by - June 16, 2017 11:33 am
Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods will certainly challenge grocers like Wal-Mart, Kroger and others to hold or grow market share while maintaining profitable margins. But most market watchers don’t see…
by - June 15, 2017 9:00 pm
While the news is good that China has agreed to open its markets to U.S. beef, don’t expect products from meat packers like Tyson Foods and local cattlemen to enter…
by - June 15, 2017 2:56 pm
The rising costs of name brand drugs protected by patents are driving double-digit growth in pharmaceutical spending annually, according to the recent Health of America report from Blue Cross and…
by - June 14, 2017 1:06 pm
The pace of change in the retail sector is unparalleled, impacting businesses and consumers from New York to Beijing to Mexico City to Toronto, according to Scott Price, chief administrative…
by - June 14, 2017 12:48 pm
Consumers are reaching deep into their wallets this year to surprise dear dad with the biggest cumulative spending on record for the patriarchal holiday. Spending is expected to top $15.5…
by - June 13, 2017 4:33 pm
Arkansas has much work to do to raise itself from the bottom of the barrel when it comes to overall child well-being. The Natural State ranked No. 45 out of…
by - June 13, 2017 3:24 pm
Two years ago the Walmart Foundation partnered with the National Retail Federation and other stakeholders to try and change the perception of retail jobs in America, and the work continues…
by - June 12, 2017 4:29 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores said Monday (June 12) it has teamed up with the Arkansas Agriculture Department to support the agency’s “Arkansas Grown” program that kicked off in Little Rock…
by - June 12, 2017 3:52 pm
PetSmart’s recent acquisition of industry-disruptor Chewy cost the pet specialty retailer $3.35 billion, about as much as Wal-Mart paid for Jet.com. Both eye-popping deals were about acquiring the competition. PetSmart…
by - June 9, 2017 11:33 am
Retailers responded to customer demand by importing more goods in the first five months of 2017 through the nation’s major ports. The growth of imports remains robust, albeit below the…
by - June 8, 2017 3:55 pm
Several dozen business and civic leaders gathered Thursday morning (June 8) at the future site of a new 14,000 square-foot Mercy Health primary care clinic estimated to cost $7.7 million. The…
by - June 8, 2017 1:16 pm
Better Homes & Gardens is one of the first Wal-Mart vendors to respond to the retailer’s request for suppliers to open up their entire product catalogs regardless of how many…
by - June 8, 2017 10:48 am
One week after Walmart U.S e-Commerce CEO Marc Lore was baptized in his first Wal-Mart shareholders’ meeting, he sat down with the analyst community at the Baird 2017 Global Consumer,…
by - June 7, 2017 3:15 pm
The turnaround story for Walmart U.S. began with the focus more than two years ago on its workforce behind a $2.7 billion investment in higher wages and training, according to…
by - June 7, 2017 12:32 pm
Consumers doled out about $412 billion last year on prescription drugs primarily divided among 16 major players in the U.S. market, according to Drug Channels Institute. But online retail titan…
by - June 5, 2017 1:41 pm
Two of Wal-Mart’s top executives say they don’t have a crystal ball to predict how retail will look in five years but they are committed to testing new processes and…
by - June 4, 2017 3:16 pm
The 2017 Wal-Mart shareholders’ meeting followed a solid first quarter performance and an unexpected 63% jump in e-commerce sales. Several questions posed to Wal-Mart execs during meetings that followed Friday’s…
by - June 1, 2017 12:20 pm
Wal-Mart announced Thursday (June 1) it has for the past month tested a final mile service for online orders of general merchandise from Jet.com and Walmart.com using store employees to…
by - May 31, 2017 12:29 pm
More than 3,000 of the 1.5 million Walmart U.S. employees donned in matching blue t-shirts filed into Bud Walton Arena early Wednesday (May 31) to kick off the retail giant’s…
by - May 30, 2017 4:45 pm
Consumers began spending more money as spring approached this year and that is showing up in local sales tax revenue among Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities. Cumulative sales tax revenue…
