5 posts and columns on Venky Harinarayan

A Look at Walmart’s Plans for Making Commerce High-Tech (Video)

in Commerce on February 3 at 6:00 am PT

Walmart is typically associated with its everyday low prices, not with technology. But the mega-retailer is trying to change that by building a tech center just south of San Francisco.
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Don’t Trust Your Instincts? Wal-Mart Uses Algorithms to Find Gifts People Want.

in Commerce on November 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm PT

Wal-Mart has launched a Facebook application that helps people buy better gifts for their friends.
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What Wal-Mart Has in Store for Social Commerce

in Commerce on June 15, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Wal-Mart’s social and mobile plans are starting to take shape only two months after acquiring Kosmix of Mountain View, Calif.
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Exclusive: Wal-Mart Paid $300 Million-Plus for Kosmix

in News on April 18, 2011 at 5:46 pm PT

According to sources close to the situation, retail giant Wal-mart paid just over $300 million in cash for Kosmix, an acquisition announced earlier today. That’s a big price for the six-year-old Mountain View, Calif.-based company, which has built a social media platform that organizes content by topic and had raised $55 million from a large group of Silicon Valley venture firms.