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…
by - August 28, 2020 11:33 am
The University of Arkansas said Friday (Aug. 28) it would take over the daily management and operations of Arkansascovid.com, a startup website tracking COVID-19 data using data from the Arkansas Department…
by - August 28, 2020 10:58 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Aug. 17 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - August 27, 2020 5:56 pm
Tyson Foods joins more than 700 companies – including Walmart – as part of Time to Vote, a business-led, nonpartisan coalition working to increase voter participation in U.S. elections. Time…
by - August 27, 2020 2:43 pm
Retail giant Walmart is partnering with tech giant Microsoft on a bid for the Chinese-owned video app known as TikTok. The news was first reported Thursday (Aug. 27) by CNBC….
by - August 27, 2020 1:06 pm
Walmart has hired Deborah Vaughn to lead the retail giant’s international legal work as senior vice president and general counsel, international. Vaughn previously held a similar position with Kimberly-Clark for…
by - August 27, 2020 12:09 pm
A national insurance leader has opened an office in Bentonville. GEICO opened an office at 1706 S.E. Walton Blvd., Suite 6. Josiah Dodson will lead the office, which has six…
