by - October 22, 2023 9:16 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, isn’t hiding his frustration from more than two weeks of a Speaker-less House of Representatives. “We are a fractured, stubborn, divided bunch right now,” said…
by - October 22, 2023 8:20 am
While the trucking/transportation and logistics industry anticipates a weaker holiday shipping season this year, a Northwest Arkansas-based industry executive offered advice to prepare for the somewhat muted season. Jennifer Shorkey…
by - October 21, 2023 10:18 am
RE/MAX Real Estate Results, a Northwest Arkansas affiliate of Denver-based real estate franchise company RE/MAX, has launched a commercial real estate division. Stephen Mansfield is the managing executive broker at…
by - October 21, 2023 9:15 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Oct. 9 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - October 20, 2023 8:46 am
Scott Benedict of Cave Springs has joined Chicago-based retail consulting firm McMillanDoolittle as an affiliate partner. He will lead the company’s digital first merchandising initiatives. Benedict has more than 35…
by - October 19, 2023 4:05 pm
Winrock International has introduced the Multicultural Business Xcellerator (MBX), an initiative supported by the Walton Family Foundation aimed at promoting inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship in Arkansas. The foundation has distributed…
by - October 19, 2023 10:52 am
Arkansas’ nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $306.4 million in economic activity in 2022. Specific to Northwest Arkansas, researchers determined the economic impact to be about $230 million last year….
by - October 19, 2023 10:31 am
Jason Allen, a long-time executive of die-casting company Pace Industries, has been named chief commercial officer of Little Rock-based utility services company Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. (AECI). Allen will start…
by - October 19, 2023 9:07 am
For the second consecutive quarter, Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. posted double-digit declines in earnings and revenue as market conditions remained soft. After the markets closed Wednesday (Oct. 18),…
by - October 19, 2023 6:46 am
The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Board announced Thursday (Oct. 19) the 2024 class of inductees for…
by - October 18, 2023 2:53 pm
A 4-acre self-storage facility in Centerton changed hands recently for $3.5 million. AMR REIT of Dallas bought the property at 550 W. Centerton Blvd. J. Richard Murphy Jr., John Goodson…
by - October 18, 2023 1:12 pm
7 Brew Coffee, the franchise drive-thru coffee company, has signed a lease agreement to relocate its downtown Fayetteville corporate headquarters. A company official said 7 Brew will occupy the four-story…
by - October 18, 2023 11:13 am
Missouri-based wealth management firm WR Wealth Planners has hired its first financial adviser in Arkansas and recently opened an office in Rogers. Justin Lidholm of Fayetteville officially started at WR…
by - October 18, 2023 7:21 am
The University of Arkansas announced four candidates Wednesday (Oct. 18) being considered for the next dean of the School of Law. According to a UA news release, Elizabeth Weeks, Michael…
by - October 17, 2023 5:43 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. posted double-digit declines in earnings and revenue in the third quarter amid continued softness in the freight market. After the markets closed Tuesday…
by - October 17, 2023 2:30 pm
Ashley Wardlow, interim president and chief executive of the Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday (Oct. 17) that she is resigning. Her last day is Dec. 8. Wardlow stepped…
by - October 17, 2023 11:22 am
Springdale-based Tyson Foods plans to buy a minority stake in Protix, a Dutch company specializing in insect ingredients, in order to produce more sustainable protein. According to a Tyson Foods…
by - October 17, 2023 11:00 am
Walmart is requiring all of its suppliers to subscribe to its Luminate data service beginning in October. Luminate is Walmart’s newest way to share data with suppliers – data that…
by - October 17, 2023 10:32 am
Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics (NWAP), the state’s largest private pediatric practice, celebrated its 40th anniversary with an event on Sept. 28 in Fayetteville. NWAP is a clinic of the independent physicians’…
by - October 16, 2023 2:20 pm
Rogers-based real estate firm Limbird Real Estate Group is officially heading south. Co-owner, CEO and principal broker Tara Limbird says the company closed a deal in late September to buy…
