by Kate Knable 2/11/2013 12:00 am
Steve Howard and Jeromy Howard of Oklahoma City plan to open a Buffalo Wild Wings location in Jonesboro by the end of this year.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/11/2013 12:00 am
Jillian Oyler, Katie Hodges, Elizabeth Machen and Angela Connell have new jobs at Stone Ward advertising agency in Little Rock.
by Kate Knable 2/4/2013 12:00 am
When Scott Ford, former CEO of Little Rock's Alltel Corp., founded Rwanda Trading Co. in 2009, he was still a telecom guy. Now he oversees a growing African coffee business. Ford created Westrock Coffee Holdings, owner of his current African coffee companies, after negotiating the $27 billion sale of telecommunications company Alltel Corp. to Verizon.
by Chris Bahn 2/4/2013 12:00 am
There is reason to believe that the town of Mulberry will soon become the centerpiece of edamame production in the United States.
by Mark Friedman 2/4/2013 12:00 am
Cypress Valley first started processing deer meat at its Vilonia facility in October 2010 and then expanded to processing beef and pork products in August 2011.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/28/2013 12:00 am
Forthcoming construction on a short stretch of Cantrell Road in Little Rock is going to displace some businesses
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/28/2013 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas' popular cupcake cafe Bliss is expanding its operation to include a Rogers location. Bliss Cupcake Cafe is slated to open in late February or March at 4204 W. Green Acres Road, near Promenade Boulevard.
by Kate Knable 1/21/2013 12:00 am
Your Mama's Good Food in Little Rock still serves Southern home cooking by way of a cafeteria line and hot rolls as big as coffee mugs. But a year after taking over, the restaurant's new owners are pushing to overcome a learning curve.
by Jan Cottingham 1/21/2013 12:00 am
Deal-making activity in Arkansas picked up in 2012 over 2011 levels, with the number of mergers and acquisitions believed to be valued at $9 million or more rising to 80 last year compared with 70 the year before.
by George Waldon 1/21/2013 12:00 am
A 120,000-SF retail project in the Otter Creek area of Little Rock is in motion after a $3 million land deal. A Bass Pro Shop will anchor the planned Gateway Town Center, a 169-acre site off Interstate 30 and Interstate 430 at Otter Creek, with an opening scheduled for December.
by Mark Friedman 1/14/2013 12:00 am
Tech-savvy customers are starting to grab their smartphones instead of their wallet to make a payment in a retail store, and the rest of us may have little choice but to get with the program.
by Luke Jones 1/14/2013 12:00 am
Another harbinger of the doom of cash comes from smartphone-mounted credit card scanners, a relatively recent technology making it cheaper and easier for vendors to accept plastic payment.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/14/2013 12:00 am
In the ongoing bankruptcy liquidation case of Affiliated Foods Southwest Inc. of Little Rock, a Crossett law firm receives a sizable payment for legal fee.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/14/2013 12:00 am
The Satellite Cafe turned Seoul Korean Cuisine turned Early Bird turned Heights Cafe is getting another new occupant.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/14/2013 12:00 am
Have Arkansas vintners taken any steps toward lobbying the state Legislature to change the Arkansas law that forbids shipment of Arkansas wines out of state.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/14/2013 12:00 am
Chef and owner Fue B. Kue opened the restaurant at the end of December in a building at 1200 S. Thompson St., which formerly housed Silk Road Thai Restaurant.
by Kate Knable 1/14/2013 12:00 am
The restaurateurs behind ZaZa, Local Lime and Big Orange in Little Rock plan to open a second, revised version of Big Orange in mid-June on University Avenue in Little Rock.
by Kate Knable 1/14/2013 12:00 am
The Chi family has a new incarnation of Chi's Express under way on Chenal Parkway in Little Rock.
by Kate Knable 1/10/2013 11:38 am
Fast-casual restaurant chain Dickey's Barbecue of Dallas plans to open five new restaurants in Arkansas within the next two years.
by Mark Carter 1/9/2013 09:24 am
The Sam Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas will host the 19th annual Business Forecast Luncheon on Friday, Feb. 8.
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