Tag: retail

Penney?s Plans Store in Pinnacle Development

We hear J.C. Penney Co. has agreed to be the second anchor store at The Pinnacle Group?s west Rogers shopping and entertainment center.

Hook, Line and Thinker

Don Tyson’s billfishing passion has spawned creativity and conservation.

Wal-Mart Needs More Than ?Spin? (Editorial)

There is a commercial Web site dedicated to tracking litigation involving the world?s largest corporate citizen.

Metropark Courts Ohio Retailer

Collins Haynes is apparently negotiating with a large retail group from Ohio for some space in his 50-acre Metropark complex off Horsebarn Road in Rogers.

Glass Buys Brownstone

Gary Brandon Enterprises Inc. sold 150 acres of what had been part of the Brownstone Development to Glass Investments LLC for $5.7 million in September.

Simmons First Buys South Walton Land

Rogers-based Simmons First Bank of Northwest Arkansas recently closed a deal on a piece of land on South Walton Boulevard in Bentonville?s Regency Park office complex that will soon become its eleventh location in the area.

Wal-Mart?s Opening Day Wows (Jeff Hankins Commentary)

The siren song of a new Wal-Mart Supercenter proves irresistible.

Eads Bros. Co. Weathers 103 Years of Business

One of the state?s oldest companies, Eads Bros. Furniture Co. of Fort Smith, has withstood fire, flood, high winds and the Arkansas River Valley economy for 103 years.

Retail Furniture Market Changes

With the urbanization of Northwest Arkansas, traditional furniture stores may go the way of the bundling bed.

Contemporary Furniture Stores

Two ?mod? furniture stores have cropped up in North Fayetteville to serve growing niche.

Equipment Suppliers Proclaim Color King

High-end office equipment ? namely printers, scanners, copiers, facsimiles and the latest hybrids of all four ? is evolving toward value-added document management.

Upscale Trappings Make Statement

Businesses break out checkbooks, turn to designers, to make the right statement with their workplace.

Edwards Builds Brookhaven (Real Deals)

Edwards Design and Construction Inc. of Springdale recently bought 50 building permits valued at a combined $25 million to construct 472 apartment units off Powell Street in Springdale.

USA Drug Heads for Evelyn Hills

Pine Bluff-based USA Drug filed paperwork with the Fayetteville Planning Office in mid-August saying it wants to build a 3,500-SF store in the northwest corner of the parking lot of Evelyn Hills shopping center.

Largest Office Furniture/Equipment Providers

National Home Centers tops the list of largest office furniture/equipment providers.

Reality Check Starts Rebounds (John Harrison Newman Commentary)

John Harrison Newman writes about the benefits of facing one’s fears head on in business and in life.

Wal-Mart Plans Supercenters for California

We hear Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has a plan to invade big-box bashing California with Supercenters.

Learning, Listening Spirit Shared by 2004 Honorees

Nearly every person profiled in the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2004 list of 40-under-40 honorees shared the same trait ? a desire to continue learning.

Everyday Low Crystal Meth Prices (Outtakes Opinion)

Jay Leno got a kick out of a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. receipt on July 19.

Wal-Mart Vendors Give Back to UA

More than 40 vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were represented July 16 at the eighth annual Vendors FORE Education Golf Tournament at Stonebridge Meadows Golf Club in Fayetteville.

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic