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SupplyPike’s Automation Tools Recover $1B for Suppliers
It has already been a big year for SupplyPike, a Rogers software company that helps suppliers recover lost revenue from retailer deductions and chargebacks. read more >
by Chloe McGehee -
Arkansas to Receive Up to $13.5M Through Opioid Settlement With Kroger
Arkansas will receive up to $13.5 million as its share of a $1.37 billion settlement with Arkansas, 29 other states and Kroger over its role in the opioid crisis. read more >
Harps Food Stores: A Billion-Dollar Success Story Rooted in Small Communities
Consistency and a focus on smaller communities, as well as an employee stock ownership plan, have been key to the success of Harps Food Stores of Springdale. read more >
by Chloe McGehee -
Walmart Continues to Evolve (Editorial)
The Bentonville retailing giant bets on advertising to beef up revenue. read more >
Saracen Raises Ante: $230M Event Center & Hotel Heads for 2025 Debut
Work began in October on the 440,000-SF expansion that will more than triple the size of the casino complex in Pine Bluff.
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by George Waldon -
Kroger, Albertsons Selling More Than 400 Stores in $1.9B Deal as They Look to Close Their Merger
Kroger will also divest the Debi Lilly Design, Primo Taglio, Open Nature, ReadyMeals and Waterfront Bistro private label brands. read more >
Happy Egg of Rogers Takes Lead in Free-Range Industry
Well-treated chickens lay the best eggs, CEO Alex Worley believes, and his premium free-range brand stakes its business on it. And he’s not above a little crowing about how business is going. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
West LR Hotel Sells for $4.5M
SAI Bentonville LLC, led by Dinesh Patel, paid $4.5 million for the 84-room Extended Stay America at 10800 Kanis Road in west Little Rock. read more >
WestRidge Place Apartments Sells for $15M
The west Little Rock apartment complex was purchased by Rock Creek Housing LLC, an affiliate of Moline Management in Springfield, Missouri. read more >
Jacksonville Retail Center Sells for $3.7M
Commercial and residential real estate and construction in this week's million-dollar deals read more >
Texas Firm Buys Little Rock Retail Center for $1.3M
The development next to the Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park is anchored by a Kroger location. read more >
Ex-Kroger Managers File Age Discrimination Suit
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Little Rock, alleges that Kroger adopted a plan to slash costs by getting rid of older, highly paid managers through an early retirement plan. read more >
SupplyPike Raises Money To Hire 60, Expand Work
The Fayetteville-based company helps major retail brands automate identifying the source of fines the companies impose on suppliers. read more >
$2M Deal Advances Residential Development (Real Deals)
Woodland Hills Valley LLC, led by Graham Smith and Scott Hurley, acquired the land just outside Little Rock. read more >
by George Waldon -
Premier Health & Rehab Sells for $6.2M
This week, we present a group of nine real estate deals in Pulaski County that top the $1 million mark. read more >
Local CEO, U.K. Researcher Talk Next-Gen Retail Tech
Self-checkouts in grocery stores have become the norm in the past decade, but what’s next in retail technology, and when will retailers abandon their cashiers altogether? read more >
Antitrust Suit Against Tyson Dismissed
Several national grocers claimed that Tyson conspired with other poultry producers to fix prices. read more >
Colony West Center Sells for $8.5M
While helping Natural Capital get into the affordable housing market, Cushman & Wakefield/Sage Partners also brokered an $8.54 million sale of Little Rock’s Colony West Shopping Center in late January. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
At Doorsteps and Curbsides, Age of Delivery Has Arrived
COVID-19 precautions have changed customer behavior as record numbers of purchasers go online, and restaurants and retailers adjust. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Do Your Employees A Solid (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
Making your employees’ lives a little easier and less expensive would be a solid benefit at no cost to your company. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
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