Small Businesses in Need of a Loan Find Banks Are Stingy
About 85% experienced financial difficulties in 2021, up nearly 20 percentage points from 2019.
View ArticleRogers Firm OmniiX, Which Helps Online Sellers, Acquired by E-Commerce...
Society Brands, which focuses primarily on Amazon sellers, has raised $205 million in capital since it was founded in October 2020.
View ArticleWarren Eagle Democrat Looks Like a Phoenix
Tom White, publisher of the Advance Monticellonian and owner of Advance Publishing of Monticello, struck a deal to buy the weekly Eagle Democrat in his old hometown, Warren, 16 miles to the west.
View ArticleCatering Chef: Sales Increased by Social Media
Before his catering business, Vibrant Occasions Catering of Benton, even gets a phone call, said Serge Krikorian, brides have already done their research.
View ArticleAugusta Place Attracts $9.3M Transaction (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Think Multifamily in Frisco, Texas, purchased its namesake project at 4907 Augusta Circle from F4 Little Rock 1 LLC of Edmond, Oklahoma.
View ArticleUS Inflation Jumped 8.5% in Past Year, Highest Since 1981
Costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities are squeezing American consumers and wiping out pay raises many received.
View ArticleEureka Springs Cracks Down on Airbnb Rentals as Housing Grows Scarce
Residents say the city already has plenty of tourist accommodations, and that the short-term rentals had become a nuisance.
View ArticleMore Arkansas Cities Regulate Airbnb and Other Short-Term Rentals
The massive growth of the short-term rental industry is creating headaches for local residents and public officials.
View ArticleEXPLAINER: Why US Inflation is So High, and When It May Ease
Gasoline is up an average of 48% in the past year. Airline tickets are up 24%, men's suits nearly 15%, bacon 18%.
View ArticleArkansas Jobless Rate Unchanged at 3.1% in March
Gains were posted in seven major industry sectors, while four sectors lost jobs.
View ArticleBentonville Software Helps Firms Better Understand Consumers
The company's platform, Stopwatch, was the top software project featured by Microsoft on stage last month at its Microsoft Visual Studio 25th Anniversary Event.
View ArticleDrug Industry Challenges Arkansas Law
Community Health Centers of Arkansas fears its members’ budgets would lose a total of $1 million annually if a drug industry’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law succeeds.
View ArticleHow to Retain Your Best Team Members (Sabrina Starling On the Workforce)
There are so many problems and challenges needing your attention that addressing team development falls by the wayside.
View ArticleSPONSORED: Second Chance Employment a ‘Win, Win, Win’ for Arkansas
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Randy Zook believes there are solutions to the labor shortage – including having an open mind in the hiring process.
View ArticleFewest Americans Collecting Jobless Aid Since 1970
American workers are enjoying extraordinary job security.
View ArticleSPONSORED: Successful Leaders Have an Important Trait in Common, Feeding...
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, who is also a former Walmart exec, shares her insights.
View ArticleIs Bad Email Hygiene Costing You Business? (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
A company that recognizes that email continues even after an employee has departed is a company that knows how to facilitate continued contact with its clients.
View ArticleAldersgate Apartments Attracts $9M Transaction (Real Deals)
An affiliate of B&M Management of Montgomery, Alabama bought the Ascent at Aldersgate at 1310 Aldersgate Road.
View ArticleEmeril Lagasse Shares His Recipe for Success on Next 'Business Forum' Webcast
The celebrity restaurateur has built a vast food empire, with a portfolio of media, signature products and restaurants.
View ArticleLabor Challenges, Bargain Housing Noted in Report on Little Rock Region's...
Job growth is running at a slightly slower pace than the national average, but the region has advantages in other areas.
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