Ted Herget

After a pandemic-driven boom, Arkansas outdoor retailers face slow sales in kayaks, canoes, and big-ticket gear, due to inflation and shifting consumer habits. read more >

The deal for two Summit Canyon Mountaineering stores grows Gearhead's footprint to more than 20 locations in seven states. read more >

“We develop talent by hiring cool people to sell cool products,” owner Ted Herget said. read more >

Herget started his business in a friend’s living room in 1997 and now owns 20 stores. read more >

Ted Herget is a study in contradictions. He constantly runs marathons and rides thousands of miles on a bicycle every year. Yet he likes to relax, and 10 days ago […] read more >

Manufacturers, retailers and tourists discover Bentonville, the self-proclaimed mountain biking capital of the world. read more >

The 128-unit complex totals 54,460 SF on East Randall Wobbe Lane. read more >

A Georgia group specializing in student housing paid $31.2 million for the Avenue apartment complex north of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. read more >

Jonesboro retailers Gamble Home Furnishings and Gearhead Outfitters are the new owners of what one broker calls the "single most important retail building in the history of our city," the 82,000-SF Sears building at Highland Drive and Caraway Road. read more >

Since Arkansas Business last visited with Ted Herget about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on his Gearhead Outfitters, the company has added tornado and civil unrest to the list of challenges it has faced. read more >

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 >

Gearhead Outfitters of Jonesboro acquires Rock/Creek Outfitters of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Uncle Dan's Outdoor Store, expanding its brick-and-mortar retail holdings across the country. read more >

These days, Gearhead founder Ted Herget can be seen driving, biking — or sometimes riding a motorized longboard — around Jonesboro, keeping tabs on the residential complexes he has built or is developing. read more >

Ted Herget is the founder and president of Gearhead Outfitters in Jonesboro, the 2015 Arkansas Business of the Year winner in Category II. read more >

The word that Starbucks is coming to Wedington Drive in west Fayetteville is now official, and the coffee shop is bringing some dental care, too. read more >