by - July 21, 2017 9:44 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will spend $136 million to purchase Houston-based carrier Special Logistics Dedicated, allowing the Lowell-based carrier to expand its e-commerce delivery platform. If the deal closes, it…
by - July 20, 2017 4:34 pm
There is only one shoe last manufacturer left in the United States, and its only U.S. production plant is in Walnut Ridge. Lewiston, Maine-based Jones & Vining Industrial Products, founded…
by - July 20, 2017 2:53 pm
ABF Freight will change its pricing structure to include freight dimensions as a supplement to the existing weight-based pricing structure. The less-than-truckload carrier, a subsidiary of Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp.,…
by - July 20, 2017 2:37 pm
After years of posturing, the Chinese government agreed Thursday (July 20) to allow U.S. rice farmers to export their crops to the largest rice consuming nation on Earth. An agreement…
by - July 20, 2017 1:08 pm
Wal-Mart Stores has internally announced a new merchandising services program that narrows to five companies able to manage supplier displays and other services in more than 4,600 Walmart U.S. stores….
by - July 19, 2017 7:04 pm
Hytrol, a Jonesboro-based conveyor belt manufacturer, has expanded its workforce to more than 1,200 workers, a 20% increase in the last year, company President David Peacock told Talk Business &…
by - July 19, 2017 4:41 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) approved a request from fellow commissioner and General Pallets owner Phil White on Tuesday (July 18) that will allow his planned redevelopment…
by - July 19, 2017 4:25 pm
Tiny tots dressed as angels and garden fairies danced on the lawn of the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks (BGO) on July 15 as the garden was transformed into a…
by - July 19, 2017 3:00 pm
Mexico-based Industrias Bachoco, the parent company of OK Foods in Fort Smith, has acquired Albertville Quality Foods (AQF), a value-added meat company with foodservice, retail and national accounts. Details of…
by - July 19, 2017 11:05 am
The Little Rock School District this fall will launch a new career-learning program for high school students. The Excel program, which has tapped into the national Centers for Advanced Professional…
by - July 19, 2017 10:10 am
The 109-room Staybridge Suites Fayetteville in University Village Center has completed a $3 million renovation. The four-story hotel at 1577 W. 15th St., near Baum Stadium, was built in 2008…
by - July 19, 2017 9:50 am
Nearly lost in the recent announcement of a second college at the Chaffee Crossing-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) campus was the receipt of a $350,000 grant to install…
by - July 19, 2017 4:47 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved three resolutions related to the city’s federal consent decree totaling $1.929 million at Tuesday night’s (July 18) meeting. The resolutions all related specifically…
by - July 18, 2017 5:37 pm
A business group representing the city of Fort Smith’s trucking industry has agreed to support the Propelling Downtown Forward strategic development plan after a compromise was reached on a truck…
by - July 18, 2017 4:31 pm
The Arkansas State Alumni Association has hired a new executive director. Lindsay Burnett, a 2005 marketing graduate from ASU, will replace Beth Smith who retired earlier this spring. “Lindsay has…
by - July 18, 2017 3:33 pm
Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services rose nearly 2% after the carrier reported second-quarter earnings declined 6% and issued lowered 2017 expectations Monday (July 17). “A combination of low expectations…
by - July 18, 2017 1:13 pm
It’s been four years since Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced its commitment to buy $250 billion more in American-made products over a 10-year period. Since that time, dozens of new suppliers…
by - July 18, 2017 12:32 pm
Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a technology firm located in the Arkansas Research and Technology Park at the University of Arkansas, has received a $750,000 award from the U.S. Air Force….
by - July 18, 2017 10:26 am
Matt Timboe is a fan of Chickadee’s Fresh Fare, near the library on the south side of downtown Siloam Springs. The restaurant opened in early June, and in less than…
by - July 17, 2017 8:05 pm
The Fort Smith School District has rejected a $250,000 bid from the city of Fort Smith’s sanitation department for trash collection and recycling services. Fort Smith Schools Superintendent Dr. Doug…
