by - December 11, 2025 2:25 pm
Susan Clayton, creator of WhitePaws RunMitts, still can’t believe her patented mittens are coming to Walmart stores by the fall of 2026. After a decade in retail selling to REI…
by - December 8, 2025 10:52 am
Retail price wars are alive and well in 2025, particularly during the holidays. Profitero’s ninth annual price comparison of online retailers found Amazon again had the lowest prices against 22…
by - December 5, 2025 5:22 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue declined almost 2% in the first eight months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024. Hospitality tax revenue in surveyed cities is also…
by - November 28, 2025 11:29 am
Toys that foster creativity have been a passion for Tara Kennedy-Kline. As founder and president of Reading, Pa.-based TK’s Toy Box, she made the trip to Bentonville to pitch Snapo…
by - November 23, 2025 10:22 am
Consumer spending between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31 on holiday gifts is expected to exceed $1 trillion for the first time in history, according to the National Retail Federation. Sales…
by - November 11, 2025 11:09 am
Tiffany Krumins, a cancer survivor and “Shark Tank” alumnus, faced a big challenge in 2020 when she lost her mom, Patricia Dunsha. It was Dunsha, a nurse by trade, who…
by - November 6, 2025 11:53 am
Walmart recently announced a partnership with OpenAI to allow ChatGPT users to directly shop and buy products using the chatbot app with no human interaction. This is known as agentic…
by - November 3, 2025 11:47 am
Walmart continues to grow its online marketplace business. The retailer has more than 200,000 active sellers and has added 44,000 sellers in the past few months, according to Marketplace Pulse,…
by - October 30, 2025 7:01 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue declined almost 3% in the first six months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024. Hospitality tax revenue in surveyed cities is also…
by - October 26, 2025 11:04 am
Bethany Toldo, president of family-owned Centoco Manufacturing of Windsor, Ontario, recently made the long trip to Bentonville to pitch toilet seats her company makes in McCrory (Woodruff County), about 75…
by - October 17, 2025 9:12 am
Native Arkansan Bobby Wagner is living his dream. After working in sales for two decades at a Jonesboro tanning bed manufacturer, he was able to pitch his dad’s barbecue sauce…
by - October 14, 2025 3:47 pm
It was 1985, and Walmart had 882 stores with annual sales of $8.4 billion and roughly 104,000 employees. The retailer was expanding in Colorado and Wisconsin. But that was also…
by - September 26, 2025 1:42 pm
As economic uncertainty continues to weigh on consumers, holiday sales in the United States are expected to grow at their slowest rate since the pandemic, according to early read reports…
by - September 21, 2025 11:21 am
In the age of personalization, Walmart is taking advantage with its bakery business, which rings up about $3 million a week from cakes decorated in its U.S. stores. The cake…
by - September 20, 2025 9:30 am
Arkansas had overall economic growth during the second quarter of 2025, with the state earning a B- for the quarter, according to the latest The Compass Report. Non-farm employment was…
by - September 18, 2025 12:10 pm
Smithers-Oasis Co. is diving into retail with a Walmart deal secured at the Open Call held in Bentonville last October. The company operates in 19 countries, distributing wholesale products to…
by - September 17, 2025 1:15 pm
The four Arkansas metro areas measured by The Compass Report continue to show economic growth in central and Northwest Arkansas, with economic activity moderating in the Fort Smith and Jonesboro…
by - September 5, 2025 9:55 am
Consumers have been shopping less often in brick-and-mortar store locations since late April, which was the last month with growth in weekly visits across overall retail, according to Placer.ai. April…
by - August 31, 2025 12:15 pm
Walmart continues to grow its share of online grocery to almost 26% of the total $9.8 billion spent in June. Total online grocery spending in July exceeded $10 billion, up…
by - August 28, 2025 12:45 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue declined almost 5% in the first four months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024. It is the first significant decline since 2020,…
