by Lance Turner 3/25/2013 10:41 am
Bloomberg takes a look at the continuing debate over online retailers who don't collect sales tax from customers and the brick-and-mortar merchants who claim a disadvantage.
by Lance Turner 3/13/2013 08:32 am
Hostess Brands Inc., whose products include Twinkies and Ding Dongs, is being purchased by a pair of private equity firms.
by Lance Turner 3/12/2013 10:01 am
Leslie Dach, executive vice president of corporate affairs for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, is scheduled to speak next week at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock.
by Lance Turner 3/8/2013 10:47 am
The New York Times reports that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has all but abandoned its push for a store in the nation's largest city.
by Lance Turner 3/6/2013 08:36 am
Some interesting tibits from today's Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference, where Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Bill Simon is giving a presentation.
by Lance Turner 2/28/2013 10:22 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s chief administrative officer, Tom Mars, is stepping down, according to the Wall Street Journal.
by Lance Turner 2/15/2013 03:07 pm
Bloomberg's gotten ahold of some internal Wal-Mart emails that show executives unhappy by a slow sales start in February. How slow? Well ...
by Lance Turner 2/12/2013 09:36 am
Bloomberg takes a look at Wal-Mart Store Inc.'s progress growing its portfolio of in-store health clinics, such as the ones it's put in its central Arkansas stores with the help of St. Vincent.
by Lance Turner 2/4/2013 10:44 am
NPR checks in on the world's largest retailer's plan, announced in 2010, to double its sales of local product by 2015.
by Lance Turner 2/4/2013 08:17 am
You'll want to watch your Wal-Mart stock today. JP Morgan has downgraded its rating on the retailer's shares, taking it to "neutral."
by Lance Turner 1/14/2013 10:56 am
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, is writing to the CEOs of several major retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, and asking them to stop selling assault weapons.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/14/2013 08:47 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville says Enrique Ostale, president and CEO of Walmart Chile, formerly D&S, has been named executive vice president, president and CEO of Walmart Latin America, where he will oversee Walmart's operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.
by Lance Turner 1/14/2013 08:30 am
Publisher's Weekly notes another "Wal-Mart effect," this one in the book business, where new data confirms what many in the industry suspected: that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is a key channel for sales of fiction and mass market paperbacks.
by Lance Turner 1/11/2013 03:12 pm
A packed, fast-paced show tonight on AETN's "Arkansas Week."
by Mark Friedman 1/10/2013 11:43 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville plans to invest $670,000 in an Arkansas health care program designed to reward doctors and hospitals who keep a lid on health care costs while providing high-quality care.
by Lance Turner 1/8/2013 10:20 am
Target Corp. says it will match prices of select online rivals year-round, a move that underscores how physical and online retailing are being meshed together.
by Lance Turner 1/4/2013 02:47 pm
Checking in with the world's largest retailer, making news on several fronts involving price-matching, new store formats overseas and the sale of assault weapons.
by Lance Turner 1/3/2013 11:38 am
Wal-Mart, which has been boosting its social media and mobile sales channels, has been named "mobile retailer of the year" at the annual Mobile Commerce Awards.
by Lance Turner 12/26/2012 11:32 am
Murphy Oil Corp. of El Dorado says its wholly-owned subsidiary, Murphy Oil USA Inc., will add more than 200 new fueling stations at Wal-Mart stores in the Midwest and Southeast United States.
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.
America's Car-Mart 4Q Profit Down 9 Percent 
