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Give Help and Get Helped

Dress for Success Northwest Arkansas has reciprocal relationship with suppliers and retailers.

Retail Details: U.S. Cosmetics Industry

Trivia on hot topics in retail.

New York Investor Claims Crossmark for $6.45M

Crossmark, a sales and marketing services company in the consumer goods industry, signed a long-term lease for the 18,500-SF building.

Clorox Executive Says, You Really Cant Sell Walmart

Clorox Co. executive Ed Huber understands the importance of a close partnership with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Signature Bank Sues Creative Things LLC

The Fayetteville lender is asking for $4.3 million in unpaid loans.

Legacy Building in Fayetteville Under Contract, Poised For Sale

CBRE Northwest Arkansas has placed the once-foreclosed property under contract, and the sale is expected to close by the end of the month.

Eight Arkansas Firms, Four from NWA, Make Inc. 5000

Collective Bias, Central Research Inc., B-Unlimited and CapSpire made the list.

Community Creative Center Collects $280,000 in Grants

The Walton Family Foundation, Walmart Foundation and Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc. donated to the Fayetteville-based nonprofit in order to support arts education.

Ascendant Dx Named Social Impact Finalist at SXSW Eco

Representatives of the company will pitch its cancer-screening tool at in October South by Southwest Eco in Austin, Texas.

ABF Logistics Drives Growth with $25 Million Acquisition

The ArcBest Corp. subsidiary bought Logistics & Distribution Services LLC of Sparks, Nevada.

Rockline Industries Springdale Plant Reaches 7 Million Safe Work Hours

The wet wipe manufacturing plant is one of 11 companies in Arkansas to mark this achievement since the state started recognizing workplace safety in 1976.

8th & Walton Opens Office in Canada

The Bentonville-based education company for the consumer packaged goods industry opened a branch in Mississauga, Ontario.

Plane Crash Claims Life of Rex Grimsley

The longtime cattle broker and lifelong Benton County resident died Aug. 31, as the result of an airplane crash at Bentonville Municipal Airport.

Pat Walker, Benefactor of Numerous Causes, Dies at 97

Walker and her late husband, Willard Walker, were the co-founders of the nonprofit Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation.

Peter Kohler, Vice Chancellor at UAMS Northwest, to Retire

On Dec. 31, Peter Kohler, the vice chancellor of the Northwest Arkansas regional campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will retire. Pearl McElfish, director of the Office of Community Health and Research and co-director of the Center for Pacific Islander Health, will also assume a new leadership at the Fayetteville campus.

Oak Tree Financial acquires Riverside Bank

AcreTrader’s newest product, Acres.com, generating huge growth

U.S. online grocery sales up 18.52% in December

Steel workforce an advantage for Northeast Arkansas, panel says