by - December 10, 2013 6:47 am
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to grow 1.8% in December over the same month last year, and the year should end with an increase…
by - December 5, 2013 11:11 am
They say necessity is the mother of invention and that’s certainly the case for ARROWSigns founder Rhonda Pieracci. The southern California entrepreneur has invested more than two years into developing…
by - December 2, 2013 5:51 pm
As more Wal-Mart suppliers and third-party service firms are hanging shingles in Northwest Arkansas, real estate experts and retail insiders around Bentonville say the commercial office space market is tightening….
by - November 26, 2013 6:21 pm
Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Cos. is now the owner of 150 Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores auctioned off in bankruptcy court. The California-based grocery was owned by British retailer Tesco,…
by - November 25, 2013 6:57 pm
Field Agent Inc., a local firm focusing on crowdsource marketing research, said it has acquired CORE4 Research LLC of Fayetteville, for an undisclosed sum. CORE4 Research will be integrated under…
by - November 20, 2013 6:14 pm
Getting a product on the shelf at Wal-Mart can be one of biggest highlights of a career. It’s been compared to finding the Holy Grail because the mass retailer can…
by - November 19, 2013 11:13 am
Throughout the cyber world, millions of people are talking online. Talking about what they had for dinner, where they went shopping and what they think about the experience. That creates…
by - November 18, 2013 6:26 pm
Rogers-based CCF Brands, a consumer packaged goods company that distributes fresh eggs under the Great Day Farms and Farmer’s Market labels, was recognized by Progressive Grocer magazine in its 2013…
by - November 15, 2013 11:54 am
Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that its board of directors has authorized management to pursue a potential tax-free spin-off of the company's health care business. A spin-off would create a stand-alone, publicly…
by - November 6, 2013 1:18 pm
Crossmark continues to expand the breadth and reach of its services to retailers and suppliers recently acquiring Schaumburg, Ill.-based PromoWorks. Terms of this deal were not disclosed by either party….
by - November 6, 2013 11:23 am
On any given day Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is doing business with between 16,000 and 20,000 suppliers, but perhaps none larger than consumer product giant Procter & Gamble. This business relationship…
by - October 31, 2013 4:53 pm
Bloomingdale's Chairman and CEO Michael Gould announced he will exit the job after 22 years of leadership at the upscale retailer. Gould will be succeeded by Tony Spring, 48, who…
by - October 31, 2013 1:55 pm
The line in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet says “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Nothing could be truer at Hanna’s Candle Company in Fayetteville, which is…
by - October 30, 2013 7:51 am
Mike Graen has spent nearly three decades in the collaboration business working both sides of the equations solved regularly by retailer and suppliers. Most recently Graen spent 3.5 years as…
by - October 28, 2013 10:01 pm
In an attempt to grow its consumer product goods business, Amazon has gotten cozy with consumer products giants Proctor & Gamble and Kimberly Clark to ship personal care products straight…
by - October 22, 2013 8:59 pm
It’s been two years since Wal-Mart announced it would bring its apparel division back to Bentonville from New York City as part of an effort to rekindle its focus on…
by - October 22, 2013 9:34 am
Amazon Inc. said Tuesday (Oct. 22) it plans to open two new distribution centers in 2014 in the Czech Republic to meet growing demand for its services across Europe. The…
by - October 17, 2013 7:55 pm
Retail intelligence from an IT perspective is getting to be a crowed sector in this new age of BIG DATA. But ATLAS Technology Group in Bentonville has muscled its way…
by - October 16, 2013 9:19 pm
• Walmex collaborates with toy retailer for holidays Wal-Mart’s Mexican division has partnered with Juguetilandia, a Spanish toy retailer to open 230 stores next to Walmex locations hoping to spur…
by - October 15, 2013 9:30 pm
• Hershey’s introduces new Lancaster brand It’s been three decades since Hershey’s has added a new candy brand to its product list, but come January consumers will see Lancaster Creams…
