As PPP Ends, Hard-Hit Businesses Hope for 2nd Chance
Small businesses are in limbo again as the coronavirus outbreak rages and the government’s $659 billion relief program draws to a close.
View ArticleU.S. Gross Domestic Product Plunges 32.9% in Q2
Gross domestic product in the United States plunged at an annual rate of 32.9% in the second quarter of 2020, a record. The drop was 9.5% compared with the first quarter.
View ArticleWalmart CTO Tops Executive Compensation List
Walmart CTO Suresh Kumar’s experience explains why his total compensation for the first seven months he spent at Walmart made him the highest-paid executive among Arkansas’ public companies.
View ArticleNuShores Gets NuCress Contract, Opening 'Clean' Facility in Little Rock
NuShores Biosciences LLC is moving from the BioVentures building on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus in Little Rock to a west Little Rock office complex, where it will open one of...
View ArticleUS Retail Sales Up 1.2% in July
U.S. retail purchases rose 1.2% in July, restoring sales to pre-pandemic levels.
View ArticleVenture Center Accepting Applications for Spark! Accelerator
The Venture Center and Little Rock Regional Chamber have opened applications for Spark!, a pre-accelerator program for central Arkansas startups.
View ArticleArkansas Association of Asian Businesses Elects Officers (Movers & Shakers)
Yang Lou-Branch has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses of Rogers, and Young Chun has been elected vice president for one year.
View ArticleBrewers Guild's Sylvia Blain Offers 6 Steps to Help Open Bottled Breweries
Sylvia Blain, the executive director of the Arkansas Brewers Guild, says the industry needs more help to survive the pandemic.
View ArticleHave Cup, Will Travel: Drinks Hit The Streets
Outdoor drinks and dining have become commonplace in American downtowns, a trend pioneered in Arkansas by Little Rock, which initiated the River Market Entertainment District last summer.
View ArticleDistilleries Pouring Out New Products
Five Arkansas distilleries are working on new products, and business is flowing steadily for them, despite the COVID-19 pandemic delaying the opening of a sixth and bringing a seventh to a standstill.
View ArticleCraft Breweries In the Age of COVID-19
Craft brewers in Arkansas, like a lot of businesses in the state, appeared to be on track to make 2020 a banner year, and then COVID-19 struck.
View ArticleArkansas Wineries Recovering From Dry Months
Arkansas wineries survived the harrowing spring months of the COVID-19 pandemic that closed their facilities and tasting rooms and put a severe dent in their wine sales.
View ArticleWith Open Patio, Springdale Cider House Rules
Leo Orpin, the co-owner of Black Apple in downtown Springdale, said he and his co-owners resisted the urge to reopen the business in phases until July when Black Apple, the state’s only cidery, opened...
View ArticleWhat Businesses Should Know About Trump's Payroll Tax Deferrals (Clay Glasgow...
Clay Glasgow shares key considerations for businesses that are preparing for employee payroll tax deferrals allowed under President Trump's recent order.
View ArticleStartup Junkie Foundation To Host First NWA Startup Week Sept. 14-18
The Startup Junkie Foundation announced Wednesday that a first-ever NWA Startup Week will replace this year’s annual Northwest Arkansas Startup Crawl, an in-person event that won’t be held because of...
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Drops to 7.1% in July
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 7.1% in July from 8.1% in June, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday.
View ArticleGrowing the Porous Business (Jim Karrh On Marketing)
Business leaders across our state — and the U.S. — are now looking ahead to 2021. Has there ever been a time when strategies and forecasts have felt more tenuous?
View ArticlePine Bluff Gets a Sprucing Up
Led by the Saracen Casino Resort, which has a construction value of $215 million, Pine Bluff is seeing growth across the city unlike any in recent years.
View ArticleAs Shoppers Stay Away, Small Stores Seek Refuge Online
For small retailers across the country, the coronavirus outbreak has turned an already challenging business environment into never-ending uncertainty.
View ArticleAsa Hutchinson Rejects Virus Panel's Call to Close Bars
Gov. Asa Hutchinson rejects a White House task force's recommendation that Arkansas close bars and implement other restrictions, despite the state posting the 9th highest rate of positive coronavirus...
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