by - September 7, 2020 10:55 am
Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI, a fully integrated marketing, advertising and public relations firm based in Little Rock, has opened a second office in Rogers. The agency leases 1,250 square feet…
by - September 4, 2020 3:04 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (Sept. 4) praised the move by University of Arkansas officials to suspend on-campus events and limit off-campus events to 10 or fewer people. The action…
by - September 4, 2020 2:59 pm
This week Walmart told its more than 100,000 suppliers about its new Supplier Quality Excellence Program (SQEP) which will measure suppliers on four areas as part of an effort to…
by - September 3, 2020 5:38 pm
Donnie King, a Tyson Foods veteran, was named Thursday (Sept. 3) as president of the meat giant’s poultry business, effective immediately. He has spent 35 years in the poultry business…
by - September 3, 2020 4:32 pm
Walmart suppliers have been told that on-time and in-full (OTIF) shipments must be 98% complete effective Sept. 15. Suppliers not meeting the new guidance will be fined 3% of the…
by - September 3, 2020 11:56 am
The Arts Center of the Ozarks (ACO) in Springdale will transition ownership and management of its downtown building. The facility and operations will shift from the ACO staff to Creative…
by - September 3, 2020 10:22 am
In 2018, Major League Baseball star Bryce Harper, then an outfielder for the Washington Nationals, thrilled the hometown crowd at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., by winning the MLB Home…
by - September 3, 2020 7:51 am
Tyson Foods announced Thursday (Sept. 3) plans to open seven health clinics with Marathon Health to be located near its meat processing plants. The clinics will give Tyson Foods employees…
by - September 2, 2020 3:44 pm
Nearly $400,000 has been invested in the first esports gaming center in Northwest Arkansas. The Grid Esports is set to open in Fayetteville in late September. GMS Esports Enterprises, a…
by - September 2, 2020 3:20 pm
Enplanements at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill could fall to between 250,000 and 500,000 for 2020 and might not return to 2019 levels for three or four years,…
by - September 2, 2020 9:31 am
After 112 years, a statue of a Confederate soldier has been removed from Bentonville’s downtown square. Several onlookers gathered Wednesday morning (Sept. 2) as a construction crew started to disassemble…
by - September 1, 2020 4:20 pm
Just days after Walmart made a deal to sell the Bare Necessities retail business, the retail giant is also divesting Shoes.com, according to several media organizations, and first reported by Bloomberg. Walmart acquired…
by - September 1, 2020 1:44 pm
Sterling Bank, a $1.24 billion-asset lender headquartered in Poplar Bluff, Mo., has filed a development plan with the city of Rogers for technical review, signaling its intention to build a…
by - September 1, 2020 1:17 pm
Walmart said it will on Sept. 15 launch its much-anticipated Walmart+ service, a membership program that includes in-store and online discounts and fuel savings of 5-cents a gallon at Walmart…
by - September 1, 2020 10:03 am
For the second straight year, John Tyson’s golf course just outside Fayetteville will host a major collegiate golf tournament televised live by Golf Channel. Global sports marketing agency Octagon announced…
by - August 31, 2020 5:52 pm
Business owner Tommy Granata, who had served as mayor and alderman for the city of Tontitown, died Saturday (Aug. 29). He was 65. The Tontitown native owned bowling alleys in…
by - August 31, 2020 3:34 pm
Springdale-based NOWDiagnostics Inc. said Monday (Aug. 31) it is working with U.S. government agency Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop a serological test for COVID-19 antibodies that…
by - August 31, 2020 2:32 pm
The nonprofit Razorback Foundation Inc., the private fundraising arm that raises millions of dollars in support of the University of Arkansas athletics department, announced Monday (Aug. 31) a call for…
by - August 31, 2020 9:13 am
For nearly a decade, the decrepit concrete parking lot of a former automobile dealership along Bentonville’s main thoroughfare has sat empty and weed-infested, a contrast to the commercial development boom…
by - August 28, 2020 4:11 pm
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said there is no such thing as “business as usual” at the retail giant. “Not a day goes by that we are not asking ourselves how…
