by - June 5, 2025 3:42 pm
The Walmart shareholder business meeting again held no surprises. Walmart executives touted successes, outside shareholder group proposals were shot down, and a new director slate was approved. Possibly the only…
by - June 5, 2025 3:25 pm
New York-based Spring Capital is behind Arkade, a new venture at Ledger in downtown Bentonville. Arkade recruits global technology startups in the retail supply chain to locate in Bentonville to…
by - June 5, 2025 3:12 pm
Los Angeles-based Sweetgreen plans to open its first Arkansas restaurant in Fayetteville, according to a news release. The second will be at the new Walmart Home Office in Bentonville. A…
by - June 5, 2025 1:48 pm
Walmart is testing a new AI (artificial intelligence) interview coach that can help employees prepare for interviews for new positions or career advancements. The retailer did not disclose the program cost….
by - June 4, 2025 5:11 pm
A 5,825-square-foot tunnel car wash in Bentonville has a new owner after a recent transaction worth $5.55 million. The purchase price equals $953 per square foot. Springfield, Mo.-based Big Ranch…
by - June 4, 2025 12:38 pm
When Clinton Bennett got his start in commercial real estate 20 years ago, he had a “sense that something unique was happening in Northwest Arkansas,” he said. “You could get…
by - June 4, 2025 12:33 pm
The 63-room My Place Hotel-Bentonville/Rogers recently opened at 3138 S.E. East Pointe Ave. in Bentonville. According to a news release, it is the first My Place Hotels of America hotel…
by - June 4, 2025 11:17 am
Benton and Washington counties in Northwest Arkansas were in the top 5 among the nation’s largest 369 counties for average weekly wage percentage gains in the fourth quarter of 2024….
by - June 3, 2025 2:26 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill anticipates continued growth in enplanements, potentially reaching a new monthly record in May, as the airport still seeks to detach from the city….
by - June 3, 2025 1:52 pm
Eureka Springs-based nonprofit Opera in the Ozarks recently opened its new $34 million theater and will kick off its 2025 summer season in June, according to a news release. Opera…
by - June 3, 2025 11:08 am
Contractors have prepared for and continue to discuss how import tariffs – either proposed, implemented, sometimes rescinded or reduced by the Trump Administration – will impact construction material prices in…
by - June 2, 2025 5:21 pm
A 228-unit student apartment complex near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville recently changed hands for $75.31 million. The purchase price equals $330,333 per unit. Rye, N.Y.-based Timberline Real Estate…
by - June 2, 2025 4:10 pm
Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange (CACHE) will host a free professional development workshop for arts professionals on June 11 at The Medium at 214 S. Main St. in Springdale….
by - June 2, 2025 1:10 pm
A 272-unit student housing project near the University of Arkansas is expected to open in August 2027, according to a Monday (June 2) news release. A commercial building permit valued…
by - June 2, 2025 8:20 am
Olivia Walton, a champion for improving maternal health in Arkansas, is promoting recent Arkansas changes nationally as part of an effort to continue more improvements in aiding mothers’ and infants’…
by - June 1, 2025 11:16 am
Walmart has announced a new platform for insurers and benefit managers that the company says can encourage healthy eating by using the data it collects on customers. The tool, “Everyday…
by - May 30, 2025 1:02 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. has completed its seventh asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction that includes issuing $216 million in asset-backed notes with an average coupon of 6.27%, according to a Friday…
by - May 30, 2025 12:59 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway and Mexico rail provider Grupo México Transportes (GMXT) have launched a new intermodal service in Mexico, modeled after…
by - May 29, 2025 7:36 pm
More than 200 people gathered Thursday (May 29) for the opening of a $31 million food hub in downtown Springdale that will support a Walton Family Foundation initiative to strengthen…
by - May 29, 2025 3:44 pm
Where does the buck stop? That’s the question for courts to determine between present and past Tyson Foods execs and the survivors of former employees who died from their exposure…
