by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Sales up 10.7% for Wal-Mart in 4Q
In its fiscal fourth quarter, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had a 10.7 percent increase in sales, a 15.5 percent increase in net income and a 2.7 percent increase in same-store sales.
Tag: retail
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Mercado Mexicano
Mercado Mexicano, a 20,000-SF Mexican market, opens in Springdale.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
One Liquor Per Millennium
Goshen Mayor Andy Bethell?s attempt to put a second liquor store near the Joyce Boulevard and Arkansas Highway 265 intersection, despite being originally approved by the Fayetteville City Council, is no longer a possibility.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Slinker worm Succeeds Where The Bubble Gum Slugo Blew It
Shawn Clark knew something had to change when he saw a five-pound bass swim around his bubble gum Slugo to ?slam? a tiny snake.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Sales Hit $244.5 Billion
January same-store sales rose 2.3 percent for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., missing the Thomson First Call analysts’ consensus estimate of 3 percent growth.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Car-Mart to Open Two New Dealerships
America?s Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville said on Feb. 4 that it opened a new dealership in Pine Bluff on Jan. 31 and plans to open one in Wichita Falls, Texas, by the end of February.
by - February 3, 2003 12:00 am
Springdale Gets Additional Hotels
A $7.43 million loan from First Security Bank is used to begin construction of a new Springdale hotel and other real estate deals in the area.
by - February 3, 2003 12:00 am
Ripple Outfitters Closes Feb. 1
The owners of Ripple Outfitters, a Fayetteville sporting goods store, closed the business on Feb. 1.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Shows Modest Sales Spike
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said sales at stores open at least a year rose only 2.3 percent in December, as weakness at its Sam’s Club warehouse unit and a slow start to the holiday season dragged on results.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
Magnolia Unsure if Wal-Mart Helps, Hurts
Like many communities across the country, Magnolia has greeted the impending arrival of a Wal-Mart Supercenter with mixed emotions.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
Cutting Edge Museum
A.G. Russell Knives is planning to open a new museum early in 2004.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Loses Clock Case
A federal jury on Dec. 19 ruled that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer with $218 billion in annual revenue, had forced more than 400 employees to work unpaid overtime from 1994 to 1999.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
Car-Mart Shifts Gears
With 62 used car lots and $118.6 million in annual revenue, America’s Car-Mart has a niche customer base. The company sells cars to people who probably couldn?t get a bank loan to pay for a vehicle.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
Retail to Rally Late
Daniel Barry, a retail analyst with Merrill Lynch Global Securities in New York, said sales increases for the first two quarters of 2003 will be down compared to previous years but should recover in the second half of the year.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
MarketFoods to Open New Stores, Cafe
MarketFoods Ltd. LLC plans to use the Market at Pinnacle Point in Rogers as a prototype for new stores in Tulsa and Chicago.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
No Siesta for Fiesta Square
Sam Mathias, who owns 86,223 SF of Fiesta Square, and John Stuckey, who owns the rest of it, haven?t had much trouble keeping tenants.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Melody?s Sales Slip in Early December
Steve Melody, who owns two gift shops in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall, said on Dec. 11 that his sales for the month were down about 4 percent when compared with the same 11 days of 2001.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Tuesday is a Slow Day for Retail Sales
Tuesday is not the best day of the week for retail. Salesmen at the Dillard?s Department Store in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall sold only two suits on Tuesday, Oct. 15. But if it had been a Saturday, they say, it would be a different story.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Sues Puerto Rican Justice Dept.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed suit against the Puerto Rican justice department to prevent it from blocking the company?s acquisition of a local supermarket chain.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Used Luxury at Redline Motorsports
Darren Layman, Jack Kackley and Mark Hayes have brought the cars to the customers, opening Redline Motorsports in downtown Fayetteville.