by - November 20, 2025 4:56 pm
Amazon’s largest fulfillment facility in Arkansas will be shuttered indefinitely, and thousands of full and part-time employees will be laid off with pay while structural repairs are completed. Company spokesman…
by - July 29, 2025 5:45 pm
Amazon broke ground Tuesday (July 29) on a more than 930,000-square-foot logistics facility in Little Rock that will create more than 1,000 full- and part-time jobs once fully operational. This…
by - April 15, 2025 7:44 pm
Central Arkansas will be home to another major investment from online retail giant Amazon, local economic officials revealed Tuesday (April 15). Early Tuesday, Little Rock Port Authority officials approved a…
by - April 11, 2024 10:36 am
Amazon is entering into an agreement for a new last-mile facility in Jonesboro. The 58,000 square foot facility is located off the Joe N. Martin Expressway on Moore Road. Launch…
by - March 31, 2024 7:39 pm
The Hot Springs Metro Partnership announced that Amazon is entering into an agreement for a new last-mile facility in Hot Springs. This new facility will be approximately 35,500 square feet…
by - March 30, 2022 7:52 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College were selected as education partners for Amazon’s Career Choice program, which provides Amazon’s hourly…
by - January 25, 2022 12:13 pm
Amazon’s plans to operate a delivery station warehouse in Lowell will likely mean faster delivery times for consumers ordering online. The online retail titan is locating the operation in an…
by - January 10, 2022 4:54 pm
Amazon’s plans to operate a delivery station warehouse in Lowell will likely mean faster delivery times for consumers ordering online. The online retail titan is locating the operation at 315…
by - December 17, 2020 11:20 am
Amazon announced plans Thursday (Dec. 17) to open a new fulfillment center in North Little Rock. The new fulfillment center, which is anticipated to launch in 2021, will create over…
by - August 27, 2020 11:35 am
Amazon is adding a third facility to central Arkansas, the company said Thursday (Aug. 27). The retail giant announced plans to add a delivery station to power its last mile…
by - July 7, 2020 2:51 pm
Amazon announced Tuesday (July 7) plans to open its first fulfillment center at the Port of Little Rock. The new fulfillment center, which is anticipated to launch in 2021, will…
by - April 8, 2020 8:57 am
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. announced on Tuesday (April 7) that retail giant Amazon has bought an 80-acre site at the Port of Little Rock for $3.2 million. “We…
by - December 8, 2019 2:02 pm
Amazon continues to beat its major online competitors in the low-price game, according to a recent pricing study by Boston-based e-commerce analytics firm Profitero. Walmart may claim to be to…
by - October 23, 2019 4:46 pm
Amazon is investing more in the pickup game of retail by partnering with GNC, Health Mart and Stage Stores to allow Amazon customers to pick up online orders at the…
by - April 30, 2019 3:02 pm
Amazon recently announced the launch of a truck brokerage segment, and the move is expected to put pressure on margins of existing freight brokers as the online retailer shifts to…
by - April 11, 2018 8:04 pm
Retail is not a zero sum game, but there are winners and losers to share in the $3.6 trillion retail sector. Walmart gets the nod over Amazon in terms of…
by - March 25, 2018 3:38 pm
New research suggests Amazon shoppers are a savvy group of consumers and most who pay more than $100 annually to be Prime members which they say gives them a reason…
by - December 12, 2017 2:16 pm
Technology has given today’s shopper more power and retailers aggressively tailor their business models to win the consumer’s spending, an amount being reduced by subscription commitments, said Paul Cantrell, global…
by - October 30, 2017 1:42 pm
The notion that Amazon’s prices are higher than competitors like Walmart U.S. isn’t true, at least for 52,000 non-food items recently checked by e-commerce marketing and analytics firm Profitero. Keith…
by - September 7, 2017 5:34 pm
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday (Sept. 7) the retail giant has plans for a second headquarters that will employ about 50,000 workers. He dubbed the project “HQ2” and said…
