by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Profits Increase Less Than Usual
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported an 8 percent increase in fiscal third-quarter profits as consumers sought low-priced goods in the stalled U.S. economy.
Tag: retail
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Wal-Mart?s Miracles Appear to Never Cease
Amid, or maybe because of, all the bad economic news comes yet another good quarterly earnings report from our friends in Bentonville, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
by - November 12, 2001 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Denies Reports of Impending Layoffs in Germany
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Nov. 2 denied a German trade magazine report that it planned to cut 1,350 jobs of a total 17,400 at its German unit, Wal-Mart GmbH.
by - November 12, 2001 12:00 am
From Baldwin to Ayrshire, Plant Knows the Circuit
Baldwin Piano & Organ Co. has a long history with Fayettevile.
by - November 12, 2001 12:00 am
Target Gets Permit for Fayetteville Store
Incoming national retailer tops list of recent real estate deals.
by - November 12, 2001 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Finds Big-Easy Resistance
Residents of New Orleans have been in an uproar about the prospect of a Wal-Mart Supercenter coming to town.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Landers Takes Over Nelms Auto Stores
On Oct. 15, Landers of Little Rock officially took over the 34-acre Nelms Auto Stores lot at the corner of Interstate 540 and Arkansas Highway 112 in Fayetteville.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
The Joy Shoppe Twirls into Springdale
Five years after launching a virtual storefront at www.joyshoppe.com, Wendy Campbell opened the doors to the physical version of her dance-supply store.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Scott to Sell Chunk of Wal-Mart Stock
Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., filed with U.S. regulators on Oct. 18 to sell almost $8.4 million of the world’s largest retailer’s shares.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Pinnacle Point Gets Another Retail Center
Pinnacle Point Partners, consisting of Collins Haynes, Bill Schwyhart and Bobby Martin, on Sept. 19 got a $2.9 million loan from Arvest Bank to build more commercial property at one of Northwest Arkansas? most upscale commercial developments.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Scott to Sell Chunk of Wal-Mart Stock
Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., filed with U.S. regulators on Oct. 18 to sell almost $8.4 million of the world’s largest retailer’s shares.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
CEO Approved to Buy National Home Centers
National Home Centers Inc. of Springdale announced on Oct. 5 that its board of directors has approved a revised offer from chairman and CEO, Dwain Newman, to buy all of the company?s outstanding stock he doesn?t already own for about $3.6 million.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Lindsey Nears Completion of Bentonville Apartments
Residential and commerical real estate deals continue to develop in Northwest Arkansas.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Market Now Taking Valutec Gift Cards
Just in time for the holiday season, The Market at Pinnacle Point in Rogers is now accepting Valutec gift cards.
by - October 1, 2001 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Sells 500,000 American Flags
On Sept. 11, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. saw sales of gasoline cans jump by 900 percent and television antennas by 400 percent at its 2,600 stores across the United States.
by - October 1, 2001 12:00 am
Paper Reports Between Wal-Mart and Mycal
Mycal Corp., the fourth-largest supermarket chain in Japan, wants to talk again with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. about selling some of its stores after it filed for court protection from creditors Sept. 14, according to a daily business newspaper.
by - October 1, 2001 12:00 am
The NW Arkansas Executive Compensation List
H. Lee Scott of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. tops the list of exectives.
by - October 1, 2001 12:00 am
Rogers Mall to Host Impressionist Painter
Thomas Kincade, called the foremost American living impressionist painter, will make his first trip to Arkansas when he appears at the Thomas Kincade Signature Gallery at Rogers? Shelby Lane Mall.
by - October 1, 2001 12:00 am
In Sam We Collect
Sam Walton memorabilia is apparently a hot seller on eBay, the Internet auction site.
by - September 17, 2001 12:00 am
Suit Undresses Dillard?s Inc.
Net sales for Dillard?s Inc.?s Northwest Arkansas operation were down 1.78 percent from 1998 to 1999.