by - September 28, 2020 3:39 pm
British news sources are reporting that Walmart may sell its U.K.-based retailer, Asda, to a consortium led by fuel station operator EG Group and private equity firm TDR Capital. Walmart…
by - September 28, 2020 2:57 pm
The signs are up, the cups are in and Fort Smith has used the new permanent entertainment district in the historic district at Chaffee Crossing with a weekend celebration at…
by - September 28, 2020 12:23 pm
Inbound Logistics, a monthly trade magazine focused on the business logistics and supply chains, has included Fort Smith-based ArcBest in its top 100 Truckers list. ArcBest was also included in…
by - September 28, 2020 12:04 pm
COVID-19 has changed how people dine out, and that’s especially affected restaurants initially ordered to cease dine-in service to mitigate the spread of the virus. But some foodservice businesses, such…
by - September 28, 2020 9:42 am
The Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas will release Oct. 8 the ninth annual State of…
by - September 27, 2020 10:32 am
Citizens Bank CEO Phil Baldwin will cap off an illustrious career in 2021 as he has guided the Batesville-based financial institution past the $1 billion mark. Baldwin, CEO since 2013,…
by - September 25, 2020 8:36 pm
Little Rock-based Encore Bank announced Friday (Sept. 24) it has expanded into the Dallas-Fort Worth market and hired two experienced veteran bankers as executive vice presidents to oversee operations. Marc…
by - September 25, 2020 7:42 pm
The University of Central Arkansas received a $120,000 commitment over five years from Acxiom. This will take the company’s support to $1.1 million across a 30-year collaborative partnership for initiatives…
by - September 25, 2020 7:40 pm
Little Rock-based BSR Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired Aura Castle Hills Apartments in Lewisville, Texas for $51.8 million. Aura Castle is a 276-suite, garden style residential apartment complex in…
by - September 25, 2020 2:16 pm
Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation (WFF) said Friday (Sept. 25) it has created a chief strategy officer position and filled it with former UNICEF USA executive Chelsea Peters. In the new…
by - September 25, 2020 10:35 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Sept. 14 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - September 24, 2020 4:13 pm
Consumers have been spending at a record pace in Jonesboro. Northeast Arkansas’ largest city reported $1.754 million in city sales and use tax in the September report, obliterating the previous…
by - September 24, 2020 2:08 pm
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Arkansas State University a grant of $1.5 million over a five-year period to continue funding for student retention and completion initiatives. The grant…
by - September 24, 2020 1:49 pm
The on-again-off-again effort to buy the Fianna Hills Country Club and golf course is off, again, with club owner David Millé saying in a letter to property owners that he…
by - September 24, 2020 1:30 pm
Nominations are being sought for the second annual Western Arkansas Business of the Year award. The program seeks to highlight efforts of businesses, non-profits and startup operations and consider their…
by - September 23, 2020 8:33 pm
HealthTech Arkansas and SkyBrook Venture Partners have agreed to a partnership aimed at collaboration, sharing contacts, and providing new opportunities for innovative healthcare startup companies around the world. SkyBrook Venture…
by - September 23, 2020 7:29 pm
A 10-year transit plan presented Wednesday (Sept. 23) to Northwest Arkansas officials calls for a quarter-cent sales tax in the region’s four largest cities in order to implement the plan….
by - September 23, 2020 6:20 pm
The City of Fort Smith has offered city-owned Oak Cemetery as the new home for a Confederate statue that has sat on the grounds of the Sebastian County Courthouse in…
by - September 23, 2020 6:05 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the Natural State and since mid-September the transmission rate in Northeast Arkansas has been the highest in the state, according to the Arkansas…
by - September 23, 2020 1:59 pm
Walmart will test drone deliveries of COVID-19 home test kits in cooperation with Quest Diagnostics and DroneUp in Las Vegas and Cheektowago, N.Y., beginning in early October. Tom Ward, senior…
