by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Mexico’s anti-trust watchdog launched an investigation into anti-competitive practices in the country?s retail sector, apparently based on complaints filed against powerhouse Wal-Mart de Mexico (Walmex).
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Chaos Designs LLC, a graphic design firm in Bentonville?s Beau Terre office complex, has tripled its vendor sales preparation business from last year.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Pixelbenders LLC, a multimedia graphics, Web and illustration design firm in Rogers, debuted its own Web site on May 25.
by - May 27, 2002 12:00 am
After 19 years in the jewelry-design business, Olivia Sordo is closing her studio in Fayetteville.
by - May 27, 2002 12:00 am
The Walton Family Foundation of Bentonville on May 9 donated $100,000 to the Fayetteville Boys & Girls Club.
by - May 27, 2002 12:00 am
After traveling together for seven years as a landscape-and-lawn team under Oldham?s Lawn Service, brothers Mike and Steve Oldham decide to put down some roots in Rogers.
by - May 27, 2002 12:00 am
We were surprised when we opened a newspaper and saw a very sexy photo of actress Sandra Bernhardt staring suggestively from a Dillard?s advertisement.
by - May 27, 2002 12:00 am
Sales at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. jumped by 14 percent and net income increased by 20 percent in the fiscal first quarter as consumers stuck with ?Everyday Low Prices? amid the sluggish economy.
by - May 27, 2002 12:00 am
Randall Woods? resignation as dean of the UA?s Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences seemed to coincide with the Walton family?s $300 million gift to the UA in April.
by - May 13, 2002 12:00 am
Nicole and Buddy Teters opened The Pet Stoppe to sell exotic animals in Northwest Arkansas.
by - May 13, 2002 12:00 am
It seems a whitetail buck decided to check out the everyday low prices recently at an Iowa Wal-Mart store, making for several anxious moments around the produce section.
by - May 13, 2002 12:00 am
Residents of New Orleans are still fighting over a Wal-Mart Supercenter planned for the site of a former housing project, but it looks like things are going Wal-Mart?s way.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Although its rise to be the largest company in the nation and the world has created some animosity from rivals, we congratulate Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
The annual shareholders meeting of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, June 7, in Bud Walton Arena on the Univeristy of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.
by - April 15, 2002 12:00 am
In today?s job market, a college degree is to job seekers what a high school diploma was 50 years ago.
by - April 15, 2002 12:00 am
At Underwood?s Fine Jewelers on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street, the weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were lonely ones.
by - April 15, 2002 12:00 am
The market was tough for jewelers last year, and Wal-Mart adds pressure with Keepsakes.
by - April 15, 2002 12:00 am
Wal-Mart de Mexico SA, the country?s largest mass merchandiser, on April 9 said same-store sales grew 10 percent in March over the same month last year.
by - April 15, 2002 12:00 am
More than a dozen universities across the nation have received software and support gifts from Lectra that were similar to the $4 million package the University of Arkansas got in March.
by - April 15, 2002 12:00 am
While Wal-Mart has changed vastly in the decade since Sam Walton died, the co-founder?s vision remains in place.
