Tag: Industries

Arkansas Newspapers Feel Squeeze

Wehco and Stephens Media Group are still on the lookout for buying opportunities.

Marketers Keep Company Cars Under Wraps for More Message

Many mall businesses choose to turn company cars into traveling billboards.

Simmons Foods Broiler Ops Buyout Complete

Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs announced July 21 that it completed a buyout of broiler operations from Decatur-based Peterson Farms Inc.

Eureka Springs Revenue Down 7 Percent

Revenue generated by Eureka Springs’ hotels in 2007 slipped from its all-time high in 2006.

Toter Industries Builds Factory in Springdale

Toter Industries is building a 27,000-SF manufacturing facility in Springdale on the northeast corner of Emma Avenue and Huntsville Avenue, said company founder Mike Graham.

40/29 Anchors Change Seats

Donna Bragg, current anchor for the KHBS/KHOG-TV, Channel 40/29 10 p.m. newscast, will be joining Craig Cannon for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts starting Sept. 2.

Vendors Raise $20,000 For Walton Scholars

The 12th Vendors FORE Education golf tournament July 18 at Stonebridge Country Club in Fayetteville netted $20,000 to fund scholarships for students at the Walton College of Business Center for Retailing Excellence at the University of Arkansas.

Benchmark Opens LEED-registered Office

Rogers-based architecture firm Benchmark Group recently opened the doors to its new 118,000-SF, LEED-registered headquarters on North Second Street.

Apartments Come Around the Mountain Ranch (Real Deals)

SC Bodner Co., through its MBA Construction LLC, of Indianapolis, Ind., purchased five building permits for a total value of $25.85 million for the construction of Mountain Ranch Apartments, a high-end apartment complex at the Mountain Ranch development i

Terminella Determined to Depose MNB’s Rogers

In our June 30 Whispers, we told you about Metropolitan National Bank of Little Rock seeking sanctions against Tom Terminella for blasting the bank’s public statement after it signed an agreement May 23 with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Eureka Developer Set to Sell Properties

There’s at least one voice of economic optimism coming out of the woods over in Carroll County. Joe McClung, a 38-year veteran Realtor in Eureka Springs and owner of two hotels there tells us people are starting to look at investment opportunities in his

Fire Sale Web Site Expanding

We hear response to Jerry Dou’s Web site, nwafiresale.com, was so spectacular that Realtors in central Arkansas have hired Revolution Technologies of Rogers to develop a statewide version.

Arvest Web Site Soaring

Speaking of well-traveled Web sites, Arvest Bank customers who choose to bank online instead of stopping by one of the 50 offices in Benton and Washington counties probably noticed a significant change at Arvest.com.

Wine Bar Offers Upscale Tastes

The Metro District building in Fayetteville is filling up, in both commercial space and residential.

More Kum & Go Stores Coming

Kum & Go recently closed the deal on a 1.5-acre spot on the northwest corner of Moberly Lane and 28th Street in Bentonville.

More Space Coming to Metro Market

The owners of Metro Market in Bentonville are adding more space to their 40,000-SF retail center.

Free Trade Equals Opportunity (Commentary)

Last year, Arkansas sold nearly $5 billion in exports to world markets, an increase of 74 percent since 2002. That’s good news for Arkansas companies whose sales to some 160 foreign destinations support high-wage jobs across the state and aid the growth o

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson