by - May 25, 2023 9:39 am
A custom T-shirt franchise with nearly 100 stores nationwide recently honored its only Arkansas store in Bentonville for its seven-figure success. Tampa, Fla-based Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More had…
by - May 24, 2023 12:31 pm
Batesville-chartered First Community Bank announced four members Wednesday (May 24) of its inaugural business board of directors for the Northwest Arkansas market. Ashley Harris is vice president of marketing and…
by - May 24, 2023 11:37 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart posted double-digit declines in earnings but double-digit increases in revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 and the year amid low inventories and high prices of…
by - May 24, 2023 9:05 am
The University of Arkansas has initiated the search for the next dean of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. The selected candidate will also hold the…
by - May 24, 2023 8:00 am
A fast-growing Arkansas registered investment adviser (RIA) is planning for its next growth wave. No surprise that the strategy includes one of the country’s fastest-growing regions. Sowell Management, the privately…
by - May 23, 2023 5:05 pm
The four largest Northwest Arkansas cities reported cumulative sales tax revenue of $9.664 million in the May report, up 8.89% from the year-ago period. Bentonville saw the biggest gains in…
by - May 23, 2023 12:00 pm
Chris Blair is the new CEO of Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville. The hospital is an affiliate of Springdale-based Northwest Health. Blair had been the hospital’s interim CEO since March 7 and…
by - May 22, 2023 9:19 pm
It’s been two years in the making, but the new market fulfillment center (MFC) attached to Walmart Store No. 100 at 406 S. Walton Blvd. in Bentonville is open. It…
by - May 22, 2023 3:37 pm
Martha Londagin is returning to her roots, which will be a significant loss for Northwest Arkansas’ business community but a big gain for schoolkids in northeast Oklahoma. Londagin, a business…
by - May 21, 2023 11:02 am
Georgia law firm Hall Booth Smith (HBS) has hired compliance attorney Jennifer May-Brust of Bentonville as of counsel in its Rogers office. After working for 10 years in the oil…
by - May 21, 2023 9:25 am
Missouri-based Sterling Bank, a $1.37 billion-asset lender headquartered in Poplar Bluff, opened a new, 16,000-square-foot facility in Rogers at 1101 S. 52nd St. on March 23. Sterling Bank is a…
by - May 21, 2023 8:26 am
The Children’s Advocacy Center of Benton County in Little Flock has rebranded to the Children & Family Advocacy Center and expanded its services to include families. According to a news…
by - May 18, 2023 12:50 pm
Steinway & Sons, the iconic piano retailer and manufacturer, has opened its second Arkansas retail store in Fayetteville. The New York-based company is leasing about 2,000 square feet inside a…
by - May 18, 2023 11:42 am
Walmart on Thursday (May 18) reported better-than-expected first-quarter results for the fiscal quarter ending April 30. The Bentonville-based retailer grew total revenue to $152.3 billion, up 7.6% compared with the…
by - May 17, 2023 3:43 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. is expected to see a double-digit decline in earnings and almost flat revenue growth in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 as expenses rise and vehicle…
by - May 17, 2023 2:36 pm
Residential building permit activity for single-family homes in Northwest Arkansas’s four largest cities is down 18% from last year’s pace through the first three months of 2023. According to permit…
by - May 17, 2023 9:45 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the May 8 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - May 16, 2023 8:02 pm
The trucking industry is in a freight recession, but trucking companies can come through it if they take care of their people, J.B. Hunt President Shelley Simpson said at the…
by - May 16, 2023 7:59 pm
Ross DeVol, president and CEO of Heartland Forward, a Bentonville-based think tank, told Arkansas trucking executives that his research indicates Arkansas should commit to transformational economic development and new strategic…
by - May 16, 2023 12:16 pm
Equity analysts and investors are not expecting any surprises from Walmart when it reports first-quarter earnings early Thursday (May 18). The Bentonville-based retail giant recently spent two days with the…
