by September 26, 2019 4:18 pm
-Former Tyson CEO Donnie Smith focuses on family legacy
Donnie Smith, the former CEO of Tyson Foods, will turn 60 years old next week. Retired for nearly two years, Smith has focused on four areas with his time and…
by September 26, 2019 4:18 pm
-Donnie Smith, the former CEO of Tyson Foods, will turn 60 years old next week. Retired for nearly two years, Smith has focused on four areas with his time and…
by September 26, 2019 3:43 pm
-The Christmas holiday peak shopping season is just 10 weeks away, and a recent survey by Coresight Research found more than 75% of consumers plan to buy goods from Walmart…
by September 25, 2019 7:05 pm
-Amazon and Google are the major players lined up in the path-to-purchase funnel, but retail experts say there is still an opportunity for others to grow market share in the…
by September 24, 2019 7:08 pm
-The U.S. cattle markets have settled down a bit since the Aug. 9 fire in the Finney County, Kansas Tyson Foods beef processing plant. The Sept. 1 feedlot inventories were…
by September 24, 2019 1:04 pm
-The four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas reported sales tax revenue in the September report up 9.95% over the year-ago period. Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale cumulatively reported $6.253 million…
by September 20, 2019 2:49 pm
-Arkansas Children’s Northwest announced a $5 million anonymous cash gift to help support programs and future expansion at the Springdale hospital. Officials said the principal will remain intact while earnings…
by September 18, 2019 4:33 pm
-Meat giant Tyson Foods has long offered protein snacks like its “Any’tizers” branded frozen chicken products. But the Springdale-based company is also trying meatless options announcing with a new line…
by September 18, 2019 2:36 pm
-Final-mile delivery is growing amid the significant expansion of U.S. e-commerce sales. Much of the growth can be attributed to Amazon and its Prime membership of more than 100 million…
by September 18, 2019 1:16 pm
-Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas opened its seventh clinic in the past three years with Tuesday’s (Sept. 17) christening of the new $47 million multispecialty clinic in Springdale. More…
by September 17, 2019 4:45 am
-Arkansas ranked 7th among the top 10 states most apt to benefit from health care reform, according to a recent study by SmartAsset. The report looked at nine metrics surrounding…
by September 16, 2019 7:41 pm
-Mercy Health System will hold its grand opening ceremony for the new $47 million multi-specialty clinic in north Springdale at Elm Springs Road and Interstate 49 on Tuesday (Sept. 17)….
by September 15, 2019 4:32 pm
-Walmart and Target are the two largest big-box general merchandise retailers in the U.S. by total sales. Headquartered 644 miles apart, the two retail giants are finding favor with Wall…
by September 13, 2019 1:14 pm
-Walmart held a grand opening Friday (Sept. 13) for its new health format in Dallas, Ga. The new “Walmart Health” center is attached to a Supercenter as part of a…
by September 13, 2019 11:20 am
-Walmart plans to go national with its unlimited grocery delivery subscription which will cost $98 annually, or $12.95 a month. The program will be in place by the end of…
by September 12, 2019 3:54 pm
-Northwest Arkansas residents view the region as a “great place to live” with 95% of residents being “very or fairly happy” with the region’s amenities, according to the latest Quality…
by September 11, 2019 4:36 pm
-Walmart is testing dozens of technology applications in its stores in hopes of being the first retailer to achieve a true omnichannel shopping experience at scale. Todd Harbaugh, executive vice…
by September 10, 2019 11:56 am
-Tyson Foods announced Tuesday (Sept. 10) the promotion of John Randal Tyson, a fourth-generation family member, to chief sustainability officer. The 29-year-old Tyson is the son of company chairman, John…
by September 10, 2019 7:54 am
-Megan Crozier, a 16-year Walmart veteran, has been tagged as the new chief merchant for Sam’s Club, according to an internal memo sent by Sam’s Club CEO John Furner on…
by September 9, 2019 3:59 pm
-Most of the universities and colleges around the Natural State were recently ranked among their peer institutions by U.S. News & World Report, which looked at 15 factors to determine…
by September 5, 2019 1:18 pm
-Tyson Ventures, the venture capital fund owned by Tyson Foods, announced an investment in San Francisco-based New Wave Foods. Tyson said New Wave focuses on plant-based shellfish and is working…