Regions

Retail Furniture Market Changes

With the urbanization of Northwest Arkansas, traditional furniture stores may go the way of the bundling bed.

Check Out New Law (Editorial)

A new age in checking begins on Oct. 28, when the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act goes into effect.

Contemporary Furniture Stores

Two ?mod? furniture stores have cropped up in North Fayetteville to serve growing niche.

Equipment Suppliers Proclaim Color King

High-end office equipment ? namely printers, scanners, copiers, facsimiles and the latest hybrids of all four ? is evolving toward value-added document management.

Upscale Trappings Make Statement

Businesses break out checkbooks, turn to designers, to make the right statement with their workplace.

Customers Crave Original Products

Designers and furnishings dealers like Glenda Milam in Springdale said home and office owners are looking for originality in the pieces they are purchasing, even if that means country-French is on the way out.

Emelia?s Kitchens Gets 5 Stars (Business Lunch)

Emelia?s Kitchen receives a rare five-star review from the Business Journal?s critics.

Edwards Builds Brookhaven (Real Deals)

Edwards Design and Construction Inc. of Springdale recently bought 50 building permits valued at a combined $25 million to construct 472 apartment units off Powell Street in Springdale.

Recruitment Tool Tightens Up

Land scarcity and costs in Northwest Arkansas are causing significant shrinkage in public industrial park space, local economic development leaders said.

Nexstar Goes Northwest With KNWA Change

On Aug. 13, Nexstar Broadcasting Group of Irving, Texas, changed the call letters and concept for its Northwest Arkansas station from that NBC 24/51, KPOM/KFAA-TV, to KNWA.

Journalist Turned Author Tries Self Publishing Twist

Mike Rodman, who has written for newspapers since 1975 including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Northwest Arkansas Times, has launched a new Web site designed to sell his new novel author-direct.

Morning News Headline Says Pubic Shaming O.K.

Morning News headline gaff is amusing, and a display ad in the Aug. 15 issue of The Morning News seemed targeted at Springdale.

Fayetteville to Get Stadium Seating

Plans for a 17-screen stadium-seating movie theater in Fayetteville are still in the works, but it may take a little while because two theater companies have decided to make it a joint project.

USA Drug Heads for Evelyn Hills

Pine Bluff-based USA Drug filed paperwork with the Fayetteville Planning Office in mid-August saying it wants to build a 3,500-SF store in the northwest corner of the parking lot of Evelyn Hills shopping center.

Passion Play CEO Departs

Joseph Gies, CEO of the Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, has left the organization.

Another Bank Looks at Northwest Arkansas Market

BancorpSouth Bank of Tupelo, Miss., is the latest in a series of institutions bent on joining the Northwest Arkansas party.

Deal Maker?s Car Gets Towed At Train Station Press Conference

Probably buyer of Frisco train station on Dickson Street, Rexanne Mansfield, got her car towed during a press conference about the sale

Beta Rubicon Scores Coup With Chicago Technology Deal

Beta Rubicon Inc. is on a roll with a new COO and a deal to provide technology assessments for the Chicago Technology Park.

Web Site Gives Ratings For ‘Hot’ Local Teachers

A Web site we found, www.ratemyprofessors.com, provides student ratings for college professors including teachers in Northwest Arkansas.

Telecom Titan Launches Hispanic Site

Alex Martinez, president and CEI of NorthwestArkansasOnline.com , has launched a new telecommunications services Web site that markets directly to Hispanics.

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ACME input now online, UAFS students receive SURF grants

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville