by - October 1, 2015 4:17 pm
Rockline Industries and Wal-Mart Stores announced a re-shoring effort that creates 50 jobs and brings production of facial wipes from Germany and Italy to Rockline’s Springdale manufacturing facility. The celebration…
by - July 9, 2015 4:07 pm
Wal-Mart is making a habit of Christmas shopping in early July with its Open Call event that invited 340 suppliers into its backyard for a chance to pitch their nearly…
by - July 8, 2015 4:12 pm
Wal-Mart Stores on Wednesday (July 8) unveiled its “Jobs in U.S. Manufacturing Portal” (JUMP) website that will provide updates on the retailer’s effort to reshore manufacturing and allow suppliers to…
by - July 8, 2015 3:15 pm
Wal-Mart officials opened the second day of their manufacturing summit with a video of legendary co-founder Sam Walton saying in a speech years ago that “buying American-made products should be…
by - July 7, 2015 5:24 pm
It’s the classic right time, right place story. A system glitch prevented Nicole and Hugh Jarratt of Fayetteville from presenting their tailgate plate to Walmart U.S. buyers at the retailer’s…
by - July 7, 2015 11:25 am
More economic development officials from around Arkansas are expected to attend the third year of the high-profile Walmart “Manufacturing Summit” now that it is being held in Bentonville, said Joey…
by - June 30, 2015 5:44 pm
Whoops. The Truth in Advertising group has found more than 100 items sold on Walmart.com that were incorrectly identified as “Made in the U.S.A.” The news comes just more than…
by - June 25, 2015 6:33 pm
Almost a year ago Wal-Mart held an “open call” for manufacturers to present product ideas. Hugh Jarratt showed up with a plastic taco plate. It’s been a hit. He just…
by - June 10, 2015 12:43 pm
Michelle Gloeckler says Wal-Mart Stores remains focused on helping return manufacturing jobs to the U.S., with the number of success stories growing and the 2015 manufacturing summit being moved to…
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 - February 25, 2015 7:35 pm
There have been many executive changes at Wal-Mart Stores in recent months, including a new management team at the retailer’s mammoth U.S. division. And while some say all has seemed…
by - February 19, 2015 12:15 pm
Primary rules of thumb for any partnership is to know your partner and avoid unequally yoked arrangements. That was case for Rogers-based Redman & Associates founder Mel Redman who has…
by - September 4, 2014 4:35 pm
No one told Keith Scheffler that moving his plastics manufacturing business from Asia to Lowell, Ark., would be easy, even if Wal-Mart Stores is the company’s largest customer. Scheffler, owner…
