by - December 7, 2015 2:26 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - August 19, 2015 11:44 am
A new study shows it is still cheaper to make goods in the U.S. even with the rise of the U.S. dollar against the euro and other world currencies over…
by - February 19, 2015 12:15 pm
Primary rules of thumb for any partnership is to know your partner and avoid unequally yoked arrangements. That was case for Rogers-based Redman & Associates founder Mel Redman who has…
by - February 4, 2015 1:37 pm
Tool maker Marshalltown Company continues to invest in its growing manufacturing centers in Fayetteville. Jack Murders, vice president of the company’s Arkansas operations, told The City Wire that a 50,000…
by - January 23, 2015 12:19 pm
The first big jobs announcement for Gov. Asa Hutchinson took place Friday (Jan. 23) in Clarksville. It is there that HanesBrands is adding 120 jobs as part of a $1.4…
by - October 13, 2014 7:33 pm
No one said it would be easy to shift manufacturing jobs from overseas back to the U.S. but Wal-Mart Stores vice president of U.S. manufacturing Cindi Marsiglio said the response…
by - September 8, 2014 9:39 pm
Mel Redman was the early face of the much-publicized effort by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to return manufacturing jobs on the U.S., but his company faces a troubling hitch in plans…
by - September 4, 2014 4:35 pm
No one told Keith Scheffler that moving his plastics manufacturing business from Asia to Lowell, Ark., would be easy, even if Wal-Mart Stores is the company’s largest customer. Scheffler, owner…
by - September 2, 2014 4:07 pm
In an economic age where many companies are returning their manufacturing operations from overseas to in part satisfy consumer demands and also save money, an Arkansas-based company already has that…
by - August 14, 2014 7:39 pm
Wal-Mart has leveraged its massive size and scale over the past 18 months to woo more suppliers into onshoring product manufacturing. The retailer says it’s just getting started, but is…
by - August 13, 2014 6:10 pm
Jim Benton and John McCutcheon, co-owners of PolyTech Plastic Molding in Prairie Grove, say they are living the dream since purchasing the plastic injection molding facility in mid 2012. It…
by - July 8, 2014 2:14 pm
When Wal-Mart calls, people listen. And the listening could result in more new manufacturing jobs being announced in Northwest Arkansas as a result of the retailer’s efforts to buy more…
by - October 31, 2013 5:19 pm
The push by Wal-Mart Stores to return manufacturing to the U.S. has gathered more momentum with the global retailer announcing Thursday (Oct. 31) that three companies will support manufacturing operations…
by - October 7, 2013 11:39 am
Rogers is famous for Daisy BB guns but it will soon be home to another toy maker, Redman & Associates, who announced a $6.5 million investment to relocate its ride-on…
