by - March 23, 2017 4:17 am
Between 2015 and 2016, Northwest Arkansas added about 31 people per day, or an estimated 11,583 people, making it the 22nd fastest growing area out of the 382 areas in…
by - March 22, 2017 4:30 pm
NOWDiagnostics of Springdale has been named a finalist in the 2017 Medical Design Excellence Awards for its ADEXUSDx product line, the company announced on March 15. Its rapid point-of-care tests…
by - March 22, 2017 2:42 pm
Off-price retailer Gordmans has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in its home state of Nebraska. The retailer said it contracted with Tiger Capital Group and Great American Group for the sale…
by - March 21, 2017 3:56 pm
Walmart.com has launched an internal hub it calls Store No. 8 in the heart of Silicon Valley in hopes of harnessing e-commerce innovation that will ultimately help the retailer grow…
by - March 21, 2017 10:28 am
Beyond expanding into more fitness apparel, fashion has been a difficult category for Walmart U.S. in recent years. That could be changing for the retail giant since its subsidiary Jet.com…
by - March 21, 2017 9:14 am
Jimmy’s Egg expects to open its first Arkansas restaurant at Nelson’s Crossing in Fayetteville on March 27, franchise owner Hunter Boelte said. The nearly 3,500-square-foot restaurant at 3931 N. Shiloh…
by - March 20, 2017 7:34 pm
A second farm in Tennessee contracted for Tyson Foods’ breeder stock has tested positive for Avian Influenza. Late last week state officials and Tyson Foods said they had began to…
by - March 20, 2017 1:35 pm
One of Bentonville’s oldest businesses has been sold and is going out of business, possibly making way for more development in the city’s Market District. Bentonville Casting Co., founded in…
by - March 20, 2017 9:05 am
A 40,000-square-foot building that once housed Village on the Creeks Athletic Club in Rogers is under new ownership, with plans being developed for a new office building. Tim Graham II…
by - March 16, 2017 2:52 pm
Wal-Mart Stores, through its online subsidiary Jet.com, is reportedly about to close a deal for the trendy fashion startup ModCloth. The San Francisco Bay area company would mark Wal-Mart’s third…
by - March 16, 2017 2:12 pm
Earlier this year, Talk Business & Politics and the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal – with input from observers of the area’s startup scene – tagged several startup industries as the…
by - March 16, 2017 1:27 pm
Harps Food Stores has a new retail concept that advertises all items priced “at cost,” with a flat 10% added at the register. 10BOX Cost-Plus recently opened in a former…
by - March 16, 2017 10:44 am
A Texas real estate development company has acquired property at the corner of one Bentonville’s busiest intersections. According to county real estate records, Leon Capital Group of Dallas acquired the…
by - March 16, 2017 10:15 am
A University of Arkansas student team that formed the company Grox Industries won first place and almost $15,000 at the Stu Clark Investment Competition on March 11 at the University…
by - March 15, 2017 1:29 pm
Mark Byrd, manager for the new Sam’s Club under construction in Springdale, has signed on with Wal-Mart’s Lifetime Learning program to learn Spanish because many store customers are likely to…
by - March 15, 2017 9:53 am
The latest Skyline Report released Wednesday (March 8) included a key historical finding. Significant absorption of new homes led to the lowest level of remaining months of unbuilt lot inventory…
by - March 14, 2017 3:58 pm
Change is the only constant in the retail world today and Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon told Wall Street analysts Tuesday (March 14) the retailer is committed to its digital…
by - March 14, 2017 10:52 am
Competition for subprime credit began showing signs of slowing in the fourth quarter of 2016, as serious delinquencies rose and lenders tightened standards for lending. But while the rising delinquencies…
by - March 13, 2017 10:39 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores said it paid out $157 million in cash bonuses based on store performance in the fourth quarter. Across the U.S. about 850,000 store employees met the…
by - March 13, 2017 1:30 pm
After coaching high school football in Arkansas for the past 13 years, Brooks Coatney is opting for an unlikely career change. Coatney, passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach the past…
