by - October 7, 2019 10:05 am
Springdale-based accounting firm Keen & Company CPAs PLLC has acquired the Fayetteville-based accounting practice of certified public accountant Wanda G. Lanier. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lanier…
by - October 6, 2019 4:47 pm
Walmart is starting to unravel the e-commerce portfolio it assembled over the past two-and-a-half years. On Friday (Oct. 4), venture capital firm Go Global Retail acquired ModCloth for an undisclosed…
by - October 4, 2019 1:15 pm
Marcy Doderer was a summer intern in 1988 at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. It was that point she realized running a children’s hospital was her dream job and…
by - October 3, 2019 4:26 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Council has hired Jeannette Balleza Collins as entrepreneurial development director and Nathan Green as communications director. The nonprofit group made the announcement Thursday (Oct. 3). “We are excited to…
by - October 3, 2019 3:19 pm
Walmart U.S. Chief Merchandising Officer Steve Bratspies will be the headliner for the Sunshine School & Development Center’s Power of Inclusion Luncheon. It’s scheduled Oct. 10 at the Embassy Suites…
by - October 3, 2019 9:35 am
Wayne Mays, president and CEO of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce, will retire after 13 years with the organization. Mays, 71, recently announced his retirement will be effective Dec….
by - October 2, 2019 11:05 pm
Walmart, the nation’s largest employer with more than 1.5 million employees, has more than 1 million enrolled in the company’s healthcare plan, and the retailer plans on adding more benefits…
by - October 2, 2019 1:12 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to report a decline in earnings per share in the third quarter, and analysts expect the carrier’s brokerage segment will be…
by - October 2, 2019 9:40 am
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has entered a third amended and restated loan and security agreement with a group of lenders effective Sept. 30. The Bentonville-based buy here, pay here used car…
by - October 1, 2019 2:41 pm
A federal judge recently ruled against two Benton County companies in a civil lawsuit that involved workers in a rehabilitation program who received free housing, food and personal necessities instead…
by - October 1, 2019 10:27 am
As it begins the years-long task of building a new corporate campus in Bentonville, Walmart Inc. continues to make arrangements for temporary office space for hundreds of employees. The company’s…
by - September 30, 2019 2:00 pm
Lowell-based financial services agency Central Research Inc. (CRI) said Monday (Sept. 30) it’s planning to build a new headquarters near Interstate 49 in Lowell. The company plans to combine its Lowell…
by - September 28, 2019 10:40 am
Matt Crafton’s entire life has been shaped by the company his father co-founded 56 years ago. Now, he’s put forth a plan that will help shape the lives of the…
by - September 27, 2019 10:43 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Sept. 16 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - September 26, 2019 6:21 pm
Siloam Springs-based John Brown University announced Thursday (Sept. 26) that it raised $156 million in its seven-year fundraising campaign, exceeding the campaign’s $125 million goal. The private, Christian university is…
by - September 26, 2019 4:18 pm
Donnie Smith, the former CEO of Tyson Foods, will turn 60 years old next week. Retired for nearly two years, Smith has focused on four areas with his time and…
by - September 26, 2019 4:13 pm
The Rockline Industries plant in Springdale has attained 11 million safe work hours without a lost time accident, and only a handful of companies have achieved the milestone, according to…
by - September 25, 2019 3:13 pm
Little Rock-based Encore Bank (formerly The Capital Bank) has recruited Chris Howe to lead the lender’s expansion in Northwest Arkansas. Howe, a member of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2018…
by - September 25, 2019 3:07 pm
A Los Angeles-based real estate investment and advisory firm and its Arkansas-based partner have added to their holdings in the state with a $7.9 million acquisition in Bentonville. AndMark Management…
by - September 25, 2019 12:57 pm
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals has voted to host its Supply Chain Hall of Fame in Rogers. Under the proposal, the Sam M. Walton College of Business at…
