Small Businesses Extend Streak of Erratic Job Creation
Payroll provider ADP's monthly tally of small business hires showed companies added 77,000 jobs in April, a jump from an upwardly revised 20,000 in March.
View ArticleOops! Small Businesses Are Vulnerable to Marketing Mistakes
Companies of any size can make marketing mistakes. But small businesses can be particularly vulnerable; owners have a minimal knowledge of marketing, so they don't know what the best avenues are for...
View ArticleSimmons Bank Names Meador SBA Regional Manager of Sales, Business Development
Simmons Bank has named Itzel Meador its Small Business Association regional manager of sales and business development.
View ArticleSBA Teams Up With Conductor (Justin Crossie Commentary)
The U.S. Small Business Administration is taking steps to revitalize central Arkansas through a $500,000 award to the Conductor, an organization that partners with the University of Central Arkansas...
View ArticleWarren Stephens Stands by Startup's CEO Marc Gorlin
Warren Stephens says he has confidence in Marc Gorlin, founder and CEO of crowdsourced delivery service startup Roadie, in which Stephens has invested. After all, he said, look at Kabbage, which...
View ArticleRetail Sales in 2019 Are A Wild Ride, Slip 0.2% in April
U.S. retail sales declined last month as Americans cut back their spending on clothes, appliances, and home and garden supplies.
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Drops to 3.6% in April
Arkansas' unemployment rate in April was 3.6%, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month.
View ArticleAt Women's Symposium, Leaders Share Tips for Navigating Boardrooms
Simply getting a seat at the corporate table remains a barrier for women in the workforce, a panel of women business leaders said Thursday during the first Soirée Women's Leadership Symposium at the...
View ArticleTyler Davis Takes Spot on Livestock & Poultry Commission (Movers & Shakers)
Tyler Davis of Ashdown was recently appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to a seven-year term on the Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Livestock & Poultry Commission Board.
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas Plugs Into Innovation
Nelson Peacock is hopeful that the arrival of a global innovation company will help spur northwest Arkansas’ business ecosystem and solve some nagging logistical problems.
View ArticleWeWork Wants Space With Bentonville Flavor
WeWork is a 9-year-old New York company that builds and runs shared office spaces in more than 100 cities worldwide. It announced April 1 that it would expand its operations to Bentonville at a...
View ArticleWalk-On's Buys Land in Conway for First Arkansas Restaurant
Walk-On’s Bixtreaux & Bar, a Cajun-themed restaurant/sports bar co-owned by NFL All-Pro Quarterback Drew Brees, closed Thursday on its $1.37 million purchase of approximately two acres of land at...
View ArticleKeith Ward to Lead Little Rock's InterveXion Therapeutics
InterveXion Therapeutics of Little Rock, a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing immunotherapies for substance abuse disorders, announced Monday the appointment of...
View ArticleConway Takes Stock of Success, Role in Region
City officials and economic development leaders touted Conway's individuality while celebrating its role as part of a larger metropolitan region.
View ArticleSupplyPike to Move to Fayetteville, Create 180 Jobs
SupplyPike, a startup that offers a digital supply chain management platform for consumer packaged goods, is coming to Fayetteville and creating nearly 180 jobs within the next five years.
View ArticleThe Conductor's Kim Lane Goes Global (Movers & Shakers)
Kim Lane, CEO of the Conductor in Conway, was invited to serve as a U.S. delegate and speaker at the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Manama, Bahrain, last month.
View ArticleAcquisitions Alter List of 75 Largest Private Companies in Arkansas
The departures of five companies that were acquired in the past year made room at the bottom of the list for companies that had not made the cutoff last year — or ever. The price of entry to the list?...
View ArticleUS Consumer Confidence Hits Highest Level Since November
American consumers felt more confident this month, shrugging off a rocky stock market and heightened trade tensions between the United States and China.
View ArticlePresenting the 40 Under 40 Class of 2019: An Annual List of Rising Stars
Meet 40 impressive young business and community leaders of Arkansas who will give you confidence that our state will be in good hands for decades to some.
View ArticleAEDC Helping Companies Combat Cybercrime
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission is coordinating cybersecurity assessments and providing cybersecurity training to help employers square off against cybercrime, because falling prey to it...
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