Sears Holdings to open technology centre in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Sears Holdings, an integrated retailer with stores across the United States, today said it will open its second technology centre in the city.

The centre will be set up at the Embassy Tech Park in Sarjapur , here and is currently awaiting regulatory clearances, the company said in a release.

The centre, tentatively scheduled to open in September, will be spearheaded by MD Alok Kumar, who is also heading Sears's first development centre in Pune, and will focus on developing solutions for Omni-channel retail, it added.

Sears Holdings said the unit in Bengaluru is spread across 15,000 square feet and is going to be a Centre of Excellence with focus on product and platform development in the retail online and offline domain.

Stating that Sears Holdings India has been at the forefront of developing its IT solutions and products, it said the Pune centre is more than 1,000 engineers strong and has been operational since 2009.

"Sears Holdings India focuses on enhancing our members' experience through cutting edge technology. In the last five years, our teams in India have generated immense value for Sears Holdings and its members, and with this expansion, we aim at enhancing this value further," President of Member Technology at Sears Holdings Corporation, Dennis Moore said.