by - May 21, 2024 6:54 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the May 6 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - May 20, 2024 3:08 pm
A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) alleges that water pollutants discharged from Tyson Foods’ processing plants “pose a risk to people and the environment and include large…
by - May 19, 2024 8:29 am
When Terri Mallioux of Fayetteville struggled to find a gravesite care service for her parents in Topeka, Kan., she realized a significant gap in the market. That led her to…
by - May 17, 2024 11:49 am
OzarksGo, a fiber-optic telecommunication subsidiary of Fayetteville-based Ozarks Electric Cooperative, recently connected its 40,000th customer to its high-speed fiber optic network. According to a news release, Gabriel Mallard and his…
by - May 16, 2024 1:10 pm
Residential building permit activity for single-family homes in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities is up 10.6% from last year’s pace through the first three months of 2024. According to permit…
by - May 16, 2024 12:09 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and its contemporary art and performance venue, the Momentary, in Bentonville, have promoted Lela Davidson to chief operating officer. According to a news release…
by - May 16, 2024 10:34 am
Walmart outperformed expectations in its first quarter earnings report Thursday (May 16). Its net income was $5.104 billion, up 205.1% from the year-ago period. Earnings per share were 63 cents,…
by - May 16, 2024 7:26 am
According to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Centerton is the sixth-fastest growing city in the United States among cities with at least 20,000 residents. Meanwhile, Fayetteville was one…
by - May 15, 2024 4:53 pm
Tyson Foods’ stock price edged up Wednesday (May 15) following comments made by CEO Donnie King and Chief Financial Officer John R. Tyson at the BMO Global Farm to Market…
by - May 15, 2024 1:06 pm
John Kent, clinical professor for the J.B. Hunt Transport Department of Supply Chain Management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, has been working…
by - May 15, 2024 7:04 am
A Northwest Arkansas investment group is planning to refurbish a vacant building in downtown Springdale near Walter Turnbow Park and the Razorback Regional Greenway into a new hospitality development. Spring…
by - May 14, 2024 9:30 am
Walmart will report first-quarter earnings ahead of the market opening on Thursday (May 16), and all signs predict a solid quarter for the Bentonville-based retail behemoth. Analysts forecast revenue to…
by - May 14, 2024 8:44 am
Joe Lloyd, a longtime Tyson Foods executive, has been appointed as the president and CEO of The Jones Center in Springdale. He replaces Terri Trotter, who resigned this past November…
by - May 14, 2024 8:32 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with statement from Walmart. Several hundred jobs are being cut at Walmart’s home office and its global tech operations. The layoffs in Bentonville began Monday (May…
by - May 14, 2024 8:08 am
After several successful stints building and exiting large companies, supply chain executive Chris Halkyard has joined Bentonville software provider Ox as its new chief operations officer. The company shared the details in…
by - May 13, 2024 2:04 pm
Rogers-based Onyx Coffee Lab now has two award-winning chocolate bars and a 4,196-square-foot space to shoot promotional and educational content for its award-winning coffee and tea. The 2nd Street Studio…
by - May 13, 2024 10:41 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank has tapped longtime executive Rodney Shepard of Fort Smith as regional executive, effective immediately. According to a news release Monday (May 13), he will oversee the company’s…
by - May 12, 2024 10:29 am
A 157-unit multifamily property west of Interstate 49 in Springdale sold recently for $33.2 million. The purchase price equals approximately $212,000 per unit. Kansas City, Mo.-based Block Real Estate bought…
by - May 12, 2024 9:56 am
Entrepreneur Juan Bahena of Fayetteville recently established a nonprofit to mitigate food insecurity in the Hispanic community. Bahena is the founder and director of the Fayetteville nonprofit Casa Dos Alas….
by - May 12, 2024 8:52 am
Startup Junkie of Fayetteville will host a demo day on Wednesday (May 15) for the second cohort of its Fuel Accelerator program focusing on health technology startups. The event begins at…
