by - March 19, 2019 7:19 pm
In 2014 and 2015 when Walmart unveiled and expanded its Savings Catcher program to customers guaranteeing to match sales prices among competitors the noise around the program quickly rose. In…
by - March 19, 2019 4:23 pm
LeeBob Willingham and his business partner Trevor Jensen may seem like an unlikely tandem, but their combined passion for dogs, ingenuity and business savvy has landed their product — Bullibone…
by - March 18, 2019 12:55 pm
Arkansas natives Mark Bertel and his long-time friend Christopher Royer launched Borderline Clothing & Supply in 2015, bootstrapping the business with $20,000 and a dream to develop a lifestyle apparel…
by - March 17, 2019 2:57 pm
A majority of retailers (85%) have not yet completed the digitization processes needed to give them full control and transparency of their supply chain, according to a recent survey of…
by - March 14, 2019 4:12 pm
Harps Foods CEO Kim Eskew didn’t choose the grocery business, it chose him. Growing up in tiny Piggott, Ark., Eskew said his father was a hard worker with two jobs…
by - March 14, 2019 2:05 pm
Tyson Foods announced Thursday (March 14) a program that uses DNA technology to trace beef products backs to the animal of origin for its Open Prairie Natural Angus Beef production….
by - March 13, 2019 6:16 pm
Fresh has been the “sexy” play on food for the past several years as more consumers focus on buying fresh produce, deli and bakery items as opposed to canned and…
by - March 12, 2019 11:52 am
Fayetteville-based WhyteSpyder is making the move to downtown Springdale to be part of the city’s efforts to create a technology hub. The company is the latest business to make an…
by - March 11, 2019 2:45 pm
Two high-ranking female executives at Walmart and Sam’s Club are leaving the retail giant in the coming weeks. Gisel Ruiz, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Sam’s Club,…
by - March 7, 2019 5:42 pm
Voice commerce is one of the areas Walmart has tested for the past year with Google and is now working on its own application for online grocery. Walmart began testing…
by - March 7, 2019 8:16 am
Tyson Foods announced Wednesday (March 6) a new poultry handling and transportation certification by a third party — U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. Tyson is the first major food company…
by - March 6, 2019 6:22 pm
It’s been nearly five years since Greg Foran took over as CEO of some 4,700 Walmart U.S. stores. Speaking to investors at the UBS Consumer and Retail Conference in Boston…
by - March 6, 2019 4:17 pm
Wisconsin-based Artemax Inc. is one of Walmart’s Open Call success stories in the retailer’s efforts to grow and support U.S. manufacturing jobs. The wristband manufacturer based outside Milwaukee employs about…
by - March 5, 2019 7:51 pm
Walmart has spent the past 18 months consolidating two older distribution facilities in Bentonville and Fort Smith into one new state-of-the-art fashion and apparel distribution center. On Tuesday (March 5),…
by - March 5, 2019 12:55 pm
Consumers in Northwest Arkansas, the Fort Smith metro, and parts of Oklahoma and Missouri have another option for grocery delivery. Springdale-based Harps Foods is working with Instacart to offer grocery…
by - March 4, 2019 5:56 pm
Walmart announced a new addition to its legal team for the role of chief antitrust counsel being filled by Suzanne Wachsstock, effective March 4. Wachsstock joins Walmart from American Express,…
by - March 4, 2019 4:58 pm
Walmart shoppers who want a credit option for larger purchases made in stores or online will soon have another choice. The retail giant is partnering with Affirm, a financial services…
by - February 28, 2019 3:44 pm
Walmart executives believe winning at omnichannel is the retail giant’s best chance for continued success. That was a central theme at Walmart’s recent Supplier Summit held in Rogers Tuesday and…
by - February 27, 2019 7:32 pm
Life for 12-year-old Sarah Hollingsworth and her dad Michael Hollingsworth of Hiwasse is centered largely around Sarah’s battle with Leukemia since first diagnosed in September 2017. Sarah is one of…
by - February 26, 2019 4:35 pm
A new low-intervention birthing suite will open this week at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville for expectant mothers seeking a non-medicated natural childbirth experience. The new suites will offer minimal…
