by Arkansas Business Staff 10/5/2016 1:31 pm
The Walton family has fallen out of the top 10 of Forbes magazine's list of the country's 400 richest people.
by Marty Cook 6/3/2016 3:35 pm
Friday's Wal-Mart shareholders meeting at times felt more like a roast thanks to "The Late Late Show" host James Corden.
by Lance Turner 1/5/2016 3:33 pm
Sam Walton's three surviving children have given about $407 million worth of stock in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to a nonprofit organization founded by their family.
by Todd Traub and Mark Carter 10/11/2015 8:00 am
For generations these Arkansas families have made vital contributions to the state’s economic landscape, while also maintaining a commitment to giving back through numerous philanthropic endeavors.
by Mark Carter 9/30/2015 9:53 am
The list once again is led by Microsoft's Bill Gates. Wal-Mart heir Jim Walton leads a group of Arkansans and those with close ties to the state included on the list.
by Marty Cook 6/5/2015 1:14 pm
A new chairman, a mobile consumer, a Hollywood hostess from the South and Rod Stewart. Inside Wal-Mart's 2015 shareholders' meeting at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.
by Anne D'Innocenzio, The Associated Press 6/5/2015 11:25 am
Wal-Mart says board Chairman Rob Walton will step down and be succeeded by Vice Chairman Greg Penner, who is Walton's son-in-law. Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, has been chairman since 1992. The company says the 70-year-old will continue to serve as a director. Jim Walton, another son of the late founder, also remains on the board.
by Mark Carter 3/2/2015 10:33 am
Nine billionaires with Arkansas ties find themselves on the most recent Forbes 500 list of the world's richest people, released this week.
by Lance Turner 9/29/2014 10:29 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville said Monday that Kevin Systrom, CEO and co-founder of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram, has joined its board of directors.
by Marty Cook 8/11/2014 12:00 am
The Amazeum, billed as an interactive children’s museum, isn’t scheduled to open until 2015, but after years of planning it is at least beginning to take physical shape.
by Anne D'Innocenzio, The Associated Press 6/6/2014 11:44 am
Wal-Mart's newly anointed CEO Doug McMillon said the world's largest retailer's task is to bring the changing world of e-commerce together with physical stores to help make customers' shopping experience better as technology evolves.
by Associated Press 5/29/2014 2:06 pm
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, fired back at a prominent proxy advisory firm that critiqued the company's executive pay plan and how it's handled an overseas bribery probe.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/6/2013 9:08 am
A $10 million matching grant from the Walton Family Foundation is fueling a $28.5 million capital campaign for the Amazeum, a planned interactive family museum to be located near Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.
by Mark Carter 9/17/2013 9:38 am
The 2013 Forbes 400 list of the country's richest people includes 10 with close Arkansas ties. Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton leads the list of Arkansans and those with close ties to the state.
by Chris Bahn 6/7/2013 11:38 am
Once again there were multiple celebrities on hand to help Wal-Mart celebrate its annual shareholders meeting. But the themes of integrity and compliance took center stage on Friday at Bud Walton Arena.
by Todd Traub 7/2/2012 12:00 am
In 2005 Wal-Mart launched its sustainability program, designed to encourage corporate environmental responsibility. In attempting to take leadership on the issue and drive the global conversation, Wal-Mart established three broad goals: to be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy, create zero waste and to sell products that sustain people and the environment.
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