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ArcBest Looks to Move Incorporation from Delaware to Texas

ArcBest would join a growing number of companies, including Dillard's and PAM Transport, that have exited Delaware. read more >
Public Companies / Retail

Dillard’s Q4 Profit Slides on Softer Sales, Winter Storm Disruptions

The Little Rock-based department store chain's stock fell more than 8% Tuesday. read more >
Investments / Public Companies / Retail

Dillard’s Stock Soars After Reporting Rising Q3 Profit and Sales

Earnings per share crushed Wall Street expectations as sales in women's and children's apparel increased significantly. read more >
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Energy

Walmart CEO Tops List of Highest-Paid Executives

Walmart leads Arkansas’ public company rankings in revenue, profit, and executive pay, with CEO Doug McMillon earning $27.4M. read more >
Dillard’s headquarters in Little Rock, where executives are “rolling with the punches” of an uncertain tariff environment. [madeline circle]
Business Services / Government & Politics / Manufacturing

Dillard’s Chooses Market Share Over Profits Amid Rising TariffsLock Icon

The department store chain has been able to source most of its manufacturing for its men’s category to countries other than China. But for Dillard's other categories, it's been more challenging. read more >
Public Companies / Retail

Dillard’s Focuses on Margins, Expense Control as Q3 Profit Falls Nearly 20%

The results still beat Wall Street forecasts. Shares of the company jumped more than 10% Thursday morning. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Biggest Scoops (40 Years of Arkansas Business)

A scoop is a story so important that other news organizations are forced to follow. Here are some of our biggest. read more >
Banking & Finance / Industry / Insurance

Dillard’s Proxy Statement Reveals Executive DealsLock Icon

In its latest proxy on April 5, the Little Rock department store chain reported that in Dillard’s fiscal 2023, Stephens Insurance LLC of Little Rock received about $1.4 million in commissions related to the sale of voluntary insurance products to Dillard’s workers. read more >
Construction / Industry / Tourism

$18M Makeover: Pleasant Valley Country Club Dresses Up for PGA DebutLock Icon

Clark Contractors is nine months into an $18 million project at the Pleasant Valley Country Club while celebrating its 15th year in business. read more >
Park Plaza, at Markham Street and University Avenue in Little Rock, is caught up in the brick-and-mortar sales decline that was evident before the COVID-19 pandemic but has been worsened by it. Park Plaza, like a growing number of malls today, appears to be headed for foreclosure.
Banking & Finance / Restaurants & Food / Retail

Park Plaza Owner Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Park Plaza Mall owner CBL & Associates Properties Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee, files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeking to restructure its debt and survive amid rising e-commerce and declining in-store traffic. read more >
One of the entrances to Dillard's split location at Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock.
Construction / Investments / Public Companies

Predictable Outlook For Dillard’s: BleakLock Icon

Analysts predict grim quarter for the Little Rock department store chain, which has now closed 200 of its 285 locations amid the coronavirus outbreak. One analyst expects same-store sales to fall 31.7% in its first quarter. read more >
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Creating Insurance ‘Captives’ Helps Companies Save CashLock Icon

Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr is pushing for more companies to start captive insurance subsidiaries, which can write insurance only for its parent or related companies, and locate them in Arkansas. read more >
Steven and Deborah Nelson
Business Services / Education

Nelsons Give $100K to UA Walton College of Business

Steven Nelson and his wife, Deborah, of Little Rock have given $100,000 to support accounting faculty in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. read more >
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Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Arkansas Business: The Best & Worst News of 2012

There was good news and there was bad news in Arkansas in 2012. And in case you’ve forgotten the details, the Arkansas Business staff is here to remind you. read more >
Charles Elson of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance said pay continues to rise for CEOs.
Public Companies

Comparisons to Peer Groups Hike CEO Pay

The practice known as peer group compensation benchmarking is the reason CEO pay has climbed to stratospheric levels in the last two decades, according to a recent study. read more >