Retail Group Expects Holiday Sales to Rise 3.6 to 4 Percent
The nation's largest retail trade group is forecasting holiday sales for the November and December period to rise between 3.6 percent and 4 percent to $678.75 billion to $682 billion.
View ArticleADP: Small Businesses Cut Jobs as Hurricanes Shut Retailers
Hurricanes that swept the southern U.S. last month shut many retailers and put hiring on hold at small businesses.
View ArticleForfeited Property Sold for $1M
AOR LLC, led by John Starling of JTS Financial Services of Little Rock, has purchased a 21,256-SF office building in Little Rock.
View ArticleSignature Bank's Gary Head on Putting a Postive Stamp on Community Commerce
Gary Head, 57, is chairman, president and CEO of Signature Bank of Arkansas, which he and fellow investors started in 2005 after raising $44 million in startup capital.
View ArticleMedian Household Income Rises 5.6 Percent in Arkansas
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and West Virginia had the lowest median household incomes for 2016.
View ArticleSpringdale Company Awarded $25K Grant
Vet Veggies of Springdale recently received one of three $25,000 grants awarded by Bob Evans Farms of New Albany, Ohio, through its inaugural Heroes to CEOs contest.
View ArticleLittle Rock Tech Park to Celebrate Tenants
The Little Rock Technology Park and the Little Rock Regional Chamber will host an event at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday on the sixth floor of the park to celebrate its tenants.
View ArticleCALS to Revamp Its Website
The library isn’t shushing folks about its plan to redesign its website. In fact, the Central Arkansas Library System is shouting it from the rooftops.
View ArticleBaptist Health, Stage I Diagnostics Partner to Offer New Cancer Tests
Baptist Health of Little Rock has officially entered into an agreement with Stage I Diagnostics Inc. of Little Rock to offer Arkansans a test with prognostic and diagnostic value in the earliest stages...
View ArticleUpdate: Parkway Plaza To Be Built On 27 Acres in Springdale
Sage Partners and Griffin Co. Realtors on Thursday announced the development of a 27-acre office and mixed-use development called Parkway Plaza, expected to begin construction in early 2018 near the...
View ArticleGarver Acquires Kansas Firm
Garver of North Little Rock announced Wednesday that it has acquired Ruggles & Bohm, an engineering and design services firm based in Wichita, Kansas.
View ArticleCourageous Authenticity (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Whether it is an emotionally charged public display or an offhand remark in a meeting, the organization will take its lead from the boss’ response to a violation of culture.
View ArticleArkansas Food Hall of Fame Accepting Nominations
Nominations for the 2018 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame are open through Oct. 31. This will be the second Hall of Fame class, a program sponsored by the Department of Arkansas Heritage.
View ArticleCARTI Docs Again Get Highest Nonprofit Salaries
Oncologists from Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute again dominate the list of the state’s highest-paid nonprofit employees, occupying four of the top five positions with total compensation...
View ArticlePro Bono Work Can Also Be Good For Business, Bill Waddell Says
When Little Rock attorney Bill Waddell found himself in the national spotlight in August, he embraced it to spread the word on the first rural legal-medical partnership in Arkansas.
View ArticleSPONSORED: Arkansas Is Open for Business, But Are We Ready?
Businesses and schools are partnering with programs to prepare students to join the workforce of the future.
View ArticleArkansas Business Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
Four leaders who have made contributions to the finance and banking, fitness, transportation and steel industries make up the 2018 class of inductees for the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame.
View ArticleIn Helena-West Helena, Thrive Redesigns Its Strategy for the Future
After receiving a National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant in 2015, Thrive is ready to start a new chapter in its story of redesigning the Delta.
View ArticleWomen Who Own Businesses Find Bank Loans Harder to Get
A survey of businesses conducted this summer found that 30 percent of companies owned by women were able to get bank loans during the previous three months, compared to half of all the owners surveyed.
View ArticleCity Mayor Among Group Buying Jacksonville Physical Therapy Office
Jacksonville Medical Center Inc. has purchased the 3,065-SF Jacksonville Physical Therapy building at 208 John Harden Drive for $475,000.
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