by - June 6, 2015 6:00 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of The City Wire focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side is…
by - June 5, 2015 7:32 pm
Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon told the media Friday (June 5) that shareholder week is his favorite week of the year though by the end of the Saturday morning meeting everyone…
by - June 5, 2015 6:29 am
Wal-Mart has hired Greg Hitt as the new lead spokesman and vice president for corporate communications, a role where he is tasked with being the leader in working with media…
by - June 5, 2015 6:24 am
Retail giant Wal-Mart and its Sam’s Club division have spent much of the past two days explaining to the media gathered in Northwest Arkansas for shareholders week the importance of…
by - June 3, 2015 8:07 pm
If there is a measure for how focused Wal-Mart is on using technology to dig deeper into the pockets of consumers, this may be it: 2,500 Wal-Mart employees at “labs” in California and Bentonville test as many as 100 ideas each day.
by - June 3, 2015 5:35 pm
The new Walmart U.S. executive team told more than 3,000 of its employees that it’s listening to their concerns. In response to thousands of emails Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran…
by - June 1, 2015 2:34 pm
The countdown has begun again on what is arguably one of Northwest Arkansas’ biggest events each year: The Wal-Mart shareholders meeting.
by - May 31, 2015 6:45 am
Walmart U.S. is in the process of a major organizational realignment under the supervision of Judith McKenna, chief operating officer for the retailer’s U.S. business unit. McKenna outlined the organizational…
by - May 29, 2015 3:43 pm
Under the direction of Dr. Carol Reeves, University of Arkansas graduate students Kenny Bierman and Phillip Turner received top honors in the Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Collegiate Business Plan competition…
by - May 29, 2015 6:31 am
Wal-Mart’s age-old weekly circular tab insert in newspapers is being revamped into a digital catalog format that will have less focus on price and product and more on the retailer’s…
by - May 27, 2015 3:25 pm
It’s been quite a while since home values across Northwest Arkansas have posted double-digit gains in just one year, but that reality is fueling more home improvement projects and home…
by - May 27, 2015 8:17 am
Wal-Mart confirmed plans to add a salaried position of an assistant manager to each of its more than 2,500 Walmart Tire and Lube Express centers within its U.S. stores. This…
by - May 25, 2015 9:15 am
Banks taking back more homes across the country is the primary reason foreclosure filings rose 9% in April from a year ago. Irvine, Calif.,-based RealtyTrac reports 125,875 U.S. properties were…
by - May 22, 2015 7:56 am
The retail sector reported mixed results this week and Bentonville-based Sam’s Club was among the losers – again. Sam’s Club CEO Rosalind Brewer also gave a cautious outlook as the wholesale club tries to reinvent itself to better compete. What’s at work?
by - May 21, 2015 7:07 pm
It’s been a stellar year for used-car sales evidenced by the explosive growth of Bentonville-based America’s Car-Mart. The “buy here, pay here” car dealer reported net earnings for fiscal 2015,…
by - May 21, 2015 5:34 am
The changing food segment is too big for Wal-Mart Stores to get wrong. Groceries and consumables comprised 56% of Walmart’s U.S. sales last year. But consumer trends and points of…
by - May 19, 2015 5:22 am
Improved comp store sales and a 17% increase in global e-commerce sales were just about the only highlights of the first quarter earnings report from Wal-Mart Stores. First fiscal quarter…
by - May 18, 2015 5:34 pm
It’s never been more difficult to get items on retail shelves in brick and mortar stores like Wal-Mart. But if there is a will, there’s a way.
by - May 15, 2015 5:42 am
News that Walmart.com would begin testing a $50 subscription that provides unlimited deliveries to online shoppers within three days, did not come as a surprise to some. Market watchers say…
by - May 14, 2015 5:52 am
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores confirmed that it has partnered with Alibaba’s financial arm, Ant Financial, to offer mobile pay in China. It’s an interesting deal given the two parties are…
