by - May 2, 2022 10:55 am
An e-commerce marketing agency based in Rogers announced Monday (May 2) $2.3 million in new investment. Bold Strategies founder and CEO Allan Peretz said the funding from Montage Capital will…
by - May 1, 2022 12:07 pm
Advice from women business owners offered Thursday (April 28) during a panel discussion in Fort Smith included being “vulnerable” and being “your own advocate” to push beyond the rejections that…
by - May 1, 2022 10:54 am
Jonathan Bricker, a banker with Arvest Bank, began his finance career working as an international business development representative. The economic development side of the business stuck with him and now…
by - May 1, 2022 6:30 am
Arkansas hospitals had an estimated annual economic impact of more than $15.2 billion in 2020, and they directly provide 47,300 jobs with a total payroll of almost $3.7 billion, according…
by - April 30, 2022 9:59 am
Three Bentonville-manufactured electric vehicles are expected to transport fully-suited NASA astronauts to their moon-bound spacecraft as part of a mission to complete the first human lunar landing in more than…
by - April 29, 2022 10:57 am
Springdale-based online grocery startup EasyBins announced Friday (April 29) a $400,000 matching investment from the Arkansas Venture Capital Development Fund (AVCDF) of the Arkansas Venture Capital Investment Trust (AVCIT). The Arkansas Development…
by - April 29, 2022 9:55 am
Record quarterly net income, driven in part by a more than 20% increase in a key billing measure, has Fort Smith-based ArcBest rewarding shareholders with a $75 million share buyback…
by - April 29, 2022 7:33 am
Little Rock-based Encore Bank announced Friday (April 29) an expansion to the Denver, Co. market. In a news release, the company named Josh Peebles executive vice president and regional president…
by - April 28, 2022 4:14 pm
Being the different one in the room is a feeling executives in Northwest Arkansas said they have experienced. Bringing attention to differences and embracing commonality was the purpose of the…
by - April 28, 2022 3:54 pm
USA Truck blew past consensus estimates on first quarter net income and revenue as the shipping and logistics company set another quarterly record on both metrics. Net income of $13.111…
by - April 28, 2022 10:25 am
A Congressional hearing about packer consolidation, unfair pricing power and gaps in market opportunities for smaller ranches was held Wednesday (April 27) in Washington, D.C., with Tyson Foods CEO Donnie…
by - April 28, 2022 9:59 am
Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale had combined sales tax revenue of $7.351 million in the April report, up 25.17% from a year ago. However, revenue was down 3.96% from the…
by - April 28, 2022 8:14 am
Arkansas-based Armor Bank, a full-service community bank headquartered in Forrest City, plans to build a retail location in Northwest Arkansas. The company has filed a preliminary development plan with the…
by - April 28, 2022 8:14 am
Inflation, lingering supply chain issues, the aftermath impacts of the pandemic and other factors may have a dampening effect on the economy in Northeast Arkansas in 2022. But consumers continue…
by - April 28, 2022 7:33 am
Simmons First National Corp. reported Thursday (April 28) net income of $65.1 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to $67.4 million in the first quarter of 2021 as…
by - April 27, 2022 8:11 pm
Bacteria found in foods sicken millions around the globe each year, cost billions of dollars in economic losses, and in rare instances, even result in deaths. One Arkansas food safety…
by - April 27, 2022 5:31 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson was in downtown Fort Smith Wednesday morning (April 27) for the grand opening of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Center for Economic Development. The center…
by - April 27, 2022 2:45 pm
The Milken Family Foundation awarded the prestigious Milken Educator Award to an educator from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Bentonville on Wednesday (April 27). Kamisha Burlingame, a fourth-grade teacher, was surprised with…
by - April 27, 2022 11:28 am
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), recently announced the completion of the North Central Energy Facilities in Oklahoma which includes the largest…
by - April 26, 2022 4:29 pm
Little Rock-based Delta Solar recently announced the completion of a 320-kilowatt solar array for Imperial Ice of Little Rock. According to a news release, the array was designed to produce…
