by - March 16, 2017 5:53 pm
Fort Smith Internal Auditor Tracey Shockley has launched an audit of the River Valley Sports Complex (RVSC), the estimated $6 million project, of which the city agreed to contribute $1.6…
by - March 16, 2017 2:52 pm
Wal-Mart Stores, through its online subsidiary Jet.com, is reportedly about to close a deal for the trendy fashion startup ModCloth. The San Francisco Bay area company would mark Wal-Mart’s third…
by - March 16, 2017 2:12 pm
Earlier this year, Talk Business & Politics and the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal – with input from observers of the area’s startup scene – tagged several startup industries as the…
by - March 16, 2017 1:27 pm
Harps Food Stores has a new retail concept that advertises all items priced “at cost,” with a flat 10% added at the register. 10BOX Cost-Plus recently opened in a former…
by - March 16, 2017 10:44 am
A Texas real estate development company has acquired property at the corner of one Bentonville’s busiest intersections. According to county real estate records, Leon Capital Group of Dallas acquired the…
by - March 16, 2017 10:15 am
A University of Arkansas student team that formed the company Grox Industries won first place and almost $15,000 at the Stu Clark Investment Competition on March 11 at the University…
by - March 15, 2017 9:04 pm
Arkansas State University junior Ethan Barnes knew he wanted to major in business the first time he rubbed two dimes together. Thanks to a newly created scholarship endowment created by…
by - March 15, 2017 7:16 pm
For the last few years, the Fort Smith metro region has largely been a homebuyer’s market, but that is starting to change. According to Andy Hearn, an agent with Weichert…
by - March 15, 2017 6:04 pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would combine Craighead County’s two judicial districts into one. Senate Bill 535 by Sen. John Cooper, R-Jonesboro, passed on a voice vote. The…
by - March 15, 2017 1:29 pm
Mark Byrd, manager for the new Sam’s Club under construction in Springdale, has signed on with Wal-Mart’s Lifetime Learning program to learn Spanish because many store customers are likely to…
by - March 15, 2017 9:53 am
The latest Skyline Report released Wednesday (March 8) included a key historical finding. Significant absorption of new homes led to the lowest level of remaining months of unbuilt lot inventory…
by - March 14, 2017 9:46 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved an additional $4 million in consent decree-related items Tuesday night (March 14) at its second regular meeting in two weeks, pushing consent decree…
by - March 14, 2017 8:30 pm
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) grew its fundraising an estimated $5 million since the last Talk Business & Politics report in November. USMM CFO Randy Philpot said the facility…
by - March 14, 2017 5:19 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the March 6 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s Forty…
by - March 14, 2017 4:05 pm
Central Arkansas startups, Cocoa Belle Chocolates, RaftUp, and ClinicPass have been chosen by the Delta Regional Authority to be part of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, March 19-24, in downtown New…
by - March 14, 2017 3:58 pm
Change is the only constant in the retail world today and Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon told Wall Street analysts Tuesday (March 14) the retailer is committed to its digital…
by - March 14, 2017 10:52 am
Competition for subprime credit began showing signs of slowing in the fourth quarter of 2016, as serious delinquencies rose and lenders tightened standards for lending. But while the rising delinquencies…
by - March 13, 2017 10:54 pm
The Fort Smith School Board approved a new “Netflix”-style learning tool called eduFACTOR at Monday’s (March 13) committee meeting and continued to debate fallout from the Southside High School mascot…
by - March 13, 2017 10:39 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores said it paid out $157 million in cash bonuses based on store performance in the fourth quarter. Across the U.S. about 850,000 store employees met the…
by - March 13, 2017 8:17 pm
The Steel Horse Rally motorcycle event on May 5 and 6 may still be close to two months away, but associated festivities are continuing on Saturday (March 18) with the…
