by - May 22, 2024 4:06 pm
Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale cumulatively had sales tax revenue of $9.614 million in the May report posted by the cities, down 0.51% from a year ago. May was the…
by - May 20, 2024 3:08 pm
A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) alleges that water pollutants discharged from Tyson Foods’ processing plants “pose a risk to people and the environment and include large…
by - May 19, 2024 10:44 am
Recent surveys on buy now, pay later (BNPL) indicate that the deferred payment form is expected to surge in the next few years. BNPL drew widespread adoption during the COVID-19…
by - May 16, 2024 10:34 am
Walmart outperformed expectations in its first quarter earnings report Thursday (May 16). Its net income was $5.104 billion, up 205.1% from the year-ago period. Earnings per share were 63 cents,…
by - May 15, 2024 4:53 pm
Tyson Foods’ stock price edged up Wednesday (May 15) following comments made by CEO Donnie King and Chief Financial Officer John R. Tyson at the BMO Global Farm to Market…
by - May 14, 2024 9:30 am
Walmart will report first-quarter earnings ahead of the market opening on Thursday (May 16), and all signs predict a solid quarter for the Bentonville-based retail behemoth. Analysts forecast revenue to…
by - May 14, 2024 8:32 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with statement from Walmart. Several hundred jobs are being cut at Walmart’s home office and its global tech operations. The layoffs in Bentonville began Monday (May…
by - May 13, 2024 10:16 am
Self-checkout is nothing new in retail. It first appeared more than three decades ago in Kroger and is now in more than 95% of retailers, according to the Food Industry…
by - May 10, 2024 8:40 am
Online sales increase over the next four years will lead to more retail stores, closures, according to UBS retail analyst Michael Lassiter. He expects as many as 45,000 retail stores…
by - May 9, 2024 7:07 pm
Trucking is big business in Arkansas, but the freight demand downturn, now in its 15th month, shows no sign of retreat, according to Shannon Newton, president of the Arkansas Trucking…
by - May 7, 2024 9:40 am
The Vericast 2024 Restaurant TrendWatch Survey found that 68% of respondents are trading down from restaurant meals to food from grocery stores to avoid rising costs. The survey found restaurant…
by - May 5, 2024 11:32 am
According to market research firm eMarketer, U.S. digital grocery sales will grow 11.5% to reach $204.61 billion this year. And there’s still room for growth, as digital grocery will represent…
by - May 2, 2024 6:06 pm
Tyson Foods appears to be climbing out of recent net losses thanks to better chicken margins and improving pork pricing during the second fiscal quarter that ended March 31. The…
by - May 2, 2024 8:39 am
Policymakers, government agency officials, doctors and medical advocates on Wednesday (May 1) discussed the need for action to improve maternal health in Arkansas, which has the highest maternal mortality rate…
by - May 1, 2024 8:13 am
Bentonville-based Heartland Forward is addressing U.S. maternal health and negative pregnancy outcomes that result in $165.3 billion in medical costs. Arkansas is one of four states with the lowest maternal…
by - April 30, 2024 2:25 pm
Walmart’s experiment in the muddled healthcare sector ended abruptly Tuesday (April 30) when the retailer reversed course and announced it is closing healthcare centers and ending its virtual care service….
by - April 29, 2024 5:14 pm
Affordable and accessible child care was the top issue Walmart corporate employees raised when asked what they wanted on the retail giant’s new corporate campus in Bentonville. The retailer responded…
by - April 26, 2024 8:38 am
The top six executives at Walmart saw higher compensation last year of a combined $96.724 million, or $264,997 per day. Most of the compensation is deferred or in stock options…
by - April 25, 2024 9:56 pm
Rob Walton, the oldest son of Walmart founders Helen and Sam Walton, has been a fixture on Walmart’s board of directors for more than four decades. But he is not…
by - April 25, 2024 9:01 pm
When a person in the Dallas metroplex is cooking dinner and needs a particular spice to complete the recipe, Walmart can have a drone deliver it in as little as…
