by - August 17, 2021 5:53 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. saw revenue and earnings rise in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 as its average vehicle sales price and the number of vehicles sold increased. Meanwhile,…
by - August 17, 2021 1:41 pm
Retail sales slowed in July as retailers continue to face supply chain disruptions and consumers spent more on outings and less on goods. U.S. Census Bureau reported July sales overall…
by - August 17, 2021 10:24 am
Walmart reported second-quarter net income of $4.276 billion or $1.52 per share for the period ending July 31. While net income was down 39% year-over-year, the retail giant beat the…
by - August 12, 2021 11:51 am
Bitten by the entrepreneur bug, Caitie Gehlhausen of Indianapolis always wanted to run her own company. She wasn’t sure what that would be or where the journey would take her….
by - August 9, 2021 3:32 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart is expected to see gains in sales and earnings in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 as the buy here, pay here used car dealer celebrates its…
by - August 8, 2021 2:36 pm
Retailers seek to grow market share as consumers are expected to spend a record $37.1 billion on back-to-school items. The National Retail Federation anticipates families with children in grades K-12…
by - August 4, 2021 2:00 pm
Chandra Holt, seen as a rising star at Walmart since 2015, is leaving the retail giant to take over as the next CEO and president of Conn’s beginning Aug. 9….
by - August 3, 2021 11:13 am
Tax collections in July, the first month of Arkansas’ fiscal year, were down almost 22% with the numbers “distorted” because of the pandemic-relief income tax shift in 2020, according to…
by - July 31, 2021 10:08 am
Two Arkansas-based companies made the cut at Walmart’s eighth annual Open Call event to get their products on the retailer’s shelves. Camo Dust, based in Lonoke, and Bentonville-based Bucklebury each…
by - July 30, 2021 3:21 pm
Walmart on Friday (July 30) joined a growing number of companies requiring all or certain employees to be vaccinated. The Bentonville-based retailer said all market, regional and divisional employees working…
by - July 29, 2021 12:15 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the July 19 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - July 28, 2021 4:11 pm
Operational challenges lowered Murphy USA’s quarterly profit, but it was still a strong financial showing for the El Dorado-based gasoline convenience store chain. Murphy USA reported Wednesday (July 28) second…
by - July 28, 2021 2:42 pm
Taking another play from Amazon’s operational game plan, Walmart has partnered with the Adobe Commerce retail platform to sell its cloud-based tech and fulfillment services to smaller retail operations in…
by - July 28, 2021 1:09 pm
Harps Food Stores Inc. has plenty to celebrate in its 91st year of business. The Springdale-based company has come a long way since founders Floy and Harvard Harp opened the…
by - July 27, 2021 12:42 pm
Walmart is ending the price of its $1 per-day college benefit for approximately 1.5 million U.S. employees and is instead making a $1 billion investment over the next five years…
by - July 26, 2021 8:13 am
In the wake of Stribling Inc.’s decision to sell off its real estate assets in Rogers, two of the logistics and supply chain company’s top principals say there are no…
by - July 22, 2021 2:44 pm
An economist said the used vehicle market might have reached the end of the recent buying frenzy as prices appreciated to record levels. Used vehicle prices started to fall in…
by - July 21, 2021 11:57 am
Rogers-based SKU Ninja + WhyteSpyder, an e-commerce software and digital merchandising company, is expanding with the acquisition of DotCom Partners. Former Walmart e-commerce merchants founded the agency in 2020 to provide…
by - July 21, 2021 9:02 am
The consumer packaged goods segment lags Walmart and Amazon in the shift to omnichannel transformation. A report from the Food Institute and Data Impact said many market watchers believed an…
by - July 20, 2021 6:24 pm
According to analysts who cover the sector, the COVID-19 pandemic did help some retailers speed up their online market share growth as much as three years ahead of schedule. A…
