I'm sure it's just in general. I mean, look how well Circuit City did after getting rid of their most senior people.

How many senior developers do you need to maintain an existing e-commerce site? Not that much. The can hire entry-level / students to do the content. They can re-use the print designers to make the banners. They can automatize catalog management or dumb it down enough so that a manager can do it.

I've spent a lot of time developing e-commerce website for (smaller) companies and none of them required 200+ seniors. Most were small highly skilled teams of individuals with large skill sets.

I think maybe WalMart is back and forth on whether they want to be "Target, but Cheaper" or Amazon.

They do have some features that aren't standard ecom, like in store delivery, 3rd party seller marketplace, Vudu video, Straight Talk phones, etc, so I can see more senior staff than usual...but perhaps not what they have now.