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…
by - February 21, 2019 5:43 pm
A recent jury verdict approved by U.S. District Judge Terrence William Boyle against Walmart for $95 million in damages with respect to trademark infringement for “Backyard” private brand grills will…
by - February 20, 2019 1:00 pm
Consumer households spend an average of $10,500 annually on food and consumables, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While that comprises a big part of household spending, it’s also…
by - February 19, 2019 6:29 pm
America’s Car-Mart profit fell 18.6% in the third quarter of fiscal 2019, from the same period in the previous fiscal year, but excluding the impact of tax reform and a…
by - February 19, 2019 12:42 pm
Gains in holiday sales helped boost Walmart revenue in the 2019 fiscal fourth quarter, and for the fiscal year ending Jan. 31. Quarterly revenue for the Bentonville-based retail giant rose…
by - February 18, 2019 12:54 pm
Walmart’s big sustainability push known as Project Gigaton was announced in 2017 in partnership with the Sustainability Consortium. The milestone project involves Walmart’s removing 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse…
by - February 17, 2019 12:06 am
The retail landscape is changing but that’s not all bad, according to Kantar Research analyst Tim Campbell, who recently outlined his projections for retail growth by shopping channel in a…
by - February 14, 2019 5:30 pm
Walmart is expected to report solid fourth-quarter and fiscal year gains behind robust holiday sales ahead of the government shutdown which could have some impact on the last part of…
by - February 13, 2019 3:06 pm
The owner of a Bentonville liquor business says his storefront has been licensed to sell medical marijuana. Erik Danielson, a Fayetteville attorney and the owner of Walton Boulevard Wine &…
by - February 13, 2019 2:46 pm
America’s Car-Mart is expected to see earnings rise more than 70% in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 as wholesale used vehicle prices declined for the third consecutive month in…
by - February 12, 2019 10:12 pm
The year 1885 was historic by any measure. Grover Cleveland was sworn in as the first Democratic president since the Civil War and the book “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” written…
by - February 11, 2019 5:30 pm
U.S. consumers are expected to spend $20.7 billion for Valentine’s Day, up 6% from a year ago. The record spending this year equates to an average of $161.96 per person…
by - February 11, 2019 10:59 am
Retail giant Walmart Inc. announced an addition to its board of directors Monday (Feb. 11), tapping Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal International Group, as a new independent director. The appointment…
by - February 8, 2019 4:44 pm
January was National Soup Month, and consumers across the country had a new fresh option as Walmart unveiled Marketside soups in its deli department. The new product launch is part of…
by - February 8, 2019 2:15 pm
Retail is crucial to the overall economic health of Arkansas and the rest of the world as the intersection of consumer spending and trade/manufacturing. On the heels of stellar holiday…
by - February 6, 2019 6:04 pm
Consumers who purchase cereal at the Walmart Supercenter on Walnut Street in Rogers will see a new iteration of electronic shelf labels (ESL) that make price adjustments automatically as dictated…
