by - May 13, 2019 11:01 am
Fast 15: Maggie Srygley
Fort Smith native Maggie Srygley returned home to find a job after she graduated with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and business from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 2013. She…
Author: Jeff Della Rosa
by - May 13, 2019 10:45 am
Fast 15: Logan Dodd
Fort Smith native Logan Dodd accepted an internship with candy maker The Hershey Co. at the end of his junior year of college and hasn’t looked back. He graduated with…
by - May 13, 2019 10:43 am
Fast 15: Sam Cushman
Springdale native Sam Cushman always had a talent for communications. He wrote for high school and college newspapers and was recruited to major in communications at Ouachita Baptist University in…
by - May 13, 2019 10:41 am
Fast 15: Abby Callahan
When Fayetteville native Abby Callahan moved to China in the sixth grade, she realized the opportunities the retail sector had to offer. Her father’s role with Walmart led to the…
by - May 13, 2019 10:35 am
Fast 15: Tori Pohlner Bogner
When Tori Pohlner Bogner left the University of Arkansas for the construction industry, the move was not so much about construction as it was about people. A native of Weiner…
by - May 10, 2019 10:59 am
Former NanoMech CEO Jim Phillips objects to company’s plan to sell assets (UPDATED)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to include a federal judge’s decision Friday afternoon. Jim Phillips, former chairman and CEO of Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech, had objected to the…
by - May 9, 2019 3:17 pm
Freight demand softens, second half of 2019 a ‘wild card’
Trucking freight demand was soft in April, and this is likely to continue into May amid high retail inventory levels after the late 2018 and early 2019 pull forward in…
by - May 8, 2019 1:08 pm
Q&A: Aaron Burkes discusses low-cost carriers, other priorities for XNA
Aaron Burkes had no aviation experience before he became CEO and executive director for Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) more than six months ago. But, he could have. Burkes’ first…
by - May 8, 2019 12:15 pm
Arvest objects to finance plan in NanoMech bankruptcy case
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank and Daniel Carroll of Michigan have filed objections to financing plans submitted in the bankruptcy case of Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech. Arvest and Carroll were listed as…
by - May 7, 2019 1:47 pm
Fayetteville center performs state’s first robotic dental implant surgery
Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center in Fayetteville was the first in Arkansas to insert a dental implant using a robot. Dr. Scotty Bolding, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and…
by - April 30, 2019 3:02 pm
Amazon opens online truck brokerage, expected to put pressure on existing brokers
Amazon recently announced the launch of a truck brokerage segment, and the move is expected to put pressure on margins of existing freight brokers as the online retailer shifts to…
by - April 29, 2019 5:25 pm
Wage increases, guaranteed pay, improved communications have positive effect on driver shortage
Sign-on bonuses and guaranteed pay have worked to attract truck drivers to the industry, but the shortage remains, said Gordon Klemp, founder and CEO of National Transportation Institute. In a…
by - April 26, 2019 12:38 pm
Then & Now: Retired Car-Mart executive Eddie Hight starts consulting business for auto industry
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 15 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 25, 2019 12:46 pm
NanoMech files plan to sell assets
Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech looks to sell the assets of the company in an auction to the New York-based technology financing company that initially sued NanoMech for not making payments…
by - April 24, 2019 1:54 pm
Highway officials, Walmart executive praise Eighth Street interchange project in Bentonville
City and state officials and Walmart executives gathered Wednesday (April 24) to celebrate the completion of the Eighth Street interchange project along Interstate 49 in Bentonville. The interchange, adjacent to…
by - April 23, 2019 3:21 pm
Apartment complexes coming to Tontitown
Developers have plans in various stages of design and development to build multiple apartment complexes, townhomes and duplexes along U.S. Highway 412 in Tontitown. Dirt work has started on the…
by - April 18, 2019 1:42 pm
J.B. Hunt hosts shareholders meeting, stock down nearly 9% since Monday
J.B. Hunt Transport Services hosted its annual shareholders meeting Thursday (April 18) after posting first-quarter earnings and revenue that missed expectations, leading share prices to fall and an analyst to…
by - April 18, 2019 6:57 am
Northwest Arkansas population growth softens to 2% in 2018, area dips to 27th fastest growing metro
Northwest Arkansas was the 27th fastest growing metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States in 2018, decelerating from the 14th fastest in 2017, the 20th in 2016 and 24th…
by - April 17, 2019 4:07 pm
UA, China team study food safety risks in supply chain
John Kent, clinical associate professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, has been traveling to China…
by - April 16, 2019 4:10 pm
NanoMech owes between $10 million and $50 million, bankruptcy filing shows
Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a week after filing documents to settle a nearly $9 million lawsuit alleging the company has not made payments on its…