by - August 1, 2018 8:09 pm
Blockchain is a big buzzword in the business world and it’s no longer just associated with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Some of the state’s largest employers from Fort Smith-based ArcBest to…
by - August 1, 2018 3:16 pm
Leon Nicholas, vice president of retail insights at WestRock, believes consumers bolstered by a strong economy are calling the shots in retail by demanding best prices and ultimate convenience options….
by - August 1, 2018 2:33 pm
Northwest Technical Institute of Springdale will soon be one of only a handful of nationally accredited ammonia refrigeration training centers in the country. The career and technical training center is…
by - July 31, 2018 1:15 pm
Walmart is constantly testing new processes and services internally and with customers. In recent months the retail giant quietly abandoned its Scan & Go tests as well the final-mile delivery…
by - July 30, 2018 7:10 pm
Tyson Foods was flying high on hopes for a record year of earnings with low grain costs and growing market share among its largest brands. But escalating trade tensions and…
by - July 27, 2018 4:03 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods is reportedly working to acquire Keystone Foods, a protein supplier to food service and retailers with annual sales of $2.8 billion worldwide and around 11,000 employees. By…
by - July 26, 2018 2:29 pm
The start of the new school year is still a few weeks away. But with half of summer break already gone, retailers from Apple to Walmart have been busy announcing…
by - July 26, 2018 10:42 am
Final-mile delivery is the most expensive element of online shopping and in the low-margin grocery business, every penny counts. Walmart continues to test several possibilities with its online grocery delivery…
by - July 25, 2018 6:42 pm
Walmart is not new to video streaming. The retail giant acquired VUDU in February 2010, but it has fallen far behind subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix and other popular…
by - July 25, 2018 2:03 pm
In 1998, “Titanic” was the top grossing movie at the box office, the Monica Lewinsky scandal with President Bill Clinton dominated the news and a small tech startup known as…
by - July 24, 2018 4:47 pm
Walmart runs a complete liquor store attached to supercenter no. 5261 in Jane, Mo. The liquor store has a separate entrance and is also accessible from the supercenter. Signs throughout…
by - July 24, 2018 1:54 pm
Sales tax revenue collections for the region stalled in July with total revenue reported by the four largest cities rising 0.24% to $5.996 million, from the same month a year…
by - July 23, 2018 5:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday (July 23) presented to hundreds of Arkansas farmers and ranchers a revised transformation plan for the state’s Department of Agriculture. Two years ago, the state…
by - July 19, 2018 2:16 pm
American Tubing International, a private manufacturing facility in Springdale since 1976, has grown its employment to roughly 400. This week the company was acquired by Sanhua Holding Group of China,…
by - July 19, 2018 1:57 pm
Growing sweet potatoes for Walmart is a full-time, year-round job for Terris and Kim Matthews of Wynne, a city tucked away in Cross County near the northeastern edge of Arkansas….
by - July 18, 2018 5:14 pm
The executive suite at America’s Car-Mart has pretty much looked the same for the past three decades but this past year Hank Henderson, the face and voice of the buy-here,…
by - July 18, 2018 4:35 pm
Just three years ago, Walmart was ramping up its manufacturing operation in Fayetteville that makes optical lenses sold by the retail giant. This week, roughly 150 workers in Fayetteville were…
by - July 17, 2018 6:13 pm
Walmart continues to dole out the majority of its capital expenditures on growing its e-commerce business, which many believed was second only to Amazon and its 49.1% dominance in e-commerce…
by - July 16, 2018 6:20 pm
Consumer spending ramped up in June sending retail sales up 0.5% in line with economists’ predictions. Total sales, including food, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau were $506.8 billion….
by - July 12, 2018 12:03 pm
Japan looks to be the latest targeted divestiture of Walmart’s international portfolio, according to Nikkei business daily. The local news report cites Walmart as already having approached several major retailers…
