by - June 13, 2017 9:46 am
An Arkansas native is coming home from California to become president and CEO of one of Northwest Arkansas’ most influential nonprofits. Nelson Peacock will take over the top job at…
by - June 12, 2017 6:05 pm
The Trump administration announced Monday (June 12) it has reached agreement with China on final details of a protocol to allow U.S. companies to ship beef exports to China, a…
by - June 12, 2017 5:43 pm
In 1867, the Sisters of Mercy posted an advertisement in a St. Louis newspaper. “Wanted,” the ad stated. “Young women willing to work hard for little pay on the frontier…
by - June 12, 2017 4:43 pm
An effort to create thousands of higher paying jobs in the Jonesboro-metro area has the money to initiate an agreed upon five-year strategic plan. Jonesboro Unlimited, a private partnership development…
by - June 12, 2017 4:29 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores said Monday (June 12) it has teamed up with the Arkansas Agriculture Department to support the agency’s “Arkansas Grown” program that kicked off in Little Rock…
by - June 12, 2017 4:27 pm
Boot Barn Holdings Inc., a California-based western and work wear retailer, has acquired ‘certain assets’ of Fayetteville e-commerce startup Country Outfitter for $1.8 million. The company revealed the acquisition in…
by - June 12, 2017 4:23 pm
Orders of medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks in North America fell 11% to 38,100 units in May, from April, according to preliminary data from ACT Research. The sales provide some…
by - June 12, 2017 3:52 pm
PetSmart’s recent acquisition of industry-disruptor Chewy cost the pet specialty retailer $3.35 billion, about as much as Wal-Mart paid for Jet.com. Both eye-popping deals were about acquiring the competition. PetSmart…
by - June 11, 2017 10:06 am
Rep. Laurie Rushing, R-Hot Springs, has flown under the radar with her latest assignment, but she’ll be steering one of the most influential groups at the state capitol during the…
by - June 11, 2017 10:05 am
Raised in northeastern Ohio, Paul Spencer watched good-paying jobs dry up in the Rust Belt town of Steubenville, once a thriving steel manufacturing hub. With nearly 20 years of domestic…
by - June 9, 2017 2:59 pm
For the fourth consecutive election cycle, the Libertarian Party of Arkansas plans to deliver petitions to the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office on Monday to become a “new political party”…
by - June 9, 2017 11:33 am
Retailers responded to customer demand by importing more goods in the first five months of 2017 through the nation’s major ports. The growth of imports remains robust, albeit below the…
by - June 8, 2017 1:16 pm
Better Homes & Gardens is one of the first Wal-Mart vendors to respond to the retailer’s request for suppliers to open up their entire product catalogs regardless of how many…
by - June 8, 2017 11:51 am
Editor’s note: Story updated to include comments from some members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation. –––––––––––––––––– Former FBI Director James Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday (June 8) he…
by - June 8, 2017 10:48 am
One week after Walmart U.S e-Commerce CEO Marc Lore was baptized in his first Wal-Mart shareholders’ meeting, he sat down with the analyst community at the Baird 2017 Global Consumer,…
by - June 7, 2017 8:38 pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday (June 7) continued moving forward on President Donald Trump’s promise to roll back the Obama administration’s “clean air” regulations, this time extending…
by - June 7, 2017 5:02 pm
A Wal-Mart attorney overseeing global ethics and anti-corruption is at least one name forwarded to the White House for consideration to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Western District…
by - June 7, 2017 3:15 pm
The turnaround story for Walmart U.S. began with the focus more than two years ago on its workforce behind a $2.7 billion investment in higher wages and training, according to…
by - June 7, 2017 12:32 pm
Consumers doled out about $412 billion last year on prescription drugs primarily divided among 16 major players in the U.S. market, according to Drug Channels Institute. But online retail titan…
by - June 7, 2017 11:13 am
Tyson Foods announced Wednesday morning (June 7) it completed the acquisition of AdvancePierre with 87.27% of the shares tendered at $40.25 per share. Officials with Springdale-based Tyson Foods announced the…
