Article: Simon is taking over Rx, specialty unit at Wal-Mart.(Bill Simon at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. )(Brief Article)

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. this month named Bill Simon executive vice president of the company's specialty division, including pharmacy.

Simon will also have responsibility for the retailer's photo, optical, connection center, and Tire and Lube Express divisions. He was to have assumed his new role on March 6.

Simon will report to Eduardo Castro-Wright, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores USA.

Simon comes to Wal-Mart from Brinker International Inc., where he was senior vice president of global business development, responsible for the growth of the restaurant chains Chili's, Romano's Macaroni Grill, On the ...

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