by - October 9, 2018 2:49 pm
Walmart U.S. is again shaking up leadership in merchandising and eCommerce. Steve Breen is moving from eCommerce to the stores team as senior vice president of central merchandising where he…
by - October 9, 2018 2:18 pm
Arkansas-based tech firm LobbyUp, a legislative bill tracking company, is expanding its service to more than a dozen other states. LobbyUp Pro will launch Nov. 1, and will be available…
by - October 9, 2018 12:26 pm
The average density of crude oil produced in the United States has become lighter as domestic production continues to rise, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Average API gravity,…
by - October 9, 2018 8:23 am
An Oklahoma-based car wash chain has made a big splash in the market in a short amount of time. Speedy Splash, headquartered in Stillwater and owned by Tony and Lori…
by - October 9, 2018 6:34 am
Italian restaurant chain Fazoli’s signed agreements this week with a Northeast Arkansas partnership to expand the chain’s presence in Central Arkansas. The Lexington, Ky.-based restaurant operator said its three-store deal…
by - October 9, 2018 6:27 am
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Jelena McWilliams announced a new, agency-wide transparency initiative as the Trump administration is taking steps to strengthen ties with other federal regulators, the public…
by - October 8, 2018 5:17 pm
Fort Smith-based Zero Mountain Inc. is holding a ground breaking ceremony Tuesday (Oct. 9) for a $12.5 million expansion of its North Little Rock operation that will result in at…
by - October 8, 2018 4:41 pm
Scott Pace of Little Rock, who formerly served as CEO of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, received the 2018 John W. Dargavel Medal at the National Community Pharmacists Association convention held…
by - October 8, 2018 4:25 pm
The search for a CEO to lead Plano, Texas-based J.C. Penney has ended with Jill Soltau, a 30-year retail veteran. Soltau, 51, will officially begin her new leadership role on…
by - October 8, 2018 2:38 pm
As online retail continues to grow so does the need for better reverse logistics to handle customer returns. A recent report from Cerasis found the costs of reverse logistics exceed…
by - October 8, 2018 2:29 pm
Delta Cultural Center Director Kyle Miller was on a tour of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C., when a tour guide began talking about African slaves who…
by - October 8, 2018 2:17 pm
Carriers should benefit from premium freight opportunities in the fourth quarter as they did last year, but leading up to peak shipping season, spot truckload demand fell from levels earlier…
by - October 8, 2018 1:05 pm
America’s Car-Mart announced Monday (Oct. 8) it has opened two dealerships, one in Montgomery, Ala., and the other in Bixby, Okla. The Bentonville-based buy here, pay here used car dealer…
by - October 7, 2018 6:47 pm
Portuguese artist Add Fuel and British artist Pref are among the seven artists named for the fourth year of the The Unexpected festival to be held primarily in downtown Fort…
by - October 7, 2018 4:49 pm
Darling Ingredients Inc. has acquired Triple-T Foods Arkansas Inc., which includes a wet pet food ingredient operation in Springdale and a cold storage operation in Rogers. The acquisition expands Darling’s…
by - October 7, 2018 4:32 pm
Arkansas rice farmers have fought unusual weather this year and the assumption was that yields and quality would suffer, but at this point in the harvest that hasn’t been the…
by - October 6, 2018 10:20 am
A representative for one of five companies awarded licenses to grow for Arkansas’ fledgling medical marijuana industry says the business will be ready to start cultivating and supplying the product…
by - October 6, 2018 10:14 am
When Arkansas voters took the step to legalize medical marijuana in the November 2016 election, the Natural State was hailed as an outlier for being the first state in the…
by - October 6, 2018 10:06 am
Scientists in Arkansas and around the world are “like kids in a candy store” because the gene-editing technology “CRISPR” has become “a game-changer for medicine, agriculture and the environment,” said…
by - October 5, 2018 7:54 pm
Tyson Foods veteran Noel White took over as CEO of the meat giant effective Sept. 30, after the abrupt resignation of Tom Hayes, who held that role for just under…
