by - August 2, 2004 12:00 am
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.
Tag: retail
by - August 2, 2004 12:00 am
Everyday Low Crystal Meth Prices (Outtakes Opinion)
Jay Leno got a kick out of a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. receipt on July 19.
by - August 2, 2004 12:00 am
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.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Behringer Harvard Buys Beau Terre
The 70-acre Beau Terre Office Park in Bentonville sells to Behringer Harvard Funds of Dallas for $55.87 million. The original developers turned down previous offers for the retail vendor haven before BHF approached them in August.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Women File Wal-Mart-sized Suit
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., also the country?s biggest employer, faces the biggest class-action lawsuit ever in a civil case ? a suit that could affect 1.6 million current and former female employees.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Fort Town Gets ‘OK’ For Private Business
The Arkansas River Valley boasts eight of the 49 largest privately held companies in the six-county area. With their combined $1.24 billion in 2003 revenue, those firms bring in more money than the largest private concerns in any other area city.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Van Buren Company Lumbers to Success
In 2002, Steve Gann, Dennis Joyce and Bill Dodson started Lumber One in Van Buren, filling the void for a locally owned, full-service contract lumber yard. It remains the only one of its kind in the Arkansas River Valley.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Cities Pledge To Bass Pro
?Dog Town? (North Little Rock) is not the only municipality that wants to pay through the gills to land a Bass Pro Shops store.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Blames Weather For Dampened June Comps
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reports a disappointing 2.2 percent increase in June comps, barely within the Bentonville company?s revised guidance of 2 percent to 4 percent.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Blakeman to Build Rogers Jewelry Store
Don Blakeman, who has operated a jewelry store in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall for the past 17 years, plans to construct a 7,500-SF building in Rogers? Pinnacle Hills area to serve as the new location of Blakeman?s Fine Jewelry.
by - July 6, 2004 8:32 am
Wal-Mart May Build 850 Urban 99 Stores
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. could build 850 of its smaller Supercenters, known as the Urban 99 prototype, within the next decade.
by - July 6, 2004 12:00 am
Magazine Nods at Three Arkansas IT Departments
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville and Acxicom Corp. of Little Rock were named in Computerworld magazine?s June 14 issue that ranked the top 100 best companies to work for in information technology.
by - July 6, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Expands RFID Program to 300
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to require its top 300 vendors to have radio frequency identification tags on crates and pallets by January 2006.
by - July 6, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Lowers June Sales Forcast
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on June 28 lowered its sales forecast for the month of June citing cool weather and weak Father?s Day sales.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
CSA Calls VIPs To Vendorville
Cameron Smith runs the world’s largest executive search firm specializing in vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Take a Real Summer Vacation: Sever the High-tech Tethers
Not taking a vacation or checking with the office while on vacation can lead to stress, illness and job burnout.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Retention Rates Reduce Taxes
Employee retention is a great way to reduce annual taxes on a business.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Company Team-building Efforts Can Be Productive
Team-building is essential for a healthy company, but things like forced sumo wrestling might be carrying it a bit too far.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Haynes Family Buys 17.5 Acres in Johnson
The Haynes family of Rogers, whose properties include upscale, mixed-use developments, pay $2.02 million for 17.5 acres on the north side of Johnson Road in Johnson.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
L.A.’s Richest Not as Rich as Northwest Arkansas’
A recent Los Angeles Business Journal feature on its wealthiest citizens made us think ? there’s probably still more money in Northwest Arkansas than Beverly Hills.