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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. appointed Sean Clarke, its Canada finance head, as chief operating officer in China to help oversee expansion two months after the company’s COO and chief financial officer in the country left.
Clarke will be joined by Steve Smith, named chief marketing officer in China, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based chain said in an e-mailed statement today. Smith was formerly a senior vice president at Delhaize Group.