by - January 13, 2025 3:20 pm
Consumers continue to spend more of their grocery dollars online with total U.S. e-grocery sales of $9.6 billion in December, up 18.52% compared with December 2023, according to Brick Meets…
by - January 9, 2025 2:24 pm
Badu Holdings, Inc. purchased a 5.3-acre commercial lot at Little Rock’s Gateway Town Center in December in a sale totaling $1.95 million. Isaac Smith, Justin Bentley and Lee Strother, all…
by - January 9, 2025 10:09 am
Early reports of online holiday spending (Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024) peg U.S. sales rising 8.7% to $241.4 billion, ahead of earlier estimates by Adobe Analytics. The figures are…
by - January 9, 2025 9:56 am
The National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates report retailers are under pressure as they front load cargo to avoid the disruption of a possible strike and higher costs from…
by - January 7, 2025 11:58 am
Private brands, like Walmart’s Great Value, see continued growth in many categories. According to new data from Numerator, 99.9% of consumers purchased a private-label grocery item in the past 12…
by - January 6, 2025 11:26 am
The four largest cities in Benton and Washington counties had different results in their annual sales tax revenue for 2024. Combined revenue in the full year of reports totaled $113.845…
by - January 3, 2025 12:25 pm
A $700 million investment in health care, a 2,700-acre land sale, and a new CEO, basketball coach and mayor comprise some of the top Northwest Arkansas business stories of 2024….
by - January 2, 2025 5:31 pm
Longtime Fort Smith businessman and community supporter Kelly Newton has died following what his family says was a “courageous fight with pancreatic cancer.” He was 74. Newton for decades owned…
by - December 23, 2024 10:14 am
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, 58, has logged 40 years in the retail business, spending the past decade at the helm of the global retail and technology company. He is the…
by - December 19, 2024 5:20 pm
Hall Booth Smith recently added attorneys Travis Linn, Bethany Michau, and Rylie Slone to the firm’s Northwest Arkansas office in Rogers. The Atlanta-based firm also has an office in Little…
by - December 19, 2024 2:16 pm
Since its inception in 2015, the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program of the Walton Family Foundation has provided $28 million to support the design of 20 projects for community gathering…
by - December 17, 2024 10:40 am
The early forecasts for holiday sales were somewhat lackluster, but with the first half of the shopping season in the books, the results are better than expected, according to Matthew…
by - December 13, 2024 12:38 pm
With construction set to begin on a Harps Food Store on the Arkansas College of Health Education (ACHE) campus, Springdale-based Harps is looking for a tenant. A building permit valued…
by - December 13, 2024 10:28 am
With consumers trying to stretch holiday budgets while also avoiding high credit card interest rates, more shoppers are turning to buy now, pay later (BNPL) options. Adobe Analytics projects BNPL…
by - December 11, 2024 3:20 pm
While traditional holiday retail hiring was down this year, more consumers are finding seasonal work like home and office decorating and gift wrapping to earn holiday cash, according to career.io,…
by - December 10, 2024 12:37 pm
The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports total sales for goods (excluding automobiles and fuel) increased 2.35% in November, according to credit and debit card purchases compiled by Affinity Solutions for…
by - December 9, 2024 2:37 pm
Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific will spend $90 million to expand its mill in Crossett, Ark., and add 50 jobs. The work is expected to be completed in 2025, according to a Monday…
by - December 9, 2024 11:02 am
Walmart is known for groceries and consumables, pharmacy and even more recently doubling down on investments in beauty and fashion, but the home business has plenty of room to grow,…
by - December 6, 2024 6:44 pm
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas has acquired land in the Chenal Valley area of Little Rock at 620 Kirk Road, across from Costco. This site will become Goodwill’s 36th retail location…
by - December 5, 2024 11:13 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. posted a revenue decrease but a profit in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 as vehicle sales declined and the average sales price rose. Earnings and…
