by - January 21, 2014 1:45 pm
Retailers like Wal-Mart Stores, Dollar General and Best Buy ordered a lot of products ahead of the holiday season, but reports of soft post-holiday sales and excess discounted inventory could…
by - January 21, 2014 12:51 pm
Arvest Bank announced Susana Perez has been promoted to personal banker in Springdale. She is relocating from 415 Emma Avenue to the branch located at the corner of East Robinson…
by - January 21, 2014 12:23 pm
Health and wellness is big business for Wal-Mart’s Stores Inc. garnering roughly $30 billion in sales, which was 11% of the retailer’s total U.S. sales in fiscal 2013. Sales grew…
by - January 21, 2014 10:07 am
Agriculture is still king in Arkansas despite being the home of the world’s largest retailer, a robust trucking industry and a quickly evolving start-up sector. Farming is an $8 billion…
by - January 21, 2014 10:05 am
Editor’s note: Caitlin Lafarlette is the author of this story, which appears in the latest magazine issue of Talk Business Arkansas. The Natural State is known for its agricultural abundance,…
by - January 20, 2014 6:29 pm
The number of homes sold in Arkansas’ four largest metro areas totaled 20,644 during 2013, the first time since 2007 that the tally topped 20,000 and the first time the value of the homes sold in the four markets topped $3 billion.
by - January 20, 2014 4:50 pm
A new events company in Fort Smith is already making a name for itself, landing one of the region's biggest corporate events after officially being open for business for a…
by - January 20, 2014 4:18 pm
Adding to its prepared foods arsenal, Tyson Foods announced Monday (Jan. 20) that it will acquire Bosco’s Pizza Co. of Warren, Mich. for an undisclosed sum. Bosco’s Pizza produces a…
by - January 20, 2014 3:31 pm
The number of homes sold in Arkansas’ four largest metro areas totaled 20,644 during 2013, the first time since 2007 that the tally topped 20,000 and the value of the…
by - January 20, 2014 1:40 pm
Wal-Mart will proceed with its independent operations in India under the name “Wal-Mart India Private Lt’d”, according to Kevin Gardner, spokesman for the retail giant. “Post the announcement in October…
by - January 20, 2014 1:16 pm
In a move to expand its prepared food sales, Tyson Foods Inc. recently acquired the assets of Bosco’s Pizza Co. of Warren, Mich., according to a press release issued Monday…
by - January 20, 2014 12:47 pm
Home builders and others employed in the local construction industry can easily sum up 2013 with just two words — steady work. Bentonville, Fayetteville, Springdale and Rogers issued new commercial…
by - January 20, 2014 8:05 am
Editor’s note: Benji Hardy is the author of this story, which appears in the latest magazine issue of Talk Business Arkansas. In the past two decades, downtown Little Rock and…
by - January 20, 2014 7:58 am
The brewery scene in Arkansas continues to grow as the right blend of passion and business savvy produces the perfect batch.
by - January 18, 2014 10:13 pm
A profile of the four newcomers to the state’s business hall of fame tops the story list of our latest magazine edition of Talk Business Arkansas.
by - January 18, 2014 9:42 pm
For our weekend business and political readers: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT BRIGHT IDEAS That is if you truly want to innovate in your work. According to research by Harvard Business…
by - January 17, 2014 3:15 pm
Tyson Foods, in the midst of shifting some of its processed meat operations in Iowa, said it will lay off about 60 workers from its deli meat plant in Cherokee,…
by - January 17, 2014 2:47 pm
The preliminary index for consumer sentiment in dipped to 80.4 in January, from 82.5 in December, according to the Thomson/Reuters/University of Michigan report released Friday, Jan. 17. The final survey…
by - January 17, 2014 12:30 pm
U.S. rail intermodal traffic declined 8.2% in the week ended Jan. 11 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Railroads moved about 236,000 intermodal…
by - January 17, 2014 6:57 am
A legal turn for same-sex marriage, Coon Supper politics, shuffling money for a sports complex and the push for a third high school in Fort Smith are part of the…
