by - February 22, 2021 11:17 am
A new report from commercial real estate firm CBRE Group Inc. says many aspects of Northwest Arkansas’ office leasing have slowed, especially for second-generation buildings. However, the new construction office…
by - February 21, 2021 5:25 pm
Grand Savings Bank has purchased a new property at 104 N. Gentry Blvd. in Gentry. The location will replace the existing bank branch located at 101 S. Gentry Blvd. The…
by - February 18, 2021 3:38 pm
Business and healthcare leaders highlighted Thursday (Feb. 18) the success of a healthcare program to combat the spread of COVID-19, a new five-year plan of the Walton Family Foundation and…
by - February 18, 2021 3:23 pm
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said with $564.2 billion in sales the retailer is just getting started. He remembered the late former CEO David Glass saying the same thing more than…
by - February 18, 2021 1:24 pm
Soybean and cotton farmers got sobering news earlier this week when a much more herbicide resistant form of pigweed was discovered in the eastern-most section of Northeast Arkansas. Tom Barber,…
by - February 18, 2021 11:50 am
Walmart disappointed the equity markets Thursday (Feb. 18) with a 12-cent per share earnings miss in the fourth quarter, despite record revenue and strong same-store sales. Fourth-quarter earnings on an adjusted…
by - February 18, 2021 11:14 am
Tulsa, Okla.-based Timmons Oil Co., a distributor of fuels, oils and lubricants, recently relocated from Springdale to a 10,000-square-foot building in Tontitown. Todd Collier, executive vice president of Timmons Oil…
by - February 18, 2021 9:34 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and Sunnyvale, Calif.-based technology company Google announced Wednesday (Feb. 17) an alliance to accelerate J.B. Hunt’s digital transformation and develop next-generation supply chain…
by - February 17, 2021 12:53 pm
Tyson Foods is among a growing number of companies including Amazon to Walmart that will provide an additional incentive for workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The company is paying…
by - February 16, 2021 5:59 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. beat analyst expectations for earnings in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 while revenue rose to a record of $228 million. After the buy here, pay…
by - February 16, 2021 4:16 pm
Justin Whitmore, executive vice president of alternative proteins at Tyson Foods, is leaving the meat giant to become the chief strategy officer at Keurig Dr. Pepper at the end of…
by - February 16, 2021 1:53 pm
Walmart said Tuesday (Feb. 16) it has temporarily closed roughly 10% of its U.S. stores as an Arctic blast brought snow, ice and sub-freezing temperatures to large parts of the…
by - February 16, 2021 11:42 am
The University of Arkansas said Tuesday (Feb. 16) seven student teams won up to $2,000 each in a seed funding competition hosted by the UA Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation…
by - February 16, 2021 10:25 am
Bentonville-based CDL Hunter, a third-party truck driver recruiting company, has launched a new website that’s optimized for mobile devices. CEO Jeremy Mincke said Sooner Marketing Solutions of Tulsa, Okla., built…
by - February 15, 2021 4:06 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) Foundation announced Monday (Feb. 15) three new members to its board of directors: LeAnn Bonello Smith, vice president and chief people officer for Walmart’s Global…
by - February 15, 2021 10:52 am
The University of Arkansas said Monday (Feb. 15) it will partner with state government, Shorter College in Little Rock and a private company to identify Arkansans hit hardest by the…
by - February 15, 2021 9:17 am
Due partly to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Arkansas athletic department reported a double-digit decline in revenue for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Still, the department came within $500,000 of…
by - February 14, 2021 11:25 am
Springdale attorney Alex Miller has been elected as a Fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Miller is a partner at RMP LLP. His practice focuses…
by - February 13, 2021 9:43 am
A decade ago, Keith Tencleve had a thought in his head for the type of neighborhood where he wanted his family to live. “Michele [his wife] and I were walking…
by - February 12, 2021 10:58 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Feb. 1 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
