by - March 17, 2019 2:57 pm
A majority of retailers (85%) have not yet completed the digitization processes needed to give them full control and transparency of their supply chain, according to a recent survey of…
by - March 14, 2019 4:12 pm
Harps Foods CEO Kim Eskew didn’t choose the grocery business, it chose him. Growing up in tiny Piggott, Ark., Eskew said his father was a hard worker with two jobs…
by - March 13, 2019 6:16 pm
Fresh has been the “sexy” play on food for the past several years as more consumers focus on buying fresh produce, deli and bakery items as opposed to canned and…
by - March 13, 2019 3:05 pm
Amazon Prime shows no signs of losing members despite some subscription fatigue being felt among consumers. A recent prediction from eMarketer estimates 51.3% of U.S. households will be Amazon Prime…
by - March 13, 2019 10:47 am
Retail food prices ticked higher in February, up 1.5% from a year ago and 0.3% higher than in January, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The increase expected…
by - March 12, 2019 4:13 pm
America’s Car-Mart expects used vehicle prices to remain elevated through tax season and tax refund amounts its customers receive to increase from last year as the Bentonville-based buy here, pay…
by - March 11, 2019 2:45 pm
Two high-ranking female executives at Walmart and Sam’s Club are leaving the retail giant in the coming weeks. Gisel Ruiz, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Sam’s Club,…
by - March 6, 2019 6:22 pm
It’s been nearly five years since Greg Foran took over as CEO of some 4,700 Walmart U.S. stores. Speaking to investors at the UBS Consumer and Retail Conference in Boston…
by - March 6, 2019 4:17 pm
Wisconsin-based Artemax Inc. is one of Walmart’s Open Call success stories in the retailer’s efforts to grow and support U.S. manufacturing jobs. The wristband manufacturer based outside Milwaukee employs about…
by - March 5, 2019 7:51 pm
Walmart has spent the past 18 months consolidating two older distribution facilities in Bentonville and Fort Smith into one new state-of-the-art fashion and apparel distribution center. On Tuesday (March 5),…
by - March 5, 2019 12:55 pm
Consumers in Northwest Arkansas, the Fort Smith metro, and parts of Oklahoma and Missouri have another option for grocery delivery. Springdale-based Harps Foods is working with Instacart to offer grocery…
by - March 4, 2019 5:56 pm
Walmart announced a new addition to its legal team for the role of chief antitrust counsel being filled by Suzanne Wachsstock, effective March 4. Wachsstock joins Walmart from American Express,…
by - March 4, 2019 4:58 pm
Walmart shoppers who want a credit option for larger purchases made in stores or online will soon have another choice. The retail giant is partnering with Affirm, a financial services…
by - February 28, 2019 3:44 pm
Walmart executives believe winning at omnichannel is the retail giant’s best chance for continued success. That was a central theme at Walmart’s recent Supplier Summit held in Rogers Tuesday and…
by - February 26, 2019 1:07 pm
Walmart set a new goal to reduce plastic waste in packaging and is asking its suppliers to join the effort. By 2025, Walmart said 100% of its private brand packaging…
by - February 26, 2019 10:46 am
Greg Hitt, who served as lead spokesman and vice president of global corporate communications at Walmart since June 2015, has left the company to return to employment closer to his…
by - February 26, 2019 10:30 am
America’s Car-Mart has reopened a dealership in Tyler, Texas. The Bentonville-based buy here, pay here used car dealer announced Tuesday (Feb. 26) it had reopened the dealership. Car-Mart closed the…
by - February 26, 2019 8:27 am
Consumers are spending but the largest cities in Northwest Arkansas continue to see rebates impacting their sales tax revenue through February. Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers and Bentonville reported total sales tax…
by - February 26, 2019 8:15 am
Arkansas department store operator Dillard’s Inc. reported after the close of market on Monday (Feb. 25) that fourth-quarter profits fell below year-ago results that were fueled by the corporate tax…
by - February 25, 2019 3:33 pm
“Elevating the everyday” is the mantra of Fayetteville-based Field Agent, which continues to harness data from an army of 1.4 million consumers around the globe. The crowdsourcing machine is the…
