Article: Wal-Mart conference features women's issues.

Byline: Rebecca Logan

Apr. 13--FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Bright blue banners bearing quotes from Sam Walton and others hung from the rafters of the Crown Expo Center on Tuesday.

Spotlights shone on a stage filled with racks of multicolored activewear.

Fayetteville played host to about 350 Wal-Mart employees who were in town for a training conference.

Many were Wal-Mart store and district managers from areas anywhere between Richmond, Va., and Charleston, S.C. Both cities are in the same Wal-Mart region as Fayetteville.

As the employees waited in line for lunch, images of women who have made a impact difference in Wal-Mart's ...

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