by - July 31, 2017 12:48 pm
More sales of grocery, apparel and even electronics are gravitating online, but consumers still value the option to pick up online orders in-store, according to a recent report from JDA…
by - July 29, 2017 3:08 pm
Following news of corporate layoffs at Wal-Mart Stores’ headquarters in Bentonville, several major leadership changes were announced Friday via an internal memo by Charles Redfield, head of the grocery division,…
by - July 27, 2017 2:26 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, the largest employer in Northwest Arkansas and nation, is purging more of its corporate jobs. This marks the third round of layoffs in Bentonville this calendar…
by - July 27, 2017 1:20 pm
Four years into Wal-Mart’s mission to support U.S. manufacturing jobs, the retailer continues efforts to shape discussions at the national level between manufacturers, government and non-government organizations and other stakeholders….
by - July 26, 2017 1:38 pm
Reaction to Wal-Mart Stores changing the in-store merchandising policy was swift and typically brutal, especially on social media. The retailer defends its decision by saying it will be good for…
by - July 26, 2017 1:13 pm
April Richardson and sisters Deborah Wilson and Tamekia Dorsey of DC Sweet Potato Cake drove 17 hours from their home in Hyattsville, Md., to pitch their sugary confections to Wal-Mart…
by - July 25, 2017 6:13 pm
The Northwest Arkansas economy continues to drive sales tax revenue gains through the first seven months of 2017 well ahead of last year’s pace. The four largest cities in the…
by - July 25, 2017 4:05 pm
The German discounter Lidl has for the past two years moved into an already competitive and overstocked U.S. grocery market, and analysts who recently visited Lidl stores in North Carolina,…
by - July 24, 2017 2:29 pm
It may not be a glamorous job, but it pays well and there is no shortage of work for experienced maintenance techs across Northwest Arkansas. In fact, as many as…
by - July 21, 2017 9:28 am
Brenda Smith has been in Northwest Arkansas since Tuesday (July 18) meeting with Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon and touring the retailer’s distribution center in Bentonville to learn about its logistics…
by - July 20, 2017 1:08 pm
Wal-Mart Stores has internally announced a new merchandising services program that narrows to five companies able to manage supplier displays and other services in more than 4,600 Walmart U.S. stores….
by - July 20, 2017 10:50 am
An entrepreneur from Canada is hoping a deal with Wal-Mart Stores that includes frozen tea pops will push the company into the black. Dionne Laslo-Baker, a medical toxicologist by trade…
by - July 19, 2017 3:47 pm
Hypermarkets and supermarkets will account for less than half the total world trade by 2021, according to a recent report from Kantar Worldpanel. Countries where traditional larger-scale grocery formats are…
by - July 19, 2017 9:33 am
American consumers may eat almost 92 pounds of chicken per person this year, which would best the 91 pound per capita record set in 2016, according to the latest research…
by - July 18, 2017 1:13 pm
It’s been four years since Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced its commitment to buy $250 billion more in American-made products over a 10-year period. Since that time, dozens of new suppliers…
by - July 17, 2017 4:19 pm
Wal-Mart Stores recently partnered with Thrive Global and Accenture to launch a first of its kind virtual commerce competition dubbed Innov8. The retail giant said last week the competition will…
by - July 17, 2017 1:12 pm
The $13.7 billion deal that Amazon made to acquire Whole Foods Market is not likely to sail through without some regulatory scrutiny and shareholder litigation. U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, a…
by - July 14, 2017 12:22 pm
At a time when tech investments among retailers like Wal-Mart Stores and Amazon are in the billions, suppliers should remember that technology can’t do it all with respect to selling…
by - July 14, 2017 8:05 am
From the days when nurses worked with doctors in the Roman Empire around 300 A.D. to Florence Nightingale and the emergence of modern nursing, there has always been a need…
by - July 13, 2017 2:37 pm
The National Retail Federation said this week July and August are shaping up to be two of the busiest months on record for the nation’s major retail container ports, as…
