by Arkansas Business Staff 4/29/2013 12:00 am
The movement to provide more arts and entertainment options in northwest Arkansas continues to gain momentum, specifically in Bentonville. Home to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and a proposed Walton Arts Center campus, the city is also the planned location of a children's museum.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/22/2013 12:00 am
The Art Newspaper publishes an annual list of the top 100 art museums in the world as measured by attendance. Though northwest Arkansas' own doesn't crack the list (topped by the Louvre, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum), it does get a nice mention.
by Gwen Moritz 3/25/2013 12:00 am
This week Arkansas Business premieres a new list of the state's highest-paid nonprofit employees, which reveals that nonprofit hospital executives and physicians can be well-paid.
by Joe David Rice 3/4/2013 12:00 am
It never hurts to take a look at yourself or your location through the eyes of others. I was reminded of this adage as the last of the 560 guests from the Travel South Showcase left Arkansas in late February following their convention in Little Rock.
by Jan Cottingham 2/12/2013 10:56 am
The board of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has announced top leadership changes.
by Jan Cottingham 1/18/2013 09:15 am
A traveling exhibition of Norman Rockwell paintings will open March 9 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Includes slideshow of seven paintings in the exhibit.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/24/2012 12:00 am
From John L. Smith's pep talk to reporters to U.S. District Judge Bill Wilson's withering remarks to out-of-line prosecutors, they said it all in 2012.
by Lance Turner 11/21/2012 11:08 am
As Black Friday approaches, so too does the threat of employee walk-outs and protests against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, the world's largest retailer. Here's where protesters plan to make their voices heard.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/19/2012 12:00 am
Maria Smedley has been promoted to vice president of human resources at the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. in Little Rock.
by Mark Carter 11/9/2012 11:23 am
Alice Walton's $800 million museum opened a year ago Sunday in Bentonville. Before long, Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters might play second fiddle to the museum, whose impact on both the international art world and Bentonville itself has been substantial.
by Arkansas Business Staff 9/17/2012 12:00 am
The Museum Store is an insertion to an existing 3,040-square-foot curved concrete space that provides a retail destination for art patrons and acts as an extension of the Crystal Bridges Museum experience.
by Jan Cottingham 7/2/2012 12:00 am
Wal-Mart made a number of Arkansans very rich, and that wealth has been manifested in billions of dollars worth of gifts to educational, medical and cultural institutions in the state.
by Todd Traub 7/2/2012 12:00 am
From highways to airports, from homes to banks, from dining to the arts, the Wal-Mart presence is felt mightily in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area anchored by the three cities plus Wal-Mart's home in Bentonville.
by Eric Francis 7/2/2012 12:00 am
The lessons Sam Walton learned during those early, successful years of Wal-Mart allowed him to build the most successful retail chain in history. And just like the times that he took his planes up to search for potential Wal-Mart sites, it was Mr. Sam himself who was behind the stick, deciding which direction to go.
by Arkansas Business Staff 10/17/2011 12:00 am
Bentonville's commitment to meeting the needs of its residents has earned it recognition as a 2011 Arkansas Business City of Distinction for quality of life.
by Arkansas Business Staff 10/17/2011 12:00 am
Part of the dynamic growth Bentonville has experienced over the past decade revolves around downtown revitalization. Many new businesses have opened around the downtown square. That emphasis on keeping downtown vibrant as the city grows has earned it recognition as a 2011 Arkansas Business City of Distinction in the category of Main Street Preservation.
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