Tag: retail

Wally Properties Follows Wal-Mart Store Openings

John Alford of Wally Properties LLC and partner Charles Palmer have developed or redeveloped more than 1 million SF of space in former Wal-Mart stores, or in what?s called ?shadow? buildings near new Wal-Mart Supercenters.

Local Coffee Houses Brew Up Java Wars

A friendly competition is brewing among Fort Smith coffee shops, and Starbucks will open a store there in the fall.

Just How High Are Gas Prices? (James B. Bell Commentary)

Although gasoline prices have increased a great deal, they have not kept pace with rent, postage, meat, medical costs, college tuition or even the overall rate of inflation.

Companies Weigh Benefits Of Public vs. Private Status

The number of public companies in the Fort Smith area had dwindled from six to four since 2000, reflecting a national trend of public companies going private.

Cooper Creates Shopping Center (Real Deals)

Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway buys a building permit valued at $4 million to build a 52,000-SF shopping center off Sixth Street in Fayetteville.

Take 2 Adds Boob to Tube (Outtakes Opinion)

Take 2 Video?s latest TV ad encourages viewers to come in and get a new poster featuring local spokesmodel/waitress Jessica. We wonder just how racy Take 2?s commercials can get.

Holy Big Bertha! Golf Tourney Gets $36K Per Team

An 18-hole golf tournament set for Aug. 20 at The Blessing golf course in Johnson is asking ? and getting ? $36,000 per two-man team.

Village on the Squeaks: Retailers Flee Project

Several retailers are departing from Rogers? Village on the Creeks development. First it was Secret Ingredients, then Bed Bugs, and now it?s the upscale clothier Blue.

Clothing, Shoe Stores Join The Shoppes

We hear that future tenants at The Shoppes off Pinnacle Parkway will include a lingerie store, another shoe store and another women?s clothing store besides Pink Bamboo.

Six Flags Over Red Sovine

Diesel Downs, Gary Combs? planned mega truck stop off Wagon Wheel Road and Interstate 540 in Springdale, will include five restaurants. The 36-acre development is supposed to include 40,000-SF of space and 94,000-SF office building.

Soderquist Sans Secrets

Some who read Don Soderquist’s new book ask if the Wal-Mart corporate lawyers purged all its secrets. “That’s absolutely wrong,” said Soderquist, Wal-Mart’s former vice chairman and chief operating officer. It is a simple philosophy that works today.

UA Center Gives Students Supply-Chain Expertise

When Jim Crowell arrived at the University of Arkansas in 2001, the Walton College’s Supply Chain Management Research Center had nine companies and had not broken even. Now, it has 22 companies and has operated in the black for three years.

Parisian Store in Rogers Might Add 20,000 SF

The 100,000-SF Parisian store planned for the Pleasant Crossing retail development in Rogers might be expanding by about 20,000 SF.

Antique Presses Go On Auction Block

McRoy & McNair Inc., the historic Fayetteville office products store, is closing, and an auction will be held to sell the surplus equipment.

UA Opens RFID Research Center

Within 30 minutes after reading a radio-frequency identification tag, inventory information provided by the tag is available to suppliers of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. through the company’s Retail Link software.

Wal-Mart Pulls Coughlin’s Retirement Package

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it has rescinded the retirement agreement of former Vice Chairman Thomas M. Coughlin, who resigned as a Wal-Mart director in March after an internal investigation.