by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
At its annual meeting June 1 in Fayetteville, 97 percent of Wal-Mart shareholders voted to add J. Paul Reason, president and chief operating officer of Metro Machine Corp., to Wal-Mart?s now 13-member board of directors.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
Dillard’s Inc., the Little Rock-based department store chain, said its May sales at its stores open at least a year fell 5 percent from a year ago.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
With Tom Hopper?s vision, Scottsdale Center has revitalized west Rogers by rnpumping life into the town?s economy.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
We hear a group of Wal-Mart employees couldn?t get a meeting room in the University of Arkansas? Kimpel Hall during this year?s shareholders meeting week because they group trashed the room and stopped up toilets in the building last year.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
We noticed a Rawlings baseball autographed by David Glass, former CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., listed for sale on e-Bay.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
After meager beginnings as a gas station attendant, Bill Schwyhart has been instrumental in the 600-acre, $1 billion development going on at the intersection of Interstate 540 and Arkansas Highway 94 in Rogers.
by - June 1, 2001 12:10 pm
Shareholders vote down a proposal dealing with sweatshops; and Wal-Mart announces an Internet service and declares a dividend.
by - May 30, 2001 11:18 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville will discuss sweatshop concerns and board of directors changes at its annual meeting this week.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
Tallgrass Development Inc. says that three national retail chains plan to open stores in Rogers? Scottsdale Center, at the intersection of Interstate 540 and U.S. Highway 71B.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
Tallgrass Development Inc. announced on May 21 that three national retail chains plan to open stores in Rogers? Scottsdale Center, at the intersection of Interstate 540 and U.S. Highway 71B.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation?s largest retailer, reported a 4 percent increase in first-quarter earnings, in line with lowered forecasts, as a slowdown in consumer spending apparently affected profit growth.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
Wal-Mart says it follows labor laws of the countries where its 7,000 vendor factories are located. One shareholder and expert on Wal-Mart culture says that?s not enough.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
With 4,100 locations and 1.24 million employees worldwide, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. steps with a heavy tread wherever it goes, sometimes bending or breaking environmental laws.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
Taylor Displays Inc. has been in quite a bind financially, but owner Greg Taylor is looking into forming a partnership with one of Springdale?s most respected businessmen, Phil Phillips.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
Attention Wal-Mart automotive shoppers, Pennzoil-Quaker State, the publicly traded Houston, Texas, oil giant, has consolidated its support teams from California, Cleveland, New York and Houston in Bentonville.
by - May 15, 2001 12:12 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation?s largest retailer, reports a 4 percent increase in first-quarter earnings, in line with lowered forecasts.
by - May 14, 2001 12:00 am
Belk Inc. begins construction of a 73,000-SF department store in Rogers? Scottsdale Center.
by - May 14, 2001 12:00 am
Belk Inc. recently began construction of a 73,000-SF department store in Rogers? Scottsdale Center.
by - May 14, 2001 12:00 am
Hot Topic, a clothing store that caters to teenagers, plans to open a 1,741-SF store in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall in July, said Alice Bishop, the mall manager.
by - May 14, 2001 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc. pf Springdale tops the list of the largest private fleets.
