Sainsbury's hires 150 digital experts for face-off with Amazon and Tesco

Sainsbury's has doubled its digital and technology staff in the past year as competition from online retailers mounts

Sainsbury's is hiring 150 digital and technology experts to help improve its online store as it finalises the buyout of Argos.

The team, who will work out of an existing Sainsbury's office in Manchester's Arndale centre, will include software developers and engineers and will work in partnership with 900 other digital and technology experts based in London and Coventry.