Walmart Boosts Conversions By 20% With Lightbend Reactive Platform After rebuilding its web application and mobile stack with Scala, Akka and Play, Walmart Canada experiences faster development and improved scalability. About Walmart Walmart Canada is a subsidiary of Walmart and is one of Canada’s largest retailers with over 150 stores. The company is also one of Canada’s largest online commerce providers with a fast growing mobile shopping customer pool. The Challenge Walmart Canada wanted to significantly improve their online store experience for users by delivering an immersive, responsive web presence across smartphones, tablets and laptops. Simon Rodrigue, WalMart Canada’s VP of eCommerce, also wanted to cut or maintain backend costs, while gaining flexibility and scalability. To do t

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