Walmart is to reorganise its ecommerce business in several key markets. It has disclosed the departure of two senior online executives as part of a strategy to better integrate online retailing with local bricks and mortar operations.

Raul Vazquez, who was in charge of ecommerce initiatives in developed markets, including the US, UK, Japan and Canada, and Steve Nave, who was the head of, have left the company.

The retail giant’s online managers in developed markets will now report to country managers rather than be part of a global team.