Tag: Public Companies

Pinned Promenade Prospects Grow

We?ve heard some new tenant names interested in the Pinnacle Hills Promenade development.

Blue Parrot-Heads

We?ve heard some of the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. entertainment roster.

ANB Financial, Regions Top Lists of Private, Public Banks

ANB Financial and Regions top the lists of the region’s private and public banks, ranked by return on assets.

BOZ Brings It To the Table

Bank of the Ozarks Inc. plans to build 12, and possibly as many as 14, offices in Benton and Washington counties.

Fired Wal-Mart Execs Named in Texas Probe

Kenneth Reese and Terry Pharr, who were fired from Wal-Mart in December, are named in documents generated during a criminal fraud investigation in Texas, but neither man was a suspect as of March 21.

Top Spot Attracts Controversy (Editorial)

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been under constant attack from so many sides for so long that it?s hard to remember a time when most communities actually welcomed the discount stores.

McIntosh Adds Partners, Asks ?What Can it Be??

The McIntosh Group of Fort Smith does marketing for more than 25 brands and brings in more than $4 million in annual revenue.

Wal-Mart Launches Asian-Language Campaign

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unveils an advertising campaign geared toward the Asian Pacific American market.

Reporters Grill Wal-Mart, Check Out Pinnacle Group

Reporters from Japan and the Associated Press interview the Pinnacle Group while in Rogers for Wal-Mart?s first-ever media conference on April 5-6.

?Red? Hudson?s House Tops Market at $3.4 million

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal takes a look at the most-expensive homes in the two-county area.

House Passes Art Museum Bill

The Arkansas House of Representatives passed House Bill 2480 on March 21 by a vote of 85 to 0 (with 15 representatives not voting).

Miller Eyes Land by Center

Clint Miller, vice president of Griffin Company Realtors in Springdale, recently bought 70 acres across from the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution center.

Wal-Mart’s One-towel Rule at Headquarters

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has implemented a ?one paper towel rule? for employees in the Bentonville home office.

Parisian Store in Rogers May Alter Retail Terrain

A look at what stores may follow the 100,000-SF Parisian department store in the 345-acre Pleasant Crossing development in Rogers.

Wal-Mart Media Conference Set

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville plans to hold its first ever media conference on April 5 and 6.

Business Forecast: Good, Looking Better

Panelists at the 11th annual Business Forecast lunch agreed the economy is fine for the current business cycle. In Benton and Washington counties, the pundits said, it?s better than fine.

Andrew Young, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and mayor of Atlanta, kicked off Black History Month celebrations at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. by speaking at the company?s Saturday morning meeting on Feb. 5 in Bentonville.

NWA Takes Big Deals

Three of the Top 10 largest business transactions that were announced last year in Arkansas happened in Bentonville. Together, the trio of deals totaled nearly $10.36 billion.

Wal-Mart: Remember the Smiley Face (Outtakes Opinion)

We think Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott might have done his company more harm than good when he appeared on ABC?s Good Morning America on Jan. 13.

Wal-Mart, CITIC Plan Stores in China

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will team up with CITIC Pacific Co. Ltd. to open hundreds of stores in China.

J.B. Hunt, P.A.M. expected to post Q4 earnings increase

Fort Smith receives almost $25 million for Bass Reeves trail system

USDA awards funding for 21 solar projects, more in Arkansas

PRSA names 2025 board of directors and officers