by - July 18, 2023 4:17 pm
Nelson Peacock, CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council, said Tuesday (July 18) during the group’s annual meeting that one of the toughest challenges the region faces is affordable housing for…
by - July 17, 2023 11:20 am
Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales event and other retailers’ efforts to boost mid-year revenue helped push U.S. e-commerce sales up 6% year over year on July 11 and 6.4% on…
by - July 15, 2023 9:32 am
South Carolina startup Palmetto Gourmet Foods is focused on making protein-rich ramen noodle products and healthier alternatives to what’s on the soup aisle at Walmart and its competitors. Reza Soltanzadeh,…
by - July 13, 2023 12:13 pm
Prices of goods sold online in June fell an average 2.6% from a year ago, marking the 10th consecutive month of declines from 2022, according to recent data from the…
by - July 12, 2023 12:42 pm
A report from JLL predicts average back-to-school spending per child at $367, up 15.7% from a year ago. The report found 55.2% of parents plan to spend more money, 23.8%…
by - July 11, 2023 7:19 pm
The U.S. Congress recently passed the INFORM Consumers Act effective June 27 in hopes of deterring criminals from acquiring stolen and counterfeit items and selling them through online marketplaces. Officially…
by - July 11, 2023 8:08 am
In 2018, Walmart launched its Big Blue mobile pharmacy to travel to areas hit by disasters or fire and set up shop, filling prescriptions and seeing customers in the impacted…
by - July 10, 2023 11:27 am
The National Retail Federation’s monthly economic review indicates the U.S. economy is “slowly rolling forward” to start the back half of the year. NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said the…
by - July 2, 2023 9:38 am
Taking a cue from its parent Walmart Inc., which has shown retail media can boost the bottom line, Sam’s Club execs said their top priority is member experience. Still, ad…
by - June 26, 2023 2:23 pm
Consumers in Benton and Washington counties continue to spend on goods and services with sales tax revenue in the four largest cities up 7.57% in the June report compared to…
by - June 24, 2023 9:31 am
Dustin Faulkner, a third-generation Arkansas farmer, is part of an aggressive plan by the world’s largest retailer to save billions of gallons of water in rice farming. Faulkner lives south…
by - June 22, 2023 4:40 pm
Inflation pressures aren’t expected to curtail July 4th spending. The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts spending will be $9.5 billion, up 21.7% from $7.8 billion last year. The increase, if…
by - June 19, 2023 12:36 pm
Financial services firm Jefferies estimates student loan payments will cost U.S. consumers $18 billion a month by September. Some economists suggest the hit to household budgets will slow a national…
by - June 17, 2023 9:06 am
According to research from LendingTree, the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) industry is growing among cash-strapped consumers turning to deferred payments for essentials like food and other consumables. “Each month, we ask Americans…
by - June 16, 2023 12:25 pm
U.S. online grocery market sales totaled $6.9 billion in May, down 3.4% compared to $7.2 billion a year ago, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus latest survey. The U.S. Census…
by - June 15, 2023 1:22 pm
Walmart has reduced its international footprint in recent years by divesting operations in Japan, Asda in the United Kingdom, Brazil and Argentina, but the retail giant still expects to double…
by - June 14, 2023 2:26 pm
Walmart is a huge buyer of case-ready beef to sell in its 4,700 U.S. stores. In recent years the retail giant has focused on improving the quality of its beef…
by - June 13, 2023 1:03 pm
Overall prices of goods and services rose 4% in May compared to a year ago, increasing 0.1% from the prior month which was the smallest year-over-year increase since March 2021,…
by - June 13, 2023 10:36 am
Walmart said it’s been testing the potential uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI). During the retailer’s recent shareholders week, tech execs explained how Walmart is using generative AI across its…
by - June 12, 2023 3:18 pm
Lower beef packer margins for Tyson Foods and other processors will continue as the U.S. beef cattle herd rebuilds, according to Derrell Peel, livestock marketing analyst at Oklahoma State University…
