by - March 13, 2017 10:49 am
Florida-based grocer Publix scored the highest for customer experience in the 2017 Temkin Experience Rating. Publix received a rating of 84% putting it a category by itself. Temkin recently surveyed…
by - March 13, 2017 10:25 am
University of Arkansas economist Kathy Deck is relocating to Alabama, Steve Voorhies, UA manager of media relations, confirmed on Monday (March 13). She has taken a job as director of…
by - March 13, 2017 10:15 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate in January matched an all-time low of 3.8% first touched in May and June 2016 as the number of unemployed workers declined by more than 2,000 entering…
by - March 13, 2017 9:58 am
Editor’s note: Brett Parker, director of media services for Little Rock-based Stone Ward, will this week provide occasional updates on events he attends at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas….
by - March 13, 2017 9:56 am
The rapid rate consumers are increasing credit card debt continues. Last year consumers charged $89.2 billion on credit, according a WalletHub’s recent report. WalletHub said credit charges in 2016 were…
by - March 12, 2017 3:39 pm
A report from Arlington, Va.-based Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) is forecasting modest to moderate U.S. economic output and “relatively sluggish manufacturing output growth” in 2017. Economic and…
by - March 12, 2017 3:30 pm
Health care spending continues to be one of the top concerns for manufacturers, and recent increases in health insurance premiums for most firms have deepened the frustration. In the most…
by - March 11, 2017 9:07 pm
A new study from IHS Economics and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) shows that natural gas encouraged U.S. manufacturing growth and employment in recent years. Manufacturers use natural gas…
by - March 11, 2017 1:30 pm
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Tourism Ticker is sponsored by the Arkansas Hospitality Association. –––––––––––– Arkansas’ tourism industry posted broad gains in employment and revenue during 2016, with the annual numbers…
by - March 10, 2017 3:42 pm
Two Mercy Northwest Arkansas specialty clinics are relocating to a 14,000-square-foot office north of Village on the Creeks and west of Interstate 49 in Rogers, according to a news release….
by - March 10, 2017 1:09 pm
The number of workers employers plan to hire over the next three years in Northwest Arkansas continues to rise, according to an annual report released Friday (March 10) by the…
by - March 10, 2017 12:07 pm
The U.S. economy added a healthy 235,000 jobs in February as employers in the construction trade, manufacturing sector, health care field and private education services added nearly half of the…
by - March 10, 2017 11:24 am
In separate announcements, Simmons Bank has purchased the Acxiom Corp. office tower in downtown Little Rock, and Acxiom will move its corporate headquarters to Conway – where it was originally…
by - March 10, 2017 9:34 am
The Conway Area Chamber of Commerce announced during its annual meeting Thursday (March 9) the launch of the Conway 125 funding campaign to pay for seven “generation-defining” projects aimed toward…
by - March 10, 2017 8:13 am
A Bentonville couple is planning the opening of a new breakfast and brunch restaurant. The Buttered Biscuit will open the first week of April at 1403 S.E. Moberly Lane in…
by - March 10, 2017 5:59 am
After more than two hours of discussion earlier in the day, the House Committee on Public Transportation gave a “do-pass” recommendation to the first of two companion bills that state…
by - March 9, 2017 6:29 pm
Shareholders of J.B. Hunt Transport Services will vote on how the carrier reports political contributions, and the proposal is the only one the company’s board of directors wants shareholders to…
by - March 9, 2017 4:51 pm
Fort Smith metro tourism numbers were trending positive in June, and Van Buren Advertising & Promotion Executive Director Maryl Koeth wasn’t sure if the trend would continue. It did. Hospitality…
by - March 9, 2017 4:27 pm
CHI St. Vincent has announced a $14 million project to expand and renovate CHI St. Vincent North in Sherwood and move the Arkansas Neuroscience Institute to the hospital, from CHI…
by - March 9, 2017 4:19 pm
Heather Mercer has been named executive director for the Arkansas Immunization Action Coalition, according to a news release. She was selected from a pool of candidates with backgrounds in healthcare,…
