by - December 8, 2022 1:53 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods has hired ex-Coke marketing executive Melanie Boulden as chief growth officer, a new position created by the meat giant. Boulden will officially join the company on Feb….
by - December 6, 2022 2:29 pm
Salesforce reported U.S. Cyber Week – the week following Thanksgiving – sales rose 9% year-over-year to $68 billion. Global online sales for the same period were up 2% from a…
by - November 30, 2022 3:30 pm
Walmart may claim to be the low-cost leader on food and consumables. Still, a recent study of e-commerce prices in 15 major categories from July 11 to Oct. 2 found…
by - November 29, 2022 3:17 pm
The early read on the winter holiday sales indicates a record 196.7 million Americans shopped in stores and online during the five-day holiday shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber…
by - November 26, 2022 1:08 pm
Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale reported a combined $8.013 million in the November sales tax report, a gain of 1.32% on the heels of double-digit growth for most of this…
by - November 26, 2022 10:11 am
Brothers and business partners Quinn and Austin Simkins of Fayetteville, founders of Natural Way Food Group, have been selling homemade peanut butter products in retail since 2017. But after success…
by - November 22, 2022 9:00 am
The National Retail Federation (NRF) expects as many as 166 million shoppers will make purchases between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, almost 8 million more than forecast last year and…
by - November 21, 2022 1:25 pm
Inflationary pricing and rising interest rates have more consumers considering buying secondhand items. The trend once more prevalent among Gen Z consumers — young adults under age 25 — is…
by - November 17, 2022 3:16 pm
Consumers should not be surprised that a Thanksgiving dinner for a party of 10 will cost more than 20% this year thanks to inflation, fueled in part by higher prices…
by - November 15, 2022 10:30 am
Walmart has reached a settlement in litigation relating to the national opioid epidemic totaling $3.1 billion. The settlement will effectively resolve all opioid lawsuits by state, local and tribal governments,…
by - November 15, 2022 10:13 am
Walmart reported revenue of $152.8 billion in its fiscal third quarter, up 8.7% compared to the same quarter in 2021, but net income fell 158% to a loss of $1.798…
by - November 14, 2022 10:54 am
Tyson Foods’ fiscal fourth-quarter net income was down 60%, but the Springdale-based company ended fiscal 2022 with record revenue of $53.282 billion, up 13.2% from the prior year. Net income…
by - November 12, 2022 9:19 am
Walmart is already a top retailer for women’s lingerie, with roughly one-fifth of U.S. consumers purchasing the Secret Treasures brand of intimate apparel or sleepwear in the year ending Jan….
by - November 11, 2022 4:55 pm
Analysts at Citibank and Stephens Inc. believe Walmart will slightly outperform consensus when the retail giant reports third-quarter earnings on Tuesday (Nov. 15), but they say net income will be…
by - November 10, 2022 4:13 pm
Tyson Foods is expected on Monday (Nov. 14) to report fourth-quarter net income of $577 million for the period ending Sept. 30. Estimated earnings per share of $1.60 would be…
by - November 9, 2022 11:20 am
According to the National Retail Federation, retailers have plenty of inventory this holiday season. That’s good because Tuesday’s (Nov. 8) Global Port Tracker report indicates that major container ports should…
by - November 9, 2022 11:09 am
Beef exports are up 4.6% through September, but global economic weakness and a rising U.S. dollar pushed exports lower 5.7% in September compared to a year ago, according to U.S….
by - November 7, 2022 9:46 am
John R. Tyson, the chief financial officer of Springdale-based Tyson Foods, was arrested early Sunday morning (Nov. 6) in Fayetteville on misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and criminal trespassing. According…
by - November 5, 2022 10:26 am
Jordan-based Classic Fashion has opened its first U.S. production facility in Santa Ana, Calif., to cut and sew apparel for Walmart. The commitment is part of Walmart’s effort to grow…
by - November 3, 2022 4:31 pm
Walmart snagged top honors again in the Kantar PoweRanking report for 2022. It’s the 26th year the Bentonville-based retailer ranked first and is a testament to the company’s financial strength…
