Wal-Mart to give consumers a cash tax refund option at its stores
Tax refund time is important for retailers and Wal-Mart who will again use their services platforms to help shoppers complete their 2014 income taxes. The retail giant announced this year a cash option...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court passes on swipe fees case brought by retailers
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe battle over interchange fees between the nation’s retailers and banks hit a road block as the U.S. Supreme Court decided to not hear the case filed by the...
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Tyson Foods settles civil suit with Missouri related to fish kill
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comSpringdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. has agreed to a $530,000 settlement with the state of Missouri over "unlawful dumping of untreated wastewater" that caused a...
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Commercial investors at work in Bentonville’s downtown Market District
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comAbout one year after the city of Bentonville unveiled a master plan creating two new commercial districts flanking the downtown square, investment is flowing...
View ArticleABF Freight works with Army, Teamsters on job initiative for soldiers
ABF Freight has partnered with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the U.S. Army on a joint program to help soldiers transition from military service to the civilian world with work as a...
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Shortening supply chains may create a new reality for trucking sector
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThere’s a fundamental shift underway in the transportation and logistics sector that could shorten the supply chains for shipping companies during the next few...
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U.S. shipping industry set for good 2015, but port and driver problems persist
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comRetailers like Wal-Mart Stores and their respective vendors and customers may not benefit from labor issues at major U.S. ports and truck driver and...
View ArticleTyson Foods Foundation and family donates $500,000 to eVersity
story from Talk Business & Politics, a TCW content partnerThe Tyson Foods Foundation and the Tyson family donated $500,000 to the University of Arkansas system to support its online university...
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Saint-Gobain to ‘temporarily’ close Fort Smith plant, idle 120 jobs
The drop in energy prices and the subsequent drop in demand for energy-industry products has resulted in Saint-Gobain closing its Fort Smith proppants plant and cutting around 120 jobs. The cuts were...
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2014 income up almost 10% for J.B. Hunt, revenue hits $6.16 billion
Rate increases across its business divisions was the primary reason Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services boosted its fiscal year revenue to $6.165 billion, a 10.4% increase over fiscal 2013. Net...
View ArticleArcBest announces quarterly dividend of 6 cents per share
Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. on Thursday (Jan. 22) announced a quarterly divident of 6 cents per share to shareholders of record on Feb. 5. The dividend is paid on Feb. 19.The company is set to...
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BHP reducing Fayetteville Shale Play rig count to ‘zero’
story by Wesley Brownwesbrocomm@gmail.comBHP Billiton recently said it is still looking for a hasty exit from its unprofitable foray into Fayetteville Shale as declining natural gas prices continue to...
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Fort Smith chamber endorses sales tax redirection plan for trails
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a plan that would direct around $10 million in sales tax revenue during the next 10 years toward building and maintaining a citywide trails...
View ArticleWalmart Canada opens 11 new supercenters
Unlike Target Stores, retail behemoth Wal-Mart is not backing down on efforts to grow market share north of the border. Walmart Canada will open 11 new supercenters this month as its fiscal 2015 comes...
View ArticleWal-Mart settles a suit in the auto fatality involving Tracy Morgan
Wal-Mart has settled a civil suit with the family of James McNair, the comedian killed last year in an auto fatality involving a Walmart truck. McNair, 62, was traveling with comedian Tracy Morgan who...
View ArticleDollar Tree wins the bid for Family Dollar
Family Dollar shareholders approved the $8.5 billion deal to be acquired by Dollar Tree with 74% of the votes cast in favor of the merger on Thursday (Jan. 22). Shareholders passed on the hostile $9.1...
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Northwest Arkansas restaurant sector draws more national chains
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comA growing economy and population continues to draw Smashburger and other new restaurants to Northwest Arkansas.Real estate veteran David Erstine with CBRE in...
View ArticleDennis Smiley sued by American Express
American Express has filed suit against former Arvest bank president H. Dennis Smiley for unpaid credit card accounts totaling $65,025.41.The complaint was filed in Benton County Circuit Court Jan. 7...
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Rogers Police Chief James Allen dies
A longtime lawman Rogers Police Chief James Allen died Thursday morning (Jan 22) following a long cancer battle.Allen began chief of police in Rogers in 2011 after spending 22 years in the Bentonville...
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HanesBrands moves work from Honduras to Clarksville, adds 120 jobs
The first big jobs announcement for Gov. Asa Hutchinson took place Friday (Jan. 23) in Clarksville. It is there that HanesBrands is adding 120 jobs as part of a $1.4 million investment in the building...
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