by - April 7, 2015 4:57 pm
Consultants to the supplier community have told The City Wire that after Wal-Mart greatly reduced or abandoned co-marketing agreements with suppliers that some Wal-Mart buyers have asked for funding help…
by - April 6, 2015 11:49 am
Pat Lockridge was appointed president of Atlas Technology Group of Bentonville. The local startup is one of the fastest growing third party suppliers in the region with 32 employees in…
by - April 2, 2015 3:45 pm
Retailers are not the only companies pulling out all the stops to appease changing consumer demands. Several food companies that supply retail grocers are also busy shifting their businesses away…
by - March 31, 2015 3:08 pm
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs has found a home in a business application for a company called Holistic Product Group, which prides itself in nurturing a concept or idea through…
by - March 25, 2015 1:17 pm
Two of Wal-Mart’s largest suppliers, H.J. Heinz Co. and Kraft Foods, have entered into a merger agreement creating the third largest food company in North American and the fifth largest…
by - March 19, 2015 5:34 pm
Startups are nothing new for Clint Lazenby. He has been for many years an investor and mentor in the local entrepreneur scene. But this time around the retail veteran took…
by - March 12, 2015 3:06 pm
The opening of a $16 million Peds Legwear plant in Hildebran, N.C., is the latest activity promoted by Wal-Mart as proof of its ongoing commitment to return manufacturing jobs to…
by - March 9, 2015 7:10 pm
Fayetteville-based Field Agent announced a $2 million funding round from Five Elms Capital of Kansas City, Kan., that will allow some expansion for the mobile market research and retail data…
by - March 5, 2015 6:20 pm
The days of consumer product goods (CPG) companies relying on retailers like Wal-Mart for co-marketing help are fading. The retail giant reportedly has all but abandoned co-marketing trade promotions program…
by - March 3, 2015 2:59 pm
The “Vendorville” ecosystem that has cropped up around Wal-Mart Stores Inc. continues to add jobs and positive contributions to the region and state’s economy. But, anywhere from 80 to 100…
by - February 23, 2015 5:30 pm
Memphis native Jennifer McCullough – aka, Chef Jenn – is reeling with excitement as her signature seafood entrees have found their way into 800 Wal-Mart stores just seven months after…
by - February 17, 2015 5:18 pm
Whether it’s buying value-size packages, shopping multiple retailers for lowest prices or avoiding major stock-up trips in general, consumers are holding fast to shopping habits they honed during the sluggish…
by - February 13, 2015 9:48 pm
Sean Connolly will become CEO of ConAgra Foods effective April 6 upon the retirement of Gary Rodkin. Rodkin will serve as a senior advisor to the company between April 6…
by - February 11, 2015 3:05 pm
The number one internal lever Wal-Mart said it can pull this year is to grow comp store sales. Top executives note that they can’t do it alone, which is why…
by - February 9, 2015 5:21 pm
Wal-Mart Stores named Calson Investment Limited as its “supplier of the year” for fiscal 2015 at the retailer’s beginning year meetings held in Orlando last week (Feb. 2 -5). Calson…
by - February 4, 2015 1:03 pm
Retail veteran Judith McKenna took over as the chief operations officer for Walmart’s U.S. division just seven weeks ago and she’s wasting not a single minute in reaching out to…
by - February 2, 2015 2:29 pm
There have been few major changes in the physical retail supply chain that has served big box retailers for more than three decades. But as more consumers shift to online…
by - January 27, 2015 4:23 pm
Food suppliers to Wal-Mart Stores continue to struggle to improve market share despite a growing U.S. economy. However, a leading analyst with Credit Suisse said some struggles may persist but…
by - January 15, 2015 10:39 pm
It was around 1990 that Wayne Callahan, former local management for H.J. Heinz, got a call from then Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott to head up a project to train more…
by - January 8, 2015 6:27 pm
The nutritional supplement startup Glucose Health has big plans to launch a powdered tea mix that helps Type 2 diabetics maintain blood sugar balance. The drink mix is being compounded…
