by The City Wire staff - July 2, 2015 8:32 am
It’s been a busy first year for Dave Yonce, serial entrepreneur from Tulsa, and partner Andrew Jenkins who soft launched a patented cooler that also works as personal air conditioner….
by The City Wire staff - July 1, 2015 6:38 pm
Arkansas topped one million in paid attendance for home events in 2014-15, an increase of more than 10% from the previous year in ticketed Razorback sports, according to information provided…
by The City Wire staff - July 1, 2015 10:49 am
Suppliers will soon be asked by Wal-Mart to share their complete product catalogs with the retailer who aims to do a better job delivering accurate product content to its shoppers….
by The City Wire staff - July 1, 2015 9:39 am
Cargill appointed John Niemann as president of the company’s Turkey & Cooked Meats unit and Chris Roberts will take over its newly formed Value Added Protein unit. The management changes…
by The City Wire staff - June 30, 2015 11:30 am
The private label business has been challenging for ConAgra Foods since it acquired Ralcorp Holdings in January 2013. The $6.8 billion deal has yielded disappointing results for the packaged food…
by The City Wire staff - June 26, 2015 11:56 am
Time is money and Wal-Mart Stores is testing new technology that could speed up the checkout process in its stores by as much as 50%, also helping the retailer with…
by The City Wire staff - June 25, 2015 6:33 pm
Almost a year ago Wal-Mart held an “open call” for manufacturers to present product ideas. Hugh Jarratt showed up with a plastic taco plate. It’s been a hit. He just…
by The City Wire staff - June 24, 2015 11:31 am
The local supplier community across Northwest Arkansas is buzzing this week as insiders and consultants compare notes on recent contract amendments that Wal-Mart Stores sent out to roughly 10,000 of…
by The City Wire staff - June 22, 2015 3:13 pm
This week Wal-Mart Stores confirmed it began sending out amended agreements with approximately 10,000 of its suppliers in hopes of better controlling costs. Cutting costs is a major agenda for…
by The City Wire staff - June 22, 2015 3:05 pm
For the fourth straight season and the eighth time in the last nine years, the Arkansas baseball team finished in the top two in national average attendance, as 8,290 fans…
by The City Wire staff - June 22, 2015 1:53 pm
• Cargill teams up Pwc on sustainability efforts Cargill is linking up with PricewaterhouseCoopers to improve their supply chains and align them with sustainability goals. As a supplier to Wal-Mart…
by The City Wire staff - June 17, 2015 4:05 pm
Like it or not the retail landscape is reconfiguring itself for the future while much of the supply chain is planning with yesterday’s strategy, according to Leon Nicholas, senior vice…
by The City Wire staff - June 17, 2015 10:29 am
There was a moment after the Razorbacks lost to Virginia Saturday in the College World Series when half of Tusk to Tail’s trip to Omaha could have literally gone South….
by The City Wire staff - June 15, 2015 12:30 pm
Nine former University of Arkansas student-athletes will be inducted as members of the 2015 class of the UA Sports Hall of Honor this September. The honorees include a pair of…
by The City Wire staff - June 9, 2015 4:47 pm
Private label is an important metric of the grocery business, but getting it right is not as easy as slapping a lower price on a can of Great Value green…
by The City Wire staff - June 8, 2015 7:27 pm
Arkansas Razorback sophomore outfielder Andrew Benintendi became the eighth first-round pick in program history Monday evening when he was selected seventh overall by the Boston Red Sox in the 2015…
by The City Wire staff - June 4, 2015 7:19 am
Bentonville-based Atlas Technology group, a startup less than six years old and a supplier of data services to Wal-Mart suppliers, has been acquired by retail service provider Advantage Sales &…
by The City Wire staff - May 28, 2015 4:40 pm
• Post among the bidders for Hostess Hostess is drawing a number of potential suitors including Post Foods who reportedly entered a nonbinding bid for the snack-cake maker this week….
by The City Wire staff - May 27, 2015 10:58 am
Former Wal-Mart executive Duncan Mac Naughton will join Crossmark’s board of directors, according to an internal announcement circulated at the retail marketing and merchandising firm that works closely with Wal-Mart…
by The City Wire Staff - May 18, 2015 5:48 pm
There should be little doubt Arkansas’ travel and tourism industry is doing well. Sector employment set a new record high in February and collections of the state’s 2% tourism tax set new collection records in January and February.
