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Tusk to Tail: The Hogs may be underdogs, but there are Delta tamales
Last week crawled by like I was an eight year old waiting on the Christmas catalog from Sears and JC Penney’s. It was LSU game week and a night game,…
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The Supply Side: Walmart automating more jobs, high-tech distribution center on tap
Walmart continues to invest in technology that increases efficiency in the supply chain and lowers costs of the system with fewer employees as machines do more of the work. The…
by - November 12, 2018 11:35 am
Tusk to Tail: A recipe for handling another loss includes Devil Juice and Jell-O
The temperatures were low as the sun climbed high into the crisp blue autumn sky Saturday morning. SEC Nation, the traveling football hype machine for ESPN’s SEC Network, was beaming live…
by - November 8, 2018 5:12 pm
Tusk to Tail: Nobody is picking the Hogs to beat LSU. Nobody.
With three weeks left in the regular season, plus the conference championship games, who do you think will make this year’s College Football Playoffs? Can anyone beat Bama? Todd Rudisill:…
by - November 8, 2018 10:48 am
Tusk to Tail: It’s the last dance on the Hill for nine months
It was a nice break last weekend to just do some yard work, watch some excellent football games, attend our daughter’s dance competition, and catch up with friends. The season…
by - November 5, 2018 11:32 am
P.A.M. elects Edwin Lukas to its board of directors
Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services has a new board member. Edwin J. Lukas has been selected to serve on the company’s board of directors, according to a Monday (Nov. 5)…
by - November 5, 2018 10:21 am
Fayetteville firm CaseStack to be acquired by Hub Group for $255 million
Fayetteville-based logistics provider CaseStack, founded by CEO Dan Sanker in 1999 (in Santa Monica, Calif.,) is being acquired by the Hub Group (NASDAQ: HUBG), a large, publicly traded transportation logistics…
by - October 31, 2018 3:00 pm
XNA to expand security checkpoint
A 30-foot renovation to the security checkpoint at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) about 12 years ago was supposed to add enough extra capacity to last 20 years, but growth…
by - October 30, 2018 6:04 pm
The Supply Side: Retail returns a $380 billion industry challenge
Retail returns remain a challenge for even the largest retailers like Walmart and Amazon. A recent report from Optoro, a Washington, D.C.-based provider of returns optimization software, found the impact…
by - October 30, 2018 11:01 am
Award-winning logistics companies report better revenue growth
Logistics providers that have received awards for customer service and environmental sustainability have reported better revenue growth and improved cost efficiency, according to a study published in the Journal of…
by - October 29, 2018 3:19 pm
The Supply Side: Lakeside Foods acquires Fayetteville startup Good Eats Food Co.
Three years after its inception, Fayetteville startup Good Eats Food Co., has a new owner. Lakeside Foods, headquartered in Manitowoc, Wis., acquired the vegetable company, founded by Trey Taylor and…
by - October 29, 2018 6:16 am
Tusk to Tail: Vanderbilt loss could leave Morris in foul territory
What’s worse than being a home underdog to Vanderbilt? How about getting blown out by the perennial SEC cellar dwellers, 45-31? The Commodores (4-4 overall, 1-4 SEC) routed the Razorbacks (2-7, 0-5)…
by - October 25, 2018 6:54 pm
Tusk to Tail: The crew says Vanderbilt will Vanderwilt. Homers.
Former Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant visited Arkansas last weekend between trips to North Carolina, Missouri, and potentially other schools. Where do you think he will play next season? Greg Houser:…
by - October 23, 2018 5:36 pm
Tusk to Tail: Sometimes a tailgate needs a touch of barbacoa and hay
As bad as the weather was in Little Rock for Ole Miss, it was just the opposite in Fayetteville for Tulsa. A pleasantly cool foggy start to the morning quickly…
by - October 21, 2018 8:27 pm
Tusk to Tail: Hoping a ‘Red Bull’ infused coach has the Hogs on the right track
October has turned out to be fantastic on The Hill. The weather is unbelievable, the Hogs’ young basketball seems to be intriguing, and even the baseball playoffs have been lights…
by - October 18, 2018 9:30 pm
Tusk to Tail: Will the Hogs get a ‘W’ against Tulsa? TTT says yes
Craig May, the godfather of Tusk to Tail tailgating, points out that Arkansas or Tulsa will accomplish something on Saturday that neither has been able to do all year: get…
by - October 17, 2018 3:51 pm
ArDOT to show findings on possible improvements to U.S. Highway 412 in Springdale, Tontitown
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT)will present the preliminary findings for possible improvements to a segment of U.S. Highway 412, between Arkansas Highway 112 in Tontitown and 40th Street in…
by - October 16, 2018 8:07 pm
Tusk to Tail: Prepped for Tulsa, and looking ahead to a Bluegrass state trip
It was cold, it was rainy, and it was muddy last Saturday. But we knew that going in. We set up around 7 a.m. and it was pretty much just…
by - October 15, 2018 12:16 pm
The Supply Side: Startup i2i Labs connects tech innovation with retailers, suppliers
It’s been almost a year since Bryce Paden and Trent Carrender quit their jobs and jumped head first into i2i Labs, a Rogers-based startup that acts as a matchmaker between…
by - October 15, 2018 6:32 am
Tusk to Tail: Hoping for a bright future through the rain and another fourth-quarter choke
When it rains, it pours. Obviously, you could say that about this past weekend’s weather, but it applies to the Razorbacks football team (1-6) itself. More than 51,000 waterlogged Hog…