Predictable Outlook For Dillard's: Bleak 
by Mark Friedman – 2 days ago
Analysts predict grim quarter for the Little Rock department store chain.
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Predictable Outlook For Dillard's: Bleak
Liquor Industry Hopes Governor Won't Let Delivery Go Dry
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The coronavirus pandemic will likely cause permanent changes in how businesses in Arkansas operate. One of those may be alcoholic beverage retailers.
Virus Diaries: Sales Are Down But Optimism Blooms at Tipton & Hurst
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Tipton & Hurst hasn't allowed in-store shoppers at any of its five locations for nearly three weeks, but the 134-year-old florist hasn't withered away.
Resource Guide: Financial Tools, Aid for Businesses Hurt by COVID-19
Arkansas Business is regularly updating this page with links and contact information for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Little Rock Approves Land Sale to Amazon in City's Port
Little Rock city leaders on Tuesday unanimously approved the $3.2 million sale of land in the Little Rock Port to an entity backed by Amazon, which plans to put a distribution center there. read more >
Foundation Offers Grants to Women-Owned Businesses Affected by Virus
The Women's Foundation of Arkansas launches Women Owned, an assistance fund for women-owned small businesses experiencing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
LRCVB Canceled Events Total $7.4M in Economic Impact
More than 50 events at Little Rock Convention & Tourism Bureau venues have been canceled into August, and downtown hotels' March revenue compared to last year plunged 90%. read more >
How Will You Be Different? (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Everyone seems to be talking about how the world is going to be different after the coronavirus pandemic. I'm notoriously bad at predictions, but some things seem like sure bets. read more >
Jacksonville Apartment Properties Flipped in $7.3M Combo
A series of apartment sales in Jacksonville, a pair of apartment buys in Little Rock and a grocery store purchase in Bryant form this week's six pack of million-dollar deals. read more >
Diagram of Responsibility (Craig Douglass On Consumers)
The dynamic needs of the community are where brands — pervasive, well-known, preferred — come into play. read more >
Business as Usual for Arkansas Truckers
Nothing much has changed for Gary Mars and his colleagues during the coronavirus pandemic, except for a greater difficulty in finding somewhere they can go to the bathroom. read more >
Unemployment Claims Soar to 3.28 Million
This chart highlights the dramatic effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the job market in the United States. read more >
Jacksonville Apartment Properties Combine For $4.9M Sale (Real Deals)
A New Jersey company purchased the 92-unit Park Place, the 56-unit Windgate Square, the 46-unit Stone Village and the 8-unit Southview from an affiliate of Fort Smith's Trinity Multifamily read more >
Total Compensation Rises for Dillard Family Members
Nearly all of the Dillard family members who work at Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock saw their total compensation skyrocket in the most recent fiscal year. read more >
Sources: Amazon Coming to the Port of Little Rock
The online retailer is in the process of building an approximately 3 million-SF center at the port, sources told Arkansas Business. The building is expected to have four levels, each being about 850,000 SF. read more >
Walmart Makes Annual Meeting Online-Only
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville says it will not hold its annual employee celebration event, which typically attracts thousands of employees from all over the world, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
No Dithering! Quick Reaction Saves Businesses (Allen Engstrom Commentary)
In times of crisis and confusion, it's a lack of clarity and failure to act that kills. In previous crises, it's the companies that reacted quickly that survived. read more >
State Partners with Walmart, Quest Diagnostics on Drive-Thru Testing
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces a partnership with Walmart Inc. of Bentonville and Quest Diagnostics of Secaucus, New Jersey, to install a drive-thru COVID-19 testing facility in Bentonville. read more >
Jonesboro Rallies In Wake of Disaster ‘Double Whammy'
An EF-3 tornado struck Jonesboro on Saturday, piling a natural disaster onto the city's efforts to respond to the ongoing state — and nationwide — health crisis. read more >
Waking Up in a New Army of the Unemployed
Thousands of Arkansans who lost their jobs as the COVID-19 disease outbreak shut down businesses are seeking unemployment aid. read more >
UA ASBTDC, NWA Council Partner to Help Organizations Affected by COVID-19
The University of Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center and the Northwest Arkansas Council are partnering on a Small Business Emergency Assistance program to support small businesses and nonprofits in the region that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
Arkansas Businesses Should Prepare Now to Apply for Federal Aid
Businesses can begin preparing now to apply for assistance under the federal rescue package signed last week by President Trump, but it will be about two weeks before they can turn in their paperwork. read more >
US Consumer Confidence Sinks As Virus Begins Having Impact
U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month to its lowest level in nearly three years as the impact of the coronavirus on the economy began to be felt. read more >
Walmart to Begin Temperature Screening of Employees
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville says it will begin screening employees for signs of illness before they begin their shifts. read more >
Virus Diaries: Rock City Outfitters Relies on Online Sales, Humor to Keep Going
Rock City Outfitters has closed its retail store in Conway, and another line of its business — customized event T-shirts — is in tatters following the COVID-19 outbreak in Arkansas. read more >
After 43 Years, RAO Video Nears 'The End'
RAO Video, a 43-year fixture on Main Street in Little Rock, is going down as one of the first and last outlets in an American industry driven and eventually killed by technology. read more >
In Coronavirus Outbreak, Arkansas Businesses Fight for Their Future
The voices of small-business owners in Arkansas betray their anxiety, even anguish approaching grief, as they fight for their future — and a future for their employees — in a world upended by a deadly pandemic. read more >
UpliftArkansas.com Launched in Bid to Help Businesses
As businesses across the state struggle to stay afloat, Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI and the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau have launched an online resource to provide information on Arkansas businesses, restaurants and service providers. read more >
Arvest Says Greenhaw's Fit for Foreclosure
Although Greenhaw's Fine Men's Wear at 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock shuttered last summer after 45 years in business, it remains embroiled in foreclosure litigation. read more >
Pandemic Produces Pickup in Pot Purchases
State officials confirm a significant spike in medical marijuana sales, which has seen significantly bigger purchases by cannabis patients since the coronavirus outbreak. read more >
Fed Projects Decade's Fastest-Growing Occupations
Employment in the United States is forecast to grow by 8.4 million jobs to 169.4 million jobs during the decade of 2018-28, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Or it was; the report was released months before the coronavirus pandemic caused widespread job losses. read more >
Springdale Warehouse Sells for $3M (NWA Real Deals)
Home to Gates Corp., the property on Laura Lane was bought for $2.95 million by Mathias Shopping Center Inc. The seller was Elder-Conway LLC, led by Chris Elder of Springdale. read more >
Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19 (Andrew Meadors Commentary)
If you are counting on business interruption insurance to help you through this catastrophe, I potentially have some bad news. read more >
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