Gallery: Arkansas Made
From steel to toilet tissue, chainsaws to snack foods, Arkansas delivers the goods. read more >
Business Services
Caprocq Core Pays $16M for WLR Office Building
A $16 million office building acquisition in west Little Rock leads off with a big splash among this week's installment of million-dollar real estate deals. read more >
Branch on Way to Brookland After 3 Years With No Bank
The fast-growing Jonesboro bedroom community of Brookland should see the return of a local bank office by the first quarter of 2021. read more >
Encore Bank Expands Full-Service Branches
Little Rock's Encore Bank is tidying up details to expand operations in Fayetteville and Jonesboro. read more >
Arvest Adding Seventh Location in Bentonville
Fayetteville's Arvest Bank intends to add to its Bentonville presence with a new branch. read more >
Truck Driver Pay Rose Before Pandemic
The American Trucking Associations released a driver compensation study on May 21 showing that the nation's truck drivers received a nice bump in pay in 2019. read more >
The Golden Rule (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
The viral photos of holiday weekend revelry — from Houston to Lake of the Ozarks to Daytona Beach — underscored one thing for me: A lot of Americans are spoiled and selfish. read more >
Recent Real Estate Deals Total $2.43M
The $825,000 sale of a Dollar General store led the most recent round of real estate transactions. read more >
Webinar: BKD CPAs & Advisors Offer Insight on PPP Loan Forgiveness
BKD CPAs & Advisors partners Chris Doolittle and Ernie Skyrme will join Tre Baker of Arkansas Business at 1 p.m. June 4 to discuss best practices business owners can follow for securing loan forgiveness. read more >
Webinar: FLEX360 on How to Make Smart Decisions on Digital Marketing
FLEX360 Executive Director John Tucker and Digital Marketing Manager Aly Smith will join Tre Baker of Arkansas Business to discuss the truths and misconceptions of digital marketing. read more >
SPONSORED: Small Business Survival Guide: 4 Tips to Surviving a Major Recession
Seeking clarity can help in making good decisions. Whether we realize it or not, we all use certain principles to help us make decisions. read more >
Force Majeure in Arkansas (Commentary)
Most contracts have a “force majeure” clause, in which the parties agree to waive some or all responsibilities in light of unexpected activity constricting a party's operations. Parties should understand their rights and responsibilities under their contracts as they consider how to respond to the evolving COVID-19 situation. read more >
Mega Valero Convenience Store Rings Up $2.2M Sale (Real Deals)
An affiliate of NetStreit Corp. of Dallas bought the 7,409-SF convenience store-storage project in North Little Rock from Wael and Sueha Alami. read more >
Four Managers Promoted at Entergy Arkansas (Movers & Shakers)
Ventrell Thompson and James Garland have been promoted to customer service regional manager positions in the Little Rock office of Entergy Arkansas. read more >
BKD CPAs & Advisors Buys Dallas Firm
BKD CPAs & Advisors, which has offices in Arkansas, has acquired CampbellWilson LLP, a Dallas-based firm specializing in health care regulatory consulting. read more >
New Partnership Buys Commercial Center in Rogers for $32M
A newly formed real estate investment group paid more than $32 million for the Village on the Creeks commercial center in Rogers. read more >
The Other Half (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
The virus itself is no respecter of persons, but the same is not true of economic collapse. read more >
Attorneys See Bankruptcies Rising Soon
Arkansas attorneys are bracing for a surge in bankruptcy filings as a result of the financial upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic, and they aren't alone. read more >
Virtual 'Bombing' in Zoom Meetings Preventable
For casual users, bombers are an inconvenience. For businesses holding more virtual meetings amid the pandemic, they could be alarming if company teams share confidential or proprietary information in meetings. read more >
Job Losses, Pandemic Hit Hardest in Leisure, Hospitality
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the U.S. labor market. The unemployment rate in the United States soared to 14.7% in April, the highest since shortly after World War II. read more >
Presenting the 40 Under 40 Class of 2020: An Annual List of Rising Stars
When committee members dig into the stacks of nominations, we are looking for professional accomplishments and community service. We are also looking for the potential to do great things in the future. read more >
Executive Forecast, Part 2: Business Leaders in Arkansas Look Ahead
A sampling of business leaders give their forecasts for the next six months of business amid COVID-19. Part two of two. read more >
Executive Forecast: Business Leaders in Arkansas Look Ahead
A sampling of Arkansas business leaders share their forecasts for the next six months amid COVID-19, along with what indicators they're watching and how their industries are performing. Part one of two. read more >
Companies Can Register Now for Best Places to Work Program
Registration for Arkansas Business' annual Best Places to Work program is now open. read more >
Doctors Building Getting Some Work Done
A new all-Arkansas ownership and management team has a 21st-century vision for one of Little Rock's history-making medical buildings, the 1962-vintage Doctors Building in midtown. read more >
Norman Clifton Mines Property for Hidden Value
From battered autos to bruised real estate, North Little Rock businessman Norman Clifton has made a lifelong career out of the reclamation business. read more >
Cantrell Drug Looks For a Buyer, Again
Cantrell Drug Co. hopes its next potential buyer can close the deal to purchase the Little Rock drug compounding company out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. read more >
Landlords, Tenants Share Boat as Bills Roll In
For landlords, reduced business activity and unemployment growth threaten to affect rent collections, either from commercial enterprises or from residential tenants. read more >
Leggett Earns Honors from City Clerks (Movers & Shakers)
April Leggett, the Jonesboro deputy city clerk who has run meetings in City Council chambers for several months, earned Certified Municipal Clerk Designation from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. read more >
Multifamily Properties Positioned to Weather Uncertainty (Cole Herget Commentary)
The Arkansas multifamily sector enjoys sound fundamentals such as diversification of risk among multiple units and an ability to keep up cash flow in a recession. read more >
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