by - May 24, 2017 8:19 pm
Northwest Arkansas welcomes its third Sam’s Club set to open at 8:30 a.m., Thursday (May 25), just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. Club Manager Mark Byrd said membership sales,…
by - May 23, 2017 4:30 pm
For all the uncertainty brewing nationally and globally, the Northwest Arkansas economy is at cruising altitude with no turbulence to speak of, according to Mervin Jebaraj, interim director for the…
by - May 22, 2017 3:40 pm
Almost one-third of the Walton Family Foundation’s $48.6 million Home Region investment went to pre-K–12 and higher education last year, according to the Bentonville-based organization’s annual report for 2016. The…
by - May 22, 2017 3:06 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services collaborated with Mid-America Truck Driving School and Northwest Technical Institute to establish a program allowing military veterans to receive commercial driver’s license training from the school….
by - May 22, 2017 12:20 pm
Arkansas-based restaurant chain Tacos 4 Life is coming to Benton County. Owners of the fast-casual chain closed a real estate deal Friday (May 19) to purchase a 0.98-acre site at…
by - May 22, 2017 8:10 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the May 15 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s Forty…
by - May 19, 2017 1:30 pm
NowDiagnostics CEO Kevin Clark said he didn’t intend for the company’s AdexusDx pregnancy test to become an over-the-counter product, until an acting director of medical devices at the Food &…
by - May 18, 2017 2:48 pm
A trial date has been set in a lawsuit against Bailey & Oliver Law Firm in Rogers alleging a violation of the Equal Pay Act (EPA). Trial will be held…
by - May 18, 2017 1:52 pm
Given the setup costs associated with off-set printing, boxes printed with colorful graphic designs and display stands used at retail have been a challenge when needed in smaller quantities. John…
by - May 18, 2017 1:20 pm
A locally owned restaurant chain is nearing a deal to expand to western Benton County. Jeff Hodges, who owns and operates Springdale-based restaurant/sports bar chain Foghorn’s, is planning to open…
by - May 18, 2017 11:14 am
Organizers of the BITE NW Arkansas food festival announced Thursday (May 18) a new event in partnership with the James Beard Foundation. The Chef’s Table Experience will take place on…
by - May 17, 2017 4:49 pm
Serial entrepreneur and Hayseed Ventures CEO and founder John James encouraged 15 rising business stars under the age of 30 to be “unreasonable” in their approach to life and business….
by - May 16, 2017 1:36 pm
A vacant commercial building on Wedington Drive in Fayetteville has a new owner after a recent sale worth $2.2 million. Batesville-chartered The Citizens Bank acquired the 3,442-square-foot building at 3971…
by - May 16, 2017 9:39 am
A Bentonville hotel recently sold for $3.45 million. An affiliate of The Packard Companies, a full-service management firm based in San Diego, bought the former Baymont Inn & Suites at…
by - May 15, 2017 4:47 pm
Talisa Borders and Otisha Woolbright, two former employees of Wal-Mart Stores, filed a lawsuit again the retail giant in the Southern District of Illinois on Friday (May 12). The suit…
by - May 15, 2017 4:25 pm
An Iowa-based meat processing company has acquired Decatur poultry business Crystal Lake Farms, including its Free Ranger line of chickens, for $3.5 million. West Liberty Foods filed the ownership paperwork…
by - May 15, 2017 1:37 pm
Land for a new restaurant on Pleasant Grove Road in Rogers has been acquired. Joplin, Mo., businessman A.J. Nursariwala, principal of The Nursariwala Group, paid Home Bancshares Inc. $925,000 for…
by - May 15, 2017 12:12 pm
It was American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who said, “Youth comes but once in a lifetime,” a simple yet powerful anecdote. The deeper meaning, though, is this: It’s…
by - May 14, 2017 5:36 pm
Children learning through the kinds of hands-on play offered at the Scott Family Amazeum extends beyond the intellectual to the magical, Greg Foran, CEO of Walmart Stores, U.S., told 300…
by - May 12, 2017 3:39 pm
A venue designed to foster collaboration between Northwest Arkansas-based startups and enterprises opened this week in Bentonville. Exchange is a localized effort to help boost entrepreneurship in Northwest Arkansas. Its…
