by - April 29, 2022 10:57 am
Springdale-based online grocery startup EasyBins announced Friday (April 29) a $400,000 matching investment from the Arkansas Venture Capital Development Fund (AVCDF) of the Arkansas Venture Capital Investment Trust (AVCIT). The Arkansas Development…
by - April 28, 2022 4:14 pm
Being the different one in the room is a feeling executives in Northwest Arkansas said they have experienced. Bringing attention to differences and embracing commonality was the purpose of the…
by - April 28, 2022 1:06 pm
John Roberts, president and CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., highlighted the carrier’s three priorities in its annual shareholders’ meeting on Thursday (April 28) at the company’s headquarters in…
by - April 28, 2022 9:59 am
Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale had combined sales tax revenue of $7.351 million in the April report, up 25.17% from a year ago. However, revenue was down 3.96% from the…
by - April 28, 2022 8:14 am
Arkansas-based Armor Bank, a full-service community bank headquartered in Forrest City, plans to build a retail location in Northwest Arkansas. The company has filed a preliminary development plan with the…
by - April 27, 2022 2:45 pm
The Milken Family Foundation awarded the prestigious Milken Educator Award to an educator from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Bentonville on Wednesday (April 27). Kamisha Burlingame, a fourth-grade teacher, was surprised with…
by - April 27, 2022 1:14 pm
Rogers retail marketing agency Paradox has received official recognition as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the national nonprofit Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The Women’s Business Enterprise recognition certifies…
by - April 27, 2022 12:35 pm
Bentonville firm CEI Engineering Associates Inc. announced the retirement of department manager Tom Oppenheim. His final day was March 31. Oppenheim is a civil engineering graduate from the University of…
by - April 26, 2022 9:36 am
Various economic factors are critical to the state’s success, including the creative economy, which can best be summed up as the income-earning potential of creative activities and ideas. The Arkansas…
by - April 26, 2022 9:32 am
Kourtney Barrett is a Bentonville native passionate about bringing ideas to life. She believes her latest opportunity to do that is once in a lifetime. On April 11, Barrett joined…
by - April 26, 2022 8:36 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart announced Monday (April 25) it has priced $400 million in asset-backed notes, a subprime auto loan asset-backed securitization transaction. The transaction settlement date is expected to be…
by - April 25, 2022 5:07 pm
Walmart’s board of directors is a mix of outside retired business managers, Walmart officers and Walton family members. Company shareholders will vote on a slate of 11 directors at the…
by - April 25, 2022 4:03 pm
Scott Dillard, co-founder and executive chairman of management and financial services provider Central Research Inc. (CRI) in Lowell, died April 20 after a four-month battle with esophageal cancer. He was 46. Visitation…
by - April 25, 2022 1:57 pm
Tyson Foods will spend $60 million over four years to fund free college education for its 120,000 employees. A partnership with Guild will expand Tyson’s Upward Pathways program to include…
by - April 25, 2022 11:22 am
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based venture capital firm Plug and Play recently announced the close of a $25.5 million venture capital fund to support series A-C startups in the supply chain industry. The…
by - April 25, 2022 9:00 am
The nonprofit Alice L. Walton Foundation (ALWF) in Bentonville and Washington Regional Medical System in Fayetteville are planning to create a new regional health system that will also involve the…
by - April 23, 2022 3:48 pm
The top 6 executives for Bentonville-based Walmart Inc. earned a combined $60.311 million last year, down from $70.61 million earned the year before. Stock awards, which is deferred income, was…
by - April 23, 2022 10:19 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 11 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 22, 2022 10:29 am
Three Fayetteville physicians in Washington Regional Medical System’s hospital medicine group were recently appointed to new roles within the medical center. Anthony Williams, director of hospital medicine, is now vice…
by - April 21, 2022 1:25 pm
A 23,500-square-foot building in Tontitown changed hands recently for $4.48 million. GC Investment Properties LLC, managed by Caleb Bronn and Jared Hiltzik, bought the building at 750 E. Henri De…
