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 Lance Turner 11/20/2012 07:18 am
The number of shoppers engaging in showrooming during the 2012 holiday season is expected to increase by 134 percent, according to a report by IDC Retail Insights.
by Lance Turner 11/19/2012 09:52 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has changed when it will pay its near-40-cent fourth-quarter dividend, moving the date to Dec. 27 from Jan. 2. Why?
by Mark Carter 11/14/2012 10:40 am
Wal-Mart is launching a mobile app this holiday season that'll enable in-store shoppers to shop with their smartphones.
by Mark Carter 11/12/2012 10:00 am
Wal-Mart's most popular health insurance plan is going up by a couple of dollars a month as the retail giant and other companies brace for Obamacare. Wal-Mart employees, not surprisingly, aren't happy.
by Lance Turner 11/8/2012 10:09 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is upping the ante on the holiday shopping season, planning to open its doors open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, two hours earlier than a year ago. So how are competitors responding?
by Lance Turner 11/5/2012 10:33 am
Comcast and another company are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to further limit class actions following a decision last year in the Betty Dukes Wal-Mart discrimination case.
by Lance Turner 11/1/2012 02:16 pm
NCR Corp. of Duluth, Ga., says it will install 10,000 of its self-checkout systems in more than 1,200 Wal-Mart stores in the United States in 2013.
by Lance Turner 11/1/2012 01:51 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville says that as of Thursday, only 14 stores remain closed after Hurricane Sandy tore through the northeastern United States. That's down from a peak of more than 200 stores shuttered in the storm.
by Tre Baker 10/31/2012 11:33 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officially puts into play a new $5.5 million 20-story wind turbine to help power one of its California distribution centers.
by Lance Turner 10/29/2012 01:32 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is asking a Florida judge to dismiss one of four regional lawsuits alleging gender bias on the part of the world's largest retailer.
by Lance Turner 10/29/2012 09:28 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has increased its investment in the holding company of Yihaodian, an online retailer in China. Wal-Mart now owns 51 percent of the company.
by Gwen Moritz 10/29/2012 12:00 am
The list of Arkansans with publicly disclosed stock holdings valued at more than $1 million grows from 93 names last year to 102 this year. Big winners on this year's list include the Stephens and Dillard families.
by Kate Knable 10/29/2012 12:00 am
Rockfish Interactive founder and serial entrepreneur Kenny Tomlin doesn't live in Arkansas anymore, but he continues to build businesses there.
by Arkansas Business Staff 10/29/2012 12:00 am
Home sale in Cave Springs cuts ties to Arkansas for controversial, former Wal-Mart exec.
by Mark Friedman 10/29/2012 12:00 am
Both of Arkansas' publicly traded retailers saw their stock prices surge in 2012.
by Lance Turner 10/26/2012 10:29 am
The pros and cons of Murphy Oil Corp.'s decision to spin off its retail gas station operation, and what investors will weigh when considering purchasing shares of the new company, due in 2013.
by Lance Turner 10/26/2012 10:08 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. signals slow growth in China while pushing its operations there into greener territory.
by Lance Turner 10/19/2012 03:10 pm
Indian regulators are investigating Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s $100 million investment in Bharti Retail, which operates more than 200 supermarkets in India. Wal-Mart and Bharti deny that they've broken laws.
by Lance Turner 10/18/2012 12:57 pm
This holiday season, Best Buy and Target Corp. plan to price-match their rivals, including online competitors like Amazon. But Wal-Mart Stores Inc. still hasn't decided what it will do.
America's Car-Mart 4Q Profit Down 9 Percent 
