by - February 1, 2019 3:04 pm
Editor’s note: The following story appeared in the Jan. 21 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - February 1, 2019 12:25 pm
Walmart Chief Data Officer Bill Groves, who joined the retail giant about seven months ago, says he quickly sized up the potential for Northwest Arkansas to become a national hub…
by - February 1, 2019 10:40 am
Lemuel “Lem” Tull, a co-founder of Rogers-based architecture and engineering firm Crafton Tull, died Thursday morning (Jan. 30) at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was 85. “We will miss Mr….
by - February 1, 2019 10:03 am
The University of Arkansas will award $1 million a year to help support technologies that show strong potential for commercialization. On Friday (Feb.1), the UA announced the Commercialization Fund, a…
by - January 31, 2019 4:12 pm
The Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has installed a new board of directors for 2019: President – Madeline Whitaker, communications coordinator, Hope Cancer Resources President-Elect –…
by - January 31, 2019 3:51 pm
Zweig Group, a Fayetteville-based media, publishing and consulting company for the architecture and engineering industries, will open an office in the Washington, D.C., area. The company also has hired Marci…
by - January 31, 2019 9:56 am
A Little Rock-based real estate investment fund has listed two prominent properties along Interstate 49 in Northwest Arkansas for sale. A spokeswoman for commercial real estate firm Colliers International Arkansas…
by - January 30, 2019 3:59 pm
Sam’s Club President and CEO John Furner told business leaders and executives in Little Rock on Wednesday (Jan. 30) that the wholesale retailer has undergone the greatest transformation in the…
by - January 30, 2019 3:13 pm
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) won the first battle in its federal civil lawsuit against Walmart Inc., filed on behalf of Alyssa Gilliam and a class of pregnant…
by - January 30, 2019 2:34 pm
The first phase of a $100 million “new urbanism” community in the Pinnacle Hills area west of Interstate 49 in Rogers is underway. Crossland Construction recently paid the city of…
by - January 30, 2019 2:25 pm
Cobb-Vantress, a global poultry research and technology company based in Siloam Springs, announced Wednesday (Jan. 30) it recently gave $25,000 to Genesis House, an organization working to break the cycle…
by - January 30, 2019 11:53 am
The Walton Family Foundation announced Wednesday (Jan. 30) that executive director Kyle Peterson will be leaving the mammoth nonprofit this summer. The Bentonville-based foundation was created in 1987 and is…
by - January 29, 2019 9:50 am
A Chicago-area real estate firm has taken ownership of a multifamily asset in Rogers for $48.4 million. A subsidiary of Inland Real Estate Investment Corp., based in Oak Brook, Ill.,…
by - January 28, 2019 4:55 pm
Crossmark, a marketing and merchandising services firm, announced a new alliance with Fayetteville-based WhyteSpyder designed to provide clients with immediate digital merchandising solutions to grow online sales. David Newman, chief…
by - January 28, 2019 11:12 am
A Christmas present seven years ago helped stoke an entrepreneurial fire for Jordan Wright. “My dad bought me a [Big] Green Egg,” said Wright, who left a corporate career in…
by - January 25, 2019 10:38 am
After several years of sharp annual gains, Northwest Arkansas’ regional housing market cooled off slightly in 2018. Real estate agents combined to sell 9,992 homes in Benton and Washington counties….
by - January 25, 2019 6:11 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville launched an artwork into space via a weather balloon at a public Art in Space event Jan. 20 as a celebration of…
by - January 24, 2019 4:37 pm
Without a timely end to the government shutdown, Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit might be out of money by Independence Day. Executive Director Joel Gardner said Thursday (Jan. 24)…
by - January 24, 2019 4:19 pm
The nonprofit organization Downtown Springdale Alliance (DSA) has hired former Bryant Mayor Jill Dabbs as its new executive director. Dabbs is replacing Kelly Hale Syer, who held the position from…
by - January 24, 2019 12:41 pm
Walmart and Tyson Foods, two of the region’s largest employers, each announced large commitments of money and food Thursday (Jan. 24) to help the more 800,000 federal workers furloughed or…
