Central Arkansas Stores Move Outward
Retailing has followed the shift of central Arkansas’ population from urban centers to suburban areas and outlying counties, notes Metroplan, the regional planning agency.
View ArticleYour Virtual Staff Is Clocking In (Stephen Carlisle Expert Advice)
Businesses across the country have become increasingly flexible with regard to remote workers — those people who work from an off-site location on a project basis and aren’t part of the company’s...
View ArticleThe Conductor To Host Startup Competition
The Conductor announced Friday its plans to host a National Collegiate Venture Competition that will award student entrepreneurs a total of $15,000 in cash prizes.
View ArticleUS Consumer Spending Up in December, While Saving Rate Fell
Americans increased their spending 0.4 percent in December, a solid pace but slower than the big spending burst seen in November, while their saving rate fell to a more-than decade low.
View ArticleVenture Center, FinTech Sandbox Announce Partnership
The Venture Center of Little Rock and Boston-based FinTech Sandbox announced Wednesday a partnership to increase access to financial data that financial technology startups need to jump start their...
View ArticleArkansas District Export Council Adds 15 Members
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross recently appointed 15 new members to the Arkansas District Export Council.
View ArticleNWA E-Commerce Firm Launches SKU Ninja Software
E-commerce firm WhyteSpyder announced Monday the launch of its SKU Ninja software designed to help retailers and suppliers manage, monitor and publish content to improve and scale e-commerce sales.
View ArticleLaura Fine on Keeping Small Businesses from Missing the Market
Laura Fine, chief of the Arkansas Small Business & Technology Development Center, tells what it does, and says customers are king.
View ArticleLittle Rock Tech Park Making Its Mark On Main
A month shy of its first birthday, the Little Rock Technology Park has exceeded expectations for attracting startup-minded entrepreneurs and tech-related ventures.
View ArticleMachine Learning Tops List of Hot, Trendy Technologies
High-tech doors are just a hint at what goes on inside RevUnit, which builds applications to help businesses operate efficiently in areas like productivity, worker engagement and learning.
View ArticleFayetteville Wedding Venue Grooms Lawsuit Against Pet Kennel
Officials of a wedding venue in west Fayetteville filed an appeal in Washington County Circuit Court to overturn a decision that would allow a dog and cat boarding facility to operate on an adjacent...
View ArticleExecutive Director of The Hub Quits
Joel Gordon's last day at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub was Feb. 2.
View ArticleLittle Rock Startup Hires Venture Center Exec
RaftUp Technologies of Little Rock announced Monday the hiring of Jessica Johnston-Myers as its COO.
View ArticleNew uBreakiFix Opens in Conway
uBreakiFix opened a new store at 1040 S. Amity Road in Conway on Tuesday.
View ArticleRetail Group: Annual Retail Sales to Rise 3.8 to 4.4 Percent
The nation's largest retail trade group says retail sales will increase 3.8 percent to 4.4 percent this year compared with last year.
View ArticleHospitality Land Visited By $3.4M Transaction (Real Deals)
Promenade Hospitality LLC bought the 4.86-acre site in west Little Rock from Deltic Timber Corp. of El Dorado.
View ArticleInvest in Your Culture; It’s Reflected in the Bottom Line (Karen Armstrong...
Today’s workforce, especially among millennials, rates companies that are desirable to work for based on their culture. From a recruitment and retention standpoint, culture is critical, but how do the...
View ArticleBiggest Deals of 2017: Arkansas Transactions Soar 50 Percent, Reach $14.7B
Tax reform expected to increase pace, size of acquisitions in 2018.
View ArticleTax Changes: The Good, Bad and Quirky
Arkansas Business asked a panel of tax experts for insights on the new code, which was signed by President Donald J. Trump in late December. After hitting the highlights, they delved into provisions...
View ArticleLittle Rock Tech Agency Hosts Sixth Annual Conference
The sixth Made by Few Conference, organized by Arkansas-based design and development agency Few, will be held Oct. 25-27 at the Central Arkansas Library System's Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock.
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