by - January 24, 2018 8:36 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ brokerage segment, Integrated Capacity Solutions, recently eclipsed a milestone company founder Johnnie B. Hunt once thought elusive for the Lowell-based carrier. In a LinkedIn post, Shelley…
by - January 23, 2018 3:12 pm
The Hot Wheels: Race to Win exhibit will open at the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville on Saturday (Jan. 27). Created by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the Hot Wheels…
by - January 23, 2018 1:19 pm
Fayetteville-based software startup Engine has raised $1 million in venture capital to fund its cloud-based e-commerce software platform. Among the company’s initial investors, according to a news release sent Tuesday…
by - January 23, 2018 7:57 am
Springdale-based Weichert, Realtors — The Griffin Co. has acquired a Weichert franchise in Fort Smith owned by Kevin and Elizabeth King. Terms of the deal, which officially closed Jan. 1,…
by - January 22, 2018 4:39 pm
Consumer packaged goods company Pinnacle Foods Inc., the largest private employer in Fayetteville, said Monday (Jan. 22) it will build a 164,000 square-foot cold storage warehouse connected directly to its…
by - January 22, 2018 3:47 pm
A $30 million wrongful termination lawsuit brought by Jon Thompson of Rogers against Florida-based Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits was abruptly dismissed Jan. 9 in Fayetteville. Thompson’s attorney declined to…
by - January 22, 2018 11:28 am
Rising home costs helped contribute to a milestone last year in the Northwest Arkansas housing market. Real estate agents combined to sell $2.208 billion worth of residential properties in 2017…
by - January 19, 2018 4:08 pm
Tennessee developer Vita Residential, led by president and CEO Steve Sisson, has picked up a 32-year mortgage of $21.78 million from Walker and Dunlop, a Maryland-based commercial real estate finance…
by - January 19, 2018 8:06 am
The Agency in Little Rock has issued a casting call for up to 1,500 actors, stand-ins and photo-doubles to be part of the third season of the HBO crime anthology…
by - January 18, 2018 1:49 pm
Blake Woolsey, a long-tenured executive at Fayetteville public relations firm Mitchell, has resigned, effective Jan. 31. Woolsey has worked with company founder Elise Mitchell for the past 18 years, and…
by - January 18, 2018 9:39 am
The nonprofit Peel Compton Foundation of Bentonville has named former Wal-Mart Stores executive Debra Layton as interim executive director, after the resignation of Corrin Troutman. Layton retired from Wal-Mart last…
by - January 16, 2018 4:26 pm
Northwest Arkansas business and community leaders convened Tuesday (Jan. 17) in Springdale at the Northwest Arkansas Council’s winter meeting to hear about diversity and inclusion, issues that flagship companies in…
by - January 16, 2018 12:01 pm
Airbnb, a hospitality company that has gained popularity in Arkansas in the past few years, will start contributing to the hotel/restaurant tax in Fayetteville, starting Feb. 1. Per an agreement…
by - January 15, 2018 3:36 pm
Alice Walton, the founder of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville and daughter of Wal-Mart Stores founders Sam and Helen Walton, will receive the Sam M. Walton Award…
by - January 15, 2018 2:39 pm
A new group called The Gig Community, intended to support the area’s growing freelance workforce, has been formed in Northwest Arkansas. According to its stated mission in a press release,…
by - January 15, 2018 7:53 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Jan. 8 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - January 11, 2018 3:12 pm
Bentonville-based company Premier Concepts has been acquired by a competitor, Missouri-based Premium Retail Services. Both companies provide in-store service and support to Wal-Mart Stores and its suppliers. Premier has exclusively…
by - January 11, 2018 9:16 am
In a May 2016 survey about quality of life in Northwest Arkansas, a Walton Family Foundation report said parks and trails are the most used amenities in the region, with…
by - January 10, 2018 2:30 pm
The Northwest Arkansas metro is back in the top 25 of the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities Index for 2017, rising from the 30th spot in the 2016 report. The fast-growing…
by - January 10, 2018 2:13 pm
The Jones Trust will build a 2.75-acre mountain bike skills park on The Jones Center for Families campus in downtown Springdale, according to a press release from the organization. The…
