The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday, May 14, edition that Walmart has cut 1,000 roles as it simplifies its operating structure. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe reports that Walmart is doubling down on a tech-focused strategy as it woos higher-income shoppers and builds its marketplace and delivery businesses. "We've made changes to simplify how the work is organized, make ownership clearer, and better align roles to the work and skills we need going forward," Walmart's global technology head Suresh Kumar and global artificial intelligence acceleration head Daniel Danker said in a memo to employees on Tuesday. The company had moved from organizing separately for Walmart U.S., Sam's Club and its international markets to building in a unified way on a single, shared platform over the past year. Walmart, which became the first retailer ever to hit $1-trillion (U.S.) in market value in February, has been ramping up a digital transformation to better compete with Amazon.com, Costco and Aldi. Many of the affected staff have been asked to relocate to Walmart's Bentonville, Ark., or Northern California offices, The Wall Street Journal, which first reported about the development, said on Tuesday.