Wal-Mart Taps Castro-Wright To Head Global E-Commerce

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is moving the head of its U.S. operations, Eduardo Castro-Wright, to oversee its international e-commerce group and global sourcing operations, promoting Bill Simon to fill his place.

Castro-Wright, who will remain as vice chairman, will now oversee the retailer's California-based global e-commerce businesses and also handle global purchasing activities.

The move was spurred by Castro-Wright's wife undergoing a heart transplant several weeks ago in California and she can't be moved out of the state, Castro-Wright said in ...

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