Independents / Regional Grocers

Wal-Mart Stores here said last week that Doug McMillon, president and chief executive officer of Sam's Club for the past three years, has been named president and CEO of Wal-Mart International, the company's second-largest operating segment, effective Feb. 1. McMillon, 42, will succeed Mike Duke, who was previously named to succeed H. Lee Scott as chairman and CEO of Wal-Mart. The

byElliot Zwiebach