America’s Car-Mart Inc.
America’s Car-Mart Swings Back to Profitability in Fiscal Q2
The results snapped Car-Mart's eight-quarter streak of declining profitability and sent shares of the company up more than 21%. read more >
Car-Mart CEO Jeff Williams’ Resignation is the ‘Perfect Timing’
Williams, 60, announced Sept. 5 that he would step down as CEO of the publicly traded buy-here, pay-here automotive retailer at the end of the month. read more >
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A Transformed America’s Car-Mart Rides Out the Squeeze
Despite challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company's decision to upgrade their online loan origination system has given them a leg up over their competitors. read more >
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1 Promoted at Southern Bancorp Community Partners (Movers & Shakers)
Ralph Brown is the new chief lending officer at Southern Bancorp Community Partners, the nonprofit arm of Southern Bancorp of Arkadelphia. read more >
Prices for New, Used Autos Staying High, Dealers Say
A persistent chip shortage and a continued lack of labor make both new and used vehicles expensive read more >
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America’s Car-Mart to Acquire Tennessee’s Smart Auto
The two additions will give America’s Car-Mart 155 locations in 12 states. read more >
America’s Car-Mart’s Profits Up Despite Supply Crunch
The company is getting closer to its goal of having 100,000 customers by April 2022. read more >
Judy, McCaleb Get Lifetime Achievement Awards at CFO of the Year
Chief financial officers were also recognized in seven categories including small private companies, nonprofit organizations and education. read more >
Crack That Whip: Woes in Supply Chain Persist
The nation's supply chain is suffering from the bullwhip effect, in which a seemingly minor blip in the supply-demand relationship at the bottom of the chain creates increasingly harsher reverberations as it travels up the chain. read more >
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America’s Car-Mart Q1 Earnings Beat Expectations
America’s Car-Mart of Rogers reports income of $25 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2022, up 28% from the same quarter last year. read more >
Car-Mart Plans ‘Audacious’ Growth by Adding Customers
America’s Car-Mart Inc. of Rogers is making the switch from a collections company that sold cars to a car company that's good at collections. read more >
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Car-Mart Executives See Compensation Drop
Total compensation for Jeff Williams, CEO of America’s Car-Mart Inc. of Rogers, declined due to a lack of option awards, according to the company's latest proxy statement. read more >
America’s Car-Mart Reports Big Q4, Year
America's Car-Mart of Rogers reports fourth-quarter 2021 income of $43.5 million, up nearly 378% from $9.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. read more >
America’s Car-Mart Names Morris to Board
America's Car-Mart Inc. of Rogers names Dawn Morris to its board of directors, effective April 1. read more >
America’s Car-Mart Reports $19.9M in Q3 Income
America's Car-Mart Inc. of Rogers reports third-quarter fiscal 2021 revenue of $228.3 million, up from the $186.7 million it reported for the same quarter in fiscal 2020. read more >
Car-Mart Lots Sell for Combined $4.7M
The family of America’s Car-Mart Inc. founder Bill Fleeman recently sold several of the auto dealer’s locations in northwest Arkansas. read more >
‘Healthy Paranoia’ Spurs Car-Mart’s Quarterly Profits
America's Car-Mart Inc. of Rogers reports second-quarter revenue of $223.4 million, an increase from $190.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. read more >
America’s Car-Mart Profit, Average Sale Price Rises
America’s Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville reports first-quarter net income of $19.6 million, or $2.83 per share, up from $15.5 million, or $2.21 per share, in the same quarter a year ago. read more >
CEO Jeff Williams Finds Lots of Strength at America’s Car-Mart
Jeff Williams, America’s Car-Mart Inc.’s CEO, describes selling used cars during a pandemic, and how his teams adjusted. read more >
Another Big Pay Bump For Car-Mart’s CEO
For the second consecutive year, America’s Car-Mart CEO Jeff Williams saw a robust raise in compensation in 2020, according to a proxy filed Wednesday with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >
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