by - January 16, 2018 10:26 am
John Turner, CEO of Sam’s Club, has been named to the board of the National Retail Federation, the flagship trade group for the retail industry. Christopher Baldwin, CEO of Sam’s…
by - January 16, 2018 8:32 am
Bank of the Ozarks closed out another historic year with record fourth quarter and yearly earnings and a $50 million boost from the GOP’s recent tax reform package, the fast-growing…
by - January 15, 2018 4:59 pm
Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers will open its Fort Smith location at 7719 Rogers Ave. on Tuesday (Jan. 16), a company representative has confirmed. Chelsea Bear of South Florida-based Fish…
by - January 15, 2018 4:44 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ hub city has shown strong economic growth in different sectors, but in 2017 the city’s building permits dropped significantly after an all-time high in 2016. The city issued…
by - January 15, 2018 4:08 pm
The Fort Smith metro home sales market — Crawford, Sebastian counties — finished 2017 with positive numbers across every indicator, topping $380.827 million in sales volume with 2,272 units moved…
by - January 15, 2018 3:44 pm
With a stronger overall economy in 2017 consumers reached for their plastic credit cards more often when holiday shopping than in prior years, according to a recent survey by Magnify…
by - January 15, 2018 3:36 pm
Alice Walton, the founder of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville and daughter of Wal-Mart Stores founders Sam and Helen Walton, will receive the Sam M. Walton Award…
by - January 15, 2018 3:30 pm
Hotel construction in Arkansas rose 14% between December 2016 and December 2017, indicating a departure from a trend of decline in hotel construction nationwide, according to the hospitality industry statistics…
by - January 15, 2018 3:19 pm
Lower overall taxes for many U.S. consumers and business owners is believed to be a positive for the continued economic growth in 2018, according to Stuart Freeman, co-head of global…
by - January 15, 2018 2:39 pm
A new group called The Gig Community, intended to support the area’s growing freelance workforce, has been formed in Northwest Arkansas. According to its stated mission in a press release,…
by - January 15, 2018 2:18 pm
Kristine Puckett has been promoted to deputy tourism director by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Puckett has worked with the tourism department since 2002 and previously was the…
by - January 15, 2018 7:53 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Jan. 8 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - January 15, 2018 1:05 am
The National Parks Service will be allowed to enter into cooperative agreements with private property owners and provide other services to neighborhoods surrounding Little Rock Central High after President Donald…
by - January 14, 2018 10:01 pm
The matriarch of one of the most influential families in the healthcare industry in Northeast Arkansas has passed away. Laura Jean Shemwell Clopton, 86, died Wednesday (Jan. 10) at St…
by - January 12, 2018 6:42 pm
Wal-Mart Stores is again scaling back its corporate workforce as the retailer reportedly will eliminate its jewelry business and decrease the number of co-managers per store, and reduce areas such…
by - January 12, 2018 5:54 pm
Two days after the director of the state Department of Environment Quality (ADEQ) denied C&H Hog Farms a permit to operate in the Buffalo River watershed, attorneys for the Newton…
by - January 12, 2018 4:06 pm
Six startup companies in the healthcare industry will get a financial boost from the Health InnovatAR program, a collaboration between Winrock International, Arkansas Heart Hospital, BioVentures and the University of…
by - January 12, 2018 3:45 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to repeal the Clean Power Plan. On (Friday)…
by - January 12, 2018 2:27 pm
Attendees of live performances at Little Rock’s Robinson Center, First Security Amphitheater and the Statehouse Convention Center soon will be required to walk through metal detectors, according to the Little…
by - January 12, 2018 1:28 pm
More natural gas was withdrawn from storage than in any other point in history during the recent cold weather that impacted the eastern United States, according to the U.S. Energy…
