by - March 8, 2022 5:50 pm
Westrock Coffee Co. and its subsidiary, S&D Coffee & Tea, will organize under one brand name. Moving forward, the two companies will begin providing service under one name, Westrock Coffee,…
by - March 8, 2022 9:13 am
Fayetteville-based Grillight has landed a national distribution deal with Tennessee-based Tractor Supply Co., the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States. As of Dec. 25, 2021, the company operated…
by - March 7, 2022 5:00 pm
E.C. Barton and Company, the Jonesboro-based retailer operating in 19 states, has acquired Seconds & Surplus, a Dallas-based building material supplier. The deal includes four locations in Texas. Terms of…
by - March 7, 2022 4:58 pm
According to Rabobank, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is expected to create volatile supply chain implications for the retail…
by - March 5, 2022 8:55 am
Walmart has made no secret of expanding financial services products to its shopper base. The retail giant has joined forces with several financial technology (fintech) startups with plans to create…
by - March 1, 2022 8:23 am
A national home furniture retailer closed a sizable land purchase recently east of Interstate 49 in Rogers for $9.5 million. Mathis Brothers Furniture of Oklahoma paid $4.09 per square foot…
by - February 26, 2022 9:57 am
Brick-and-mortar stores are essential to consumers even as online sales continue to grow. Walmart, Dollar General and Dick’s Sporting Goods are doubling down this year on efforts to test new…
by - February 23, 2022 5:59 am
Dillard’s Inc. reported strong sales and profits as the Little Rock-based department store chain and online retailer tightened its margins. For the fourth quarter ended Jan. 29, 2022, Dillard’s reported…
by - February 22, 2022 1:14 pm
Consumers continue to buy goods online, and retailers must strengthen their last-mile delivery operations to keep pace with this demand, according to a recent white paper. The whitepaper by UPS…
by - February 20, 2022 10:26 am
Northwest Arkansas outdoor dealer WT Equipment (formerly Williams Tractor) has separated its powersports business, Freedom Powersports, to form a new standalone dealership. The new dealer group is called Wood Powersports…
by - February 17, 2022 12:17 pm
All engines are firing at Walmart as the Bentonville-based retailer reported net income for the holiday quarter of $3.562 billion, or $1.28 per share, well ahead of the 74-cent loss…
by - February 17, 2022 11:09 am
Waldo’s Chicken & Beer is scheduled to open its first Arkansas location on March 15th, according to a news release from JTJ Restaurants LLC, the local restaurant group behind eight…
by - February 16, 2022 6:45 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. posted an earnings decrease and a revenue increase amid mixed sales volumes attributed to COVID-19 in the third quarter of fiscal 2022. After the markets closed…
by - February 16, 2022 2:59 pm
An estimated 69 million U.S. households made grocery purchases online in January, ringing up sales of $8.5 billion, according to a Brick Meets Click/Mercatus shopping survey. Overall sales were down…
by - February 14, 2022 6:38 pm
Walmart was seen as a “winner” in retail amid the pandemic of the past year and when the company reports fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday (Feb. 17). Net income is expected…
by - February 12, 2022 9:19 am
With more retail sales gravitating online in the past two years, many retailers remain woefully behind the curve, according to a new report from Coleman Parkes Research on behalf of…
by - February 10, 2022 3:16 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. is expected to post an earnings decrease and a revenue increase for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 amid tightening margins and high vehicle prices, according…
by - February 7, 2022 4:50 pm
Consumers are expected to dole out $23.9 billion on Valentine’s Day spending, up 9.63% from last year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). It is expected to be the…
by - February 5, 2022 8:40 am
Retailers have struggled to keep store shelves stocked during the pandemic. In November, Fayetteville-based Field Agent looked at 203 U.S. big-box retail stores to gain insights into the depth of…
by - February 2, 2022 7:11 pm
Murphy USA reported higher quarterly and full-year net income as the El Dorado-based gas retailer saw fuel and merchandise margins improve. The company’s acquisition and integration of QuickChek, which Murphy…
