by - February 7, 2024 4:10 pm
Murphy USA reported Wednesday (Feb. 7) strong fourth quarter numbers, but year-end profits, while healthy, were down from the previous year. The El Dorado-based convenience store chain posted fourth quarter…
by - February 6, 2024 3:12 pm
Editor’s note: The State of the State series provides reports twice a year on Arkansas’ key economic sectors. The series publishes stories to begin a year and stories in July/August…
by - February 5, 2024 6:06 pm
Retailers and restaurants are ready to cash in on an expected $25.8 billion for Valentine’s Day spending this year, including $14.2 billion consumers will spend on significant others, according to…
by - February 5, 2024 12:52 pm
Rogers-based Onyx Coffee Lab has won numerous awards for its coffee and recently added chocolate to its accolades list. Terroir Chocolate by Onyx is one of 25 chocolate category finalists…
by - February 4, 2024 8:32 am
Rogers-based Harvest Group, a retail agency that helps consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers grow their business at Walmart, Target, Amazon, Kroger, Sam’s Club, Costco, Harris Teeter and Albertsons, has unveiled…
by - February 1, 2024 2:56 pm
Walmart Inc. has chosen a new packaging vendor to manage its massive Annual Event in 2024 — Berkley. Annual Event is the term describing what is undoubtedly the retail giant’s…
by - January 31, 2024 12:30 pm
2023 was a history-making year for Fayetteville-based Slim Chickens, and the company’s trajectory aims even higher in 2024. The fast-growing chicken chain closed out the year with a record 53…
by - January 30, 2024 4:57 pm
Bentonville retailer Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced details of a three-for-one stock split Tuesday (Jan. 30) as part of its strategy to “maintain accessible share prices” for its employees. The…
by - January 30, 2024 11:44 am
Little Rock-based Dillard’s, Inc. and Mastercard announced that the companies have entered into new agreements to provide a credit card program for Dillard’s customers. Citi will purchase the existing Dillard’s…
by - January 29, 2024 6:18 pm
U.S. companies announced 55% more CEO changes in 2023 than in 2022, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas that included public U.S. businesses as well…
by - January 29, 2024 6:10 pm
Walmart store managers will be eligible for annual stock grants of up to $20,000, Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner announced Monday (Jan. 29). The Bentonville-based company also announced that Jane…
by - January 27, 2024 9:25 am
Opines, a retail showroom, opened in the Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville this past August and has been helping suppliers to Walmart and Sam’s Club garner hundreds of authentic reviews…
by - January 25, 2024 10:34 am
With 2023 now in the rear-view mirror, retail prognosticators expect some consumer behaviors to return to the pre-COVID era and continue embracing newer trends such as immersive shopping experiences, suburban…
by - January 23, 2024 2:15 pm
In addition to the departure of Scott Eckert, head of Walmart Store No. 8, three other senior-level Walmart executives are leaving their positions ahead of the company’s fiscal year-end on…
by - January 22, 2024 5:21 pm
Walmart is closing down its Store No. 8 tech incubator with around 300 people in the unit moving to other jobs with the retailer’s technology and innovations operations, according to…
by - January 22, 2024 2:18 pm
Bentonville-based Cartwheel Startup Studio and the University of Arkansas Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (OEI) recently kicked off an accelerator to support 10 technology startups in the retail value chain….
by - January 18, 2024 4:03 pm
Walmart store managers earned an average base pay of $117,000 in 2023, and that is increasing to $128,000 this year, the retail giant said Thursday (Jan. 18). The increase not…
by - January 17, 2024 11:21 am
Retailers scrambled to use and improve technology during the pandemic as more sales migrated online. Now, startups focus on helping with better in-store execution, according to Scott Benedict, an adviser…
by - January 17, 2024 7:15 am
Flora Farms, a Missouri-based company that sells cannabis, has opened a new dispensary in Pineville, Mo., a town just across the Arkansas state line north of Bella Vista along U.S….
by - January 15, 2024 10:49 am
Spending rose 0.19% in December over the prior month and 2.4% year over year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF) and CNBC/Retail Monitor. Core sales (excluding auto and gasoline)…
