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Banking & Finance / Education / Energy

Anstaff Bank, UAMS, Arkansas Spine & Pain Announce Leadership Changes (Movers & Shakers)

Several professionals and organizations across banking, law, healthcare, and technology have recently been recognized for their contributions in Arkansas. read more >
The Dillard’s headquarters in Little Rock, backing up to the Arkansas River. The company’s shares have hit historic highs despite worries about a COVID variant’s disruptive potential and the fact that mall vacancies hit an all-time high in the first quarter, 11.4%.
Public Companies / Retail

Total Compensation Skyrockets for Dillard Family Members

Together, they had total compensation of $45.9 million for the fiscal year that ended Jan. 29. read more >
Bill Dillard III
Retail

Dillard Family’s Compensation Falls, Shareholders to Vote on Adding 3 to Board

Nearly all of the Dillard family members who work at Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock saw their total compensation drop in the most recent fiscal year. read more >
Dillard's headquarters
Retail

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 >
Craig Mobley and Chris Johnson of First Financial Bank in El Dorado.
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Investments

Mobley, Johnson Advance at First Financial (Movers & Shakers)

Craig Mobley has been promoted to chief operating officer of First Financial Bank of El Dorado, and Chris Johnson has been named regional market president for the state of Arkansas. read more >
Dillard's employees – and Dillard's shoppers – are preparing for the 2018 holiday shopping season.
Media & Marketing / Public Companies / Retail

Dillard’s Responds to Omission of Online Sales FiguresLock Icon

The failure of Dillard’s Inc. to disclose online sales in its annual report has attracted the attention of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >
Chris Johnson, Little Rock market president for First Financial Bank, says community banks benefitted from the ICBA Think Tech Accelerator. They got a look at new tools and could form partnerships with the startups that completed the program, and those partnerships could help them better compete.
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Investments

Community Bankers Tap Accelerator for New TechLock Icon

Community banks lack the financial and human capital of their larger counterparts to invest in research and development, but they need new technologies all the same. Partnerships with financial technology startups are a practical way to address this need, four of the state’s community bankers told Arkansas Business. read more >
If Dillard’s could realize more revenue from real estate, its stock price could top $200, Jeff Pierce of Snow Park Capital Partners said.
Investments / Public Companies / Retail

Total Compensation Falls for Dillard Family Members

Dillard family members who work at Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock saw their total compensation packages plummet in the most recent fiscal year. read more >
Projects on former parking space at McCain Mall in North Little Rock illustrate how shopping centers are making unneeded car spots into sites for dining and entertainment. Dillard’s is leasing McCain sites to Tacos 4 Less and the Purple Cow, seen in the background.
Construction / Investments / Media & Marketing

Parking Lot Lease Deals at McCain: A Whole New Mall Game

Companies like Dillard’s Inc., J.C. Penney and Macy’s are surveying their vast parking areas and seeing new opportunities for dining and entertainment venues. read more >
Chris Johnson of First Financial Bank
Banking & Finance / Real Estate

Chris Johnson to Head First Financial’s Little Rock Market (Movers & Shakers)

Chris Johnson has been named market president in Little Rock for First Financial Bank of El Dorado in conjunction with the opening of the bank’s first Little Rock branch. read more >
Dillard’s headquarters at 1600 Cantrell Road in Little Rock. 
Investments / Public Companies / Retail

Dillard Family’s Pay Rose in 2016

Dillard family members who work at Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock saw their total compensation packages rise in 2016. read more >
Dillard's Inc. CEO William Dillard II said the company is confident going into the holiday sales season.
Investments / Public Companies / Retail

Dillard Not Too Concerned About Last Week’s Stock Performance

William Dillard II, CEO of Dillard's Inc., downplayed last week's 11 percent tumble at the Little Rock retailer's brief annual shareholders' meeting on Saturday. read more >
David Straessle
Banking & Finance

Relyance Lures Straessle Away from First Security

David Straessle, who had been president of the Little Rock market for First Security Bank of Searcy since 2011, was hired last Thursday to do the same job for Relyance Bank of Pine Bluff. read more >