by - August 2, 2021 1:09 pm
As industries ramp output from increased demand in the second half of 2021, truck freight demand also is expected to rise, according to a trucking industry report. Meanwhile, freight spending…
by - August 2, 2021 10:42 am
There’s good money in moving stuff from point A to point B. Fort Smith-based ArcBest posted a more than 200% increase in adjusted net income in the second quarter, with…
by - July 31, 2021 10:08 am
Two Arkansas-based companies made the cut at Walmart’s eighth annual Open Call event to get their products on the retailer’s shelves. Camo Dust, based in Lonoke, and Bentonville-based Bucklebury each…
by - July 28, 2021 2:42 pm
Taking another play from Amazon’s operational game plan, Walmart has partnered with the Adobe Commerce retail platform to sell its cloud-based tech and fulfillment services to smaller retail operations in…
by - July 27, 2021 6:07 pm
Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. announced Tuesday (July 27) the start of a modified Dutch auction tender to offer to purchase up to 200,000 shares, or about 1.7% of…
by - July 27, 2021 1:17 pm
Northwest Technical Institute (NWTI) in Springdale will launch a new commercial driver’s license (CDL) training program and phase out the existing one by this fall. Since 2015, Mid-America Truck Driving…
by - July 26, 2021 2:31 pm
Tyson Foods has tested a food composting program with local sustainability startup Food Loops in the meat giant’s corporate cafeteria. Food scraps have been collected by Food Loops and turned…
by - July 26, 2021 8:13 am
In the wake of Stribling Inc.’s decision to sell off its real estate assets in Rogers, two of the logistics and supply chain company’s top principals say there are no…
by - July 23, 2021 9:36 am
Zweig Group, a Fayetteville-based media, publishing and consulting company for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries, has hired Dathan Gaskill as managing director of a new business unit offering…
by - July 22, 2021 2:07 pm
The state’s tourism sector showed clear signs of recovery in the first four months of 2021, but the comparisons were up against the first two months of COVID-19 shutdown in…
by - July 21, 2021 11:57 am
Rogers-based SKU Ninja + WhyteSpyder, an e-commerce software and digital merchandising company, is expanding with the acquisition of DotCom Partners. Former Walmart e-commerce merchants founded the agency in 2020 to provide…
by - July 21, 2021 9:02 am
The consumer packaged goods segment lags Walmart and Amazon in the shift to omnichannel transformation. A report from the Food Institute and Data Impact said many market watchers believed an…
by - July 19, 2021 6:38 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. exceeded analysts’ expectations in profit and revenue as freight demand surged in the second quarter. After the markets closed Monday (July 19), J.B….
by - July 19, 2021 2:04 pm
Retail sales across the U.S. rebounded in June. Demand remains strong despite shifting away from goods to services and travel and declining automobile sales. The Department of Commerce reported Friday…
by - July 16, 2021 3:45 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. released Friday (July 16) a new report that highlights its 2020 achievements in environmental, social and corporate governance. According to a news release,…
by - July 15, 2021 11:46 am
The city of Rogers officially gained a major employer Thursday, and Northwest Arkansas cemented itself as a globally recognized logistics hub. Transplace, a third-party transportation management and logistics technology firm…
by - July 15, 2021 7:58 am
Bentonville-based corrugated packaging company Rapid recently rebranded from Rapid Prototypes and moved into a 14,000-square-foot warehouse in Tontitown. Including the existing 25,000-square-foot facility on Walton Boulevard in Bentonville, the company’s…
by - July 14, 2021 7:16 pm
Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. reported record revenue and operating income in the second quarter amid strong freight demand and tight capacity. After the markets closed Wednesday (July 14),…
by - July 12, 2021 9:14 pm
Lifelong friends Jackson Spencer and Dustin Hundley had a similar problem. Spencer was working in various capacities of the retail sector, while Hundley spent each day in a cubicle working…
by - July 12, 2021 2:01 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to report double-digit growth in earnings and revenue as analysts look to multiple years of growth on the strong foundation that…
