by - September 26, 2014 3:10 pm
After visiting 30 cities and traveling roughly 13,682 miles, the Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour is quickly approaching its final destination – Bentonville. Sam’s Club said on Saturday (Sept. 27) 50…
by - September 12, 2014 11:31 pm
Ten teams from around the Southeastern region are gearing up to show off their best BBQ efforts in Bentonville later this month as part of the Sam’s Club National BBQ…
by - September 9, 2014 2:41 pm
Dried rice, soy protein, vitamins and minerals fed through a funnel collected in a plastic bag, weighed and sealed by volunteers might seem like an easy task. But it’s also…
by - August 26, 2014 11:24 am
More than 100 regional small businesses have lined up to meet with Sam’s Club buyers for a chance to have their products featured in retailer’s clubs around the country. The…
by - August 1, 2014 9:52 am
The positive news keeps coming for Springdale, the city in the middle of the growing Northwest Arkansas region. Wal-Mart announced Friday (Aug. 1) plans to build a new Sam’s Club…
by - July 31, 2014 11:03 am
Big box retailer Target chose Brian Cornell as its newest chairman and CEO after a long search following the company’s security breach and lackluster results from the previous year. Cornell,…
by - June 12, 2014 10:40 pm
The recent lackluster first quarter financials from Sam’s Club haven’t tarnished the image of CEO Rosalind Brewer who according to Wall Street’s Brian Sozzi, “shined on stage” at the retailer’s…
by - June 3, 2014 9:40 pm
Sam’s Club, in the midst of trying to generate more traffic and raise sagging sales, announced Tuesday (June 3) a new cash back credit card program with its co-branded MasterCard,…
by - February 25, 2014 4:56 pm
Wal-Mart’s Mexican business unit, Walmex, did not have much to cheer about last year, as comp sales throughout Mexico were down between 2% and 4% every month. But despite those…
by - February 10, 2014 12:00 pm
Three Arkansas-based retailers— Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and Dillard’s — were sitting high on the 18th annual list of Brand Keys 2014 Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index (CLEI). Retailers are finding that…
by - January 31, 2014 2:35 pm
Sam’s Club confirmed last week it was restructuring its in-club operations, trimming 2,300 middle management and hourly job across its U.S. operations. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said today (Jan. 31) the…
by - January 28, 2014 6:34 am
Retail insiders and consultants to Wal-Mart Stores have told The City Wire the annual job elimination drill at corporate headquarters has been ongoing for the past two months with several…
by - January 24, 2014 3:54 pm
Sam's Club is laying off 2,300 workers as the warehouse club seeks to reduce the level of middle managers. The staff reduction is roughly 2% of Sam's workforce, and is…
by - January 6, 2014 7:01 pm
China holds huge opportunity for Wal-Mart Stores and the retail behemoth has pledged to stay the course by building on the billions in annual sales it recorded there last year….
by - November 19, 2013 4:07 pm
Sam’s Club has operated in the shadow of big brother Wal-Mart Stores for 30 years, but some analysts and a former Sam’s Club exec say that perhaps the warehouse club…
by - October 24, 2013 8:31 pm
One of the biggest challenges facing warehouse clubs like Sam’s Club and Costco is a fundamental shift in consumer population as Gen Y, also referred to as Millennials, rise to…
by - October 23, 2013 11:59 am
Northwest Arkansas’ job magnetism continues with news that South Coast Baking, a cookie dough provider for Mrs. Field’s, Sam’s Club and Panera Bread, is locating a second production center in…
by - October 5, 2013 4:57 pm
Bentonville-based Sam’s Club said it is offering military personnel and retirees a free pass to shop in the warehouse club network while the military-base commissaries are closed because of the…
by - August 9, 2013 1:24 pm
Fugitive Edward Snowden, Ecuadorian roses and Sam’s Club are yet more examples of the tangled webs created by international politics and international trade. The trade tiff is small in terms…
by - June 24, 2013 4:55 pm
Sam’s Club, often seen as a hidden gem inside the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. mega corporation, is working fast and furious to raise revenue amid a competitive warehouse club channel that…
