by - July 16, 2007 12:00 am
Movie Gallery Gets the Blues
If you’ve got some late fees at Movie Gallery, don’t worry. The company has bigger problems.
Tag: Industries
by - July 16, 2007 12:00 am
Northwest Hotels are Hoppin’
If you’ve got relatives or friends planning on visiting the area for any of the fall fun in Fayetteville, they’d better start making reservations soon.
by - July 16, 2007 12:00 am
The Region’s Largest Marketing Firms, Newspapers, Radio and TV
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s lists of the region’s top newspapers, marketing firms, radio stations and TV stations.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Networking Benefits Regional Businesses
Networking is a way to build business relationships and networking opportunities abound in Northwest Arkansas five days per week.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Technology Keeps Staffers Productive
BlackBerries and other hand-held devices have taken executive communication to new levels. Whether it’s improved or hindered productivity remains a debate, but most agree the way we do business will never be the same.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Image Matters Shortens Corporate Ladder Climb
Kathryn Lowell of Image Matters in Bentonville helps executives climb the corporate ladder through her teachings.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Employee Feedback Makes For Healthy Morale at Mercy
Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas has listened to its 1,400 employees to find the best ways to build morale.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Central States’ ESOP One Key to Success
Thirty-seven percent of Lowell-based Central States Manufacturing Inc., is employee owned.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Slim’s Trio Takes Flight Partners Set To Franchise
Fayetteville restaurant Slim Chicken’s is now offering franchise opportunities. The owners are also planning for more company-owned stores, as well as a forthcoming line of their sauces for retail sale.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Lien Filings to Rise as NW Market Cools
With the real estate market in Northwest Arkansas cooling, lawyers have told us to expect plenty of lien filings in the next few months.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Barber Builds Bellafont
Now that condos are selling at The Legacy Building in Fayetteville and the Divinity Hotel project is dead, The Barber Group is trying to move full speed ahead and complete The Bellafont on Joyce Boulevard.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
NW Housing Market Hits Bankruptcy Bumps
Several bankruptcies filed in northwest Arkansas recently suggest some trouble for the housing and construction market there.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
The Region’s Largest Employers, Private Companies
The lists of the region’s largest employers and public companies.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Garden Park Trades Hands (Real Deals)
Steve Mansfield and three investors paid $8 million for an existing apartment complex in Fayetteville and Bill Schywhart and Robert Thornton recently paid Ball Properties LLC $2.55 million for a car dealership and surrounding property in Rogers.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Perception Tramples Upscale Efforts (Karrh On Marketing)
One of my favorite Web spots, James Taranto’s “Best of the Web,” available from OpinionJournal.com, features a compilation called “Bottom Stories of the Day,” which highlights charmingly ridiculous headlines.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Big Three Earnings May Fall Below Projections
Northwest Arkansas’ top three public companies — J.B. Hunt, Tyson Foods and Wal-Mart — have reported steady earnings in the first half of 2006, but earnings could fall below expectations in the second half of the year.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Electric Utilities Power Up, Don’t Forsee Cost Spike
Ozarks Electric and Southwestern Electric Power have teamed on projects to produce more electricity locally in Northwest Arkansas.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Tax Dollars Move North to Bentonville
City sales tax collections are down in Fayetteville and Springdale and up in Rogers and Bentonville. Analysts and city finance directors said the rise of retail business in Benton County contributed to lagging collections in Washington County.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Higher Yields Come With Patience, Time (Kerry Watkins-Bradley Commentary)
Would you like your stock portfolio to yield 6 percent, 10 percent or even 15 percent? With the S&P 500 currently yielding 1.8 percent, you might think those higher yields are impossible.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Schmitt Starts Sunbridge Villas (Real Deals)
A Fayetteville developer is replacing an old mobile home park with mix of single-family and multi-family homes.