by - January 1, 2019 1:47 pm
Talented people are the driving force behind any effective economic strategy. As 2019 begins, one of Northwest Arkansas’ leading development officials believes attracting and retaining those individuals remains the defining…
by - January 1, 2019 1:34 pm
Italy-based Colavita, a longtime Walmart food supplier, embraces the challenges of balancing online commerce and subscription-based meal kits with expanding its brick-and-mortar presence. It’s not often a family-owned business based…
by - January 1, 2019 1:18 pm
As the new year gets underway, many Arkansans will be among the millions of workers across the U.S. getting a wage hike as more than two dozen states implement changes…
by - January 1, 2019 12:59 pm
The Millennial generation is too big to ignore and is expected to surpass the Boomers as the nation’s largest generation in 2019, according to the Pew Research Center. The sheer…
by - January 1, 2019 12:52 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service estimates retail beef and chicken prices are poised to rise in 2019, while pork prices could continue to decline. Beef production expanded further…
by - January 1, 2019 11:45 am
The North Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will begin issuing advertising and promotion permits to new foodservice and lodging businesses operating in the city in 2019. The process…
by - December 31, 2018 4:54 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. closed out a challenging year on Monday with the all-cash sale of its Earthlink branded internet service for $330 million, the Little Rock telecom announced Monday (Dec….
by - December 31, 2018 12:31 pm
The Arkansas Rice Council and Arkansas Rice Farmers will hold their annual meeting and trade show Jan. 8 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Grand Prairie Center in Stuttgart. It…
by - December 31, 2018 12:23 pm
Rich Grubbs is “like a kid with a new toy” when he talks about the possibilities of North Walton Boulevard in Bentonville. Grubbs, owner of Arkansas Commercial Real Estate, believes…
by - December 30, 2018 1:42 pm
White River Bancshares Co., the holding company for Fayetteville-based Signature Bank of Arkansas, announced the company will begin trading on the OTCQX Best Market under the symbol “WRIV”. The…
by - December 29, 2018 2:13 pm
A 14,729-square-foot retail building leased to Walgreens pharmacy in the Promenade Pointe area of Rogers, formerly called the Creekside development, sold for $5.85 million. Limited liability companies managed by Robert…
by - December 29, 2018 9:35 am
An announcement that a Mississippi-based casino plans to build a $250 million complex in Pope County was met with opposition from local elected officials on Friday (Dec. 28). Gulfside Casino…
by - December 28, 2018 2:35 pm
The newly minted Farm Bill contains a provision that will allow U.S. agricultural producers to use federal market promotion dollars for exports to Cuba. This is the first law to…
by - December 28, 2018 12:38 pm
When retail giant Walmart invested $16 billion into a majority stake of Indian e-commerce platform and logistics arm, Flipkart, it was the most expensive acquisition in the company’s 56-year history….
by - December 27, 2018 8:32 pm
Alex Blass, principal of real estate company Cushman & Wakefield/Sage Partners in Rogers, will be able to watch from his eighth-floor office window in Hunt Tower as a nearby 27-acre…
by - December 27, 2018 8:24 pm
The most expensive part of e-commerce delivery lies in the so-called “final mile” to the customer. Amazon spends about $7.5 billion annually on shipping costs for its 54 million Prime…
by - December 27, 2018 8:10 pm
Oklahoma Gas & Electric, which has more than 800,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, is joining Entergy Corp. and other top U.S. regulated utilities in announcing new strategic plans…
by - December 27, 2018 11:55 am
Before the Christmas holiday, State Rep. Andy Davis, R-Little Rock, and Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, filed legislation that outlines Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s state government reorganization efforts. Hutchinson unveiled his…
by - December 26, 2018 4:56 pm
It’s a cold November morning, and real estate investor-turned-developer Laurice Hachem is walking through her new office space inside Hunt Tower, the 10-story high-rise in the maturing Pinnacle Hills area…
by - December 26, 2018 4:40 pm
The four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas reported strong sales tax growth though 2018. Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale reported cumulative sales tax revenue through December of $72.99 million, up…
