by - May 2, 2019 8:54 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Thursday (May 2) its subsidiary, J.B. Hunt Mexico, has opened an enterprise sales branch in Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico, and is the first…
by - May 2, 2019 7:50 am
In early April, events professionals around the world observed Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), an annual celebration focusing on the impact of business meetings, conventions and trade shows on events,…
by - May 1, 2019 1:35 pm
Missouri-based Great Outdoors Group, parent company to U.S. boat manufacturer White River Marine Group and retail chains Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s, has hired Jamie Sohosky of Bentonville as its…
by - May 1, 2019 9:48 am
Josh Mahony made it official on Wednesday (May 1). He’ll seek the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton in 2020. Mahony, 38, conducted a conference call…
by - April 30, 2019 8:32 am
A franchisee of DQ Grill & Chill has completed a land purchase to begin development of a location in Siloam Springs. Sims Development Group LLC, led by Aimee and Terry Sims, paid $475,000 for…
by - April 30, 2019 7:54 am
Northwest Arkansas’s residential real estate market is booming, so it’s little wonder that service providers to the industry are hoping to ride the wave. The latest is Lula, a technology…
by - April 29, 2019 3:49 pm
As first reported by Talk Business & Politics earlier this month, Democrat Josh Mahony appears poised to mount a challenge to U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in 2020. Mahony confirmed…
by - April 29, 2019 11:40 am
Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart, recently shared revelations with shareholders about his five years in the job, underlining the importance of staying true to lessons and principles left by founder…
by - April 28, 2019 10:24 am
Retail commerce continues to transition into an omnichannel business with retailers like Walmart investing heavily in online and in-store pickup and e-commerce giant Amazon also looking at more brick-and-mortar stores…
by - April 28, 2019 10:15 am
University of Arkansas Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj says Census data shows that Northwest Arkansas population growth has accounted for about 87% of the state’s overall increase in this decade….
by - April 26, 2019 12:38 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 15 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 26, 2019 9:26 am
A commercial building permit valued at $5.64 million is being used to build a new hotel in Bentonville. Tulsa-based developer Hi-Tech Hospitality is developing the 96-room Avid by IHG at…
by - April 25, 2019 4:21 pm
Walmart will begin testing autonomous vehicles in Bentonville in the next six weeks. Jason Shaffer, director of digital operations at Walmart, discussed the plan at the Trends in Supply Chain…
by - April 25, 2019 2:42 pm
The concept of co-working is not foreign to Northwest Arkansas, with a number of spaces setting up shop in the region in the past few years. The business model is…
by - April 25, 2019 12:46 pm
Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech looks to sell the assets of the company in an auction to the New York-based technology financing company that initially sued NanoMech for not making payments…
by - April 25, 2019 11:44 am
Missouri-based Mercy healthcare system, which has a significant presence in both Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro, has been named one of the top five large health systems in…
by - April 25, 2019 11:05 am
Walmart Inc. has hired Kerri L. Ruttenberg to join the company’s legal department as senior vice president of litigation, effective July 1. Ruttenberg is a partner and head of litigation…
by - April 25, 2019 10:39 am
There are 20 banks doing business in Rogers. Among Arkansas cities, only Little Rock (30) and Fayetteville (27) have more. But just one of those lenders calls Rogers home. Just…
by - April 25, 2019 6:47 am
Walmart’s plan to merge its Asda operations in the United Kingdom with Sainsbury hit a road block and the partners agreed to terminate the merger on Thursday (April 25). News…
by - April 24, 2019 6:52 pm
After solid gains of 5.3% in March, April sales tax revenue totaled $5.222 million, up just 0.43% from a year ago, according to reports from Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale….
