, Calif., will be the first in a series of planned R&D centers in cities throughout the U.S., with others already set for New York and Seattle. The objective is to advance Suning's offline-to-online business model and bolster its back-office capabilities, which include big data, internet search, shopper analytics, cloud capabilities and internet banking.