Cabela's celebrates ‘Spring Great Outdoor Days’ with local event
Cabela’s Outdoors in Rogers will celebrate the beginning of the thaw by hosting “Spring Great Outdoor Days 2014” on March 1 and 2. The outdoor speciality retailer hopes to encourage outdoorsmen and...
View ArticleArkansas Trucking lobbyist to leave for new business venture
story from Talk Business, a TCW content partnerLane Kidd is leaving the Arkansas Trucking Association after 22 years as president of the trade association.The Arkansas Trucking Association, which...
View ArticleDillard’s sees declines in revenue and income in 2013 fiscal year
story from Talk Business, a TCW content partnerSales slipped and profits fell as Dillard’s reported its fourth quarter and full year earnings on Monday. The Little Rock-based retailer reported fourth...
View ArticleEads enters GOP primary for Northwest Arkansas House seat
Republican primaries keep popping up across the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas, with the latest primary taking place in House District 88, a district represented by first-term Rep. Randy...
View ArticleThe Supply Side briefs: Quaker on pause, Kraft trims management
• PepsiCo pauses to improve Quaker business Brian Cornell, CEO of PepsiCo Americas Foods, said Quaker has been like many companies that have been caught in some of the headwinds prevailing in...
View ArticleGov. Beebe, AEDC seed innovation hub with $575,000
story by Roby Brock, with Talk Business, a content partner with The City Wireroby@talkbusiness.netGov. Mike Beebe, Rep. Warwick Sabin, D-Little Rock, and AEDC director Grant Tennille revealed a...
View ArticlePeco Foods closes on Batesville poultry plant
Peco Foods Inc. has acquired Townsends’ poultry plant, feed mill and hatchery in Batesville. Peco also said it will purchase selected inventories, according to an announcement by Mark Hickman, CEO of...
View ArticleData breach dings Target finances
The holiday season was brutal for many retailers, but Target also was hit hard from the massive data breach during the height of the holiday shopping season, a situation still unfolding.Target said...
View ArticleJohn Brown University dedicates business college to Don Soderquist
John Brown University hosted a dedication ceremony of the Don G. Soderquist College of Business on Wednesday (Feb. 26) at the Siloam Springs campus. Soderquist and his family attended the dedication...
View ArticleCondoleezza Rice to speak in Fayetteville
Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state under President George W. Bush, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in Barnhill Arena at the University of Arkansas.The lecture is free, open to...
View ArticleThe Supply Side briefs: General Mills and G.M.O., Kellogg reinvestment
• General Mills takes stance on Non-G.M.O. Ken Powell, CEO of General Mills, announced this week that the food giant is not focused on reformulating more products as G.M.O.-free. (G.M.O. refers to...
View ArticleCentennial Bank receives Raymond James Community Bank Cup honor
Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, is among the top community banks to comprise the 2013 Raymond James Community Bankers Cup Winners, announced Thursday (Feb. 27).There were 302...
View ArticleNew retail center on tap in Rogers
Western Rogers is poised to get more retail development, this time it’s just south of the Pinnacle Promenade in the Pleasant Crossings district.. Whisinvest Realty plans to build a 22,000 square foot...
View ArticleNWA pediatrician hosts ‘Read Across America’ event
Dr. Susan Averitt of Best Start Pediatrics will host the third annual Read Across America celebration at her clinic from noon to 1 p.m on Monday, March 3. During this time volunteers will read Dr....
View ArticleWal-Mart acquires Yumprint, enhances online grocery push
Wal-Mart continues to focus on its expansion of online grocery and delivery business options hoping to grow online sales to $13 billion this year. As promised, the retailer recently made another...
View ArticleTyson’s Cornish hen plant, Springdale gets safety award
Tyson Foods’ oldest processing plant, now dedicated to Cornish hens, recently received an award from the Arkansas Department of Labor for its safety record.The plant achieved 13 million work hours...
View ArticleCobb invests $1 million in avian research with Roslin Institute
Cobb-Vantress, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods Inc., said it’s investing nearly $1 million in a three-year research collaboration with the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh.Researchers hope...
View ArticleWal-Mart honors its top transport carriers
Wal-Mart is honoring more than a dozen trucking and transportation partners as its “Carriers of the Year.” This recognition from the retailer is the best of the best from its 400 third party carriers...
View ArticleFedEx Freight raises LTL rates
FedEx Corp. said its subsidiary less-than-truckload unit FedEx Freight will increase its rates by an average of 3.9%. The new rate will take effect March 31 and apply to all shipments in the U.S.,...
View ArticleRadioShack to shutter 1,100 U.S. stores
Electronics retailer RadioShack continues to fight for its existence despite same-store sales sinking 19% in the recent quarter. The Texas-based retailer said it will close up to 1,100 stores across...
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