Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Video: Watch the Walmart Shareholders’ Meeting Here
The Walmart annual shareholders' meeting, hosted by actor and comedian Jamie Foxx, took place beginning at Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. read more >
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Walmart, Other Retailers Step Up Personalization on Their Websites
Shoppers will see more personalization based on where they are and what they've bought before on the Walmart website, as the retailer and several other stores try to build stronger connections with shoppers used to the customization of Amazon. read more >
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Walmart to Move Formal Business Out of Walton Arena Party
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville said Wednesday that it will change the format of its annual shareholders meeting, which takes place June 1 at Bud Walton Arena at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. read more >
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Walmart’s Bruising Battle with Amazon Saps 4Q Results
The world's largest retailer reports smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as it wrestles with slower e-commerce sales. read more >
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Cooler Heads (Editorial)
Where NAFTA can be improved, it should be improved, but scrapping the pact in its entirety would create real economic pain in Arkansas. read more >
Northwest Arkansas Businesses Focusing on Inclusion
Northwest Arkansas business executives and academic leaders say there is no longer any question that the area’s population is growing more diverse. read more >
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Gender Diversity on Company Boards Accelerates in Arkansas
Since November 2014, the last time Arkansas Business measured the estrogen fueling the state’s publicly traded companies, the number of women directors has grown by more than 40 percent, and the number of all-male boards has been cut in half. read more >
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Wal-Mart Names Judith McKenna CEO of International
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville promotes Judith McKenna to president and CEO of Walmart International, the company's second-largest operating segment. read more >
Dry Weekend Draws Shoppers Even as Online Sales Boom
The driest Thanksgiving weekend in five years may have helped holiday shopping, despite an overall decline in foot traffic. But some shoppers just took notes in the hopes of finding an even better deal online. read more >
Wal-Mart Lifts Profit Outlook on Strong Third-Quarter Results
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville raised its annual profit outlook Thursday after the world's largest retailer reported third-quarter results that topped Wall Street projections. read more >
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Amazon or Wal-Mart? Some Retailers are Choosing Alliances
Store chains feeling the upheaval in retail are making strategic alliances — and that can mean picking sides. read more >
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Hiram Walker Plant Keeps Fort Smith in High Spirits
In a city hard hit by manufacturing declines during the past decade, the Hiram Walker plant, set on 32 acres at the south end of town, is a bright spot. read more >
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Liquor Wholesaler Glazer’s Charged Wal-Mart More, Suit Says
A former vice president at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits LLC has alleged in a lawsuit that it charged Wal-Mart Stores Inc. more for alcohol than other retailers. read more >
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‘Trump Bump’ Benefits Arkansas Stockholders
The “Trump Bump” has been very good for most of the 120 names on this year’s list of the state’s biggest stockholders, but the benefits have not been evenly shared. read more >
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Wal-Mart’s Marc Lore Blows Top Off Exec Compensation List
The word “outlier” was invented to describe things like the top entry on this week’s list of the highest-paid executives employed by public companies in Arkansas. read more >
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Wal-Mart’s New Headquarters: Tradition, Not Frills
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says its new headquarters campus on 350 acres in Bentonville will be all about efficiency and not ego. read more >
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NRF to Give Doug McMillon ‘Visionary’ Award
The National Retail Federation on Thursday named Wal-Mart Stores Inc. President and CEO Doug McMillon as the 2018 recipient of its "Visionary" award. read more >
Huff Named to Ranir Board; United Way Hires Three (NWA Movers & Shakers)
Scott Huff, who retired as executive vice president of the consumables and health and wellness divisions at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, has been named to the board of directors of Ranir LLC of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a manufacturer of private label consumer oral care products. read more >
We Look Like Turkeys (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
We have to rebrand Arkansas, and we have to back it up with reality. read more >
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Wal-Mart to Offer Extra Holiday Hours for Current Workers
Walmart won't be doing large-scale holiday hiring at its stores this year. Instead, like last year, it will offer extra hours to its current workers. read more >
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