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Titanic Senate Race Floods TV Market With Cash

The U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democrat Mark Pryor and his Republican challenger, Congressman Tom Cotton, is a national event.

News Stations Differ On Mobile Alerts Strategies

KNWA and KHBS/KHOG disagree on whether stations are inundating audiences with too many mobile alerts.

Marketers Value Store Walks As Important Retail Ritual

Store walks, central to shopper marketing, put marketing agents in the customers shoes.

Creating Success With Tried, True and New (OPINION)

The Rodeo of the Ozarks used a massive marketing plan, which included social media and traditional publicity efforts, to draw a record audience to its 70th annual rodeo.

The World of Walmart (OPINION)

As the largest company in the world, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. tends to attract attention and make headlines, and there has been plenty of both recently.

Backpack Journalism Brings Flexibility To The Newsroom

Mobile multimedia journalists, armed with cameras and Internet-connected laptops, have the ability to shoot their own video, edit it and upload the content, without having to leave the scene and return to the newsroom.

Little Rock Auto Firm Pays $3.35M For Moberly Lane Land

The company intends to build a 10-acre Landers McLarty Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram dealership.

Grocery Chain Exec Van Hoose Happy with Harps and Home

The vice president of store planning has stayed busy with the continued expansion of Harps Food Stores Inc., which has been in growth made for nearly a decade.

KFSM Maintains Lead in Local Television Market

The local CBS affiliates news broadcasts earned the highest Nielsen ratings in all four time slots during the month of May.

KNWA-TV Honored Twice by Arkansas Broadcasters Association

The NBC affiliate was given a Community Service award and an Outstanding Production award for its work on Cooking Today with chef Steven Brooks.

40/29 Expands Office Space, Moves Into Larger Newsroom

The Northwest Arkansas ABC affiliate plans to bring an additional studio camera in the new newsroom so staff can report as information is being gathered.

Business Brokerage CBI+Team Sheds Sunbelt Franchise

The Springdale-based firm cut ties with the national franchisor over disagreements on market expansion.

Englander dZignPak Moves Local Office to Bentonville

The Texas-based merchandising solutions company made the move from Rogers in order to be closer to vendors doing business with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

JJs Expanding Into Bella Vista, Fort Smith

The Fayetteville-headquartered restaurant chain will open its fourth Northwest Arkansas location in September.

Mancia Giving Facelift To Rogers Retail Center

Developer David Mancia has purchased The Village West Shopping Center for $550,000 and intends to revamp it.

Sen. Boozman Sees Opportunity in Drones

John Boozman wants Arkansas to get in early on the drone market, which industry advocates say will surge in the next few years.

Rogers Architecture Firm Celebrates 40 Years

Hight-Jackson Associates is marking the anniversary with big projects across the gamut of its architectural capacity.

PAC Men

While the campaigns for Rep. Tom Cotton and Sen. Mark Pryor spend millions on commercials in Arkansas, the advertising reps at the local TV stations are raking in the commissions.

Caffeine Fix

One of the largest coffee companies in the world will have an outlet in a Springdale Harps store, once its renovation is complete in September.

No Numbers

Eagle-eyed readers may notice the lists of Largest Daily Newspapers and Largest Weekly Newspapers are absent from our annual media and marketing issue, and heres why.

November report shows a dip in Fort Smith sales tax revenue

Sales tax revenue up 2.52% in four largest Northwest cities in 2025

Clean Plant Center works to reduce global plant pathogens

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