Amazon to Allow Employees to Work Remotely Indefinitely
It's a change from company's previous expectation that most employees would need to be in the office at least three days a week. read more >
It's a change from company's previous expectation that most employees would need to be in the office at least three days a week. read more >
Most new store associates will have permanent, full-time positions. read more >
Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and says that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online. read more >
Whatever industry you’re in and whatever the size of your organization, a good succession plan is a must-have. read more >
Amazon will bring its cashier-less technology to two Whole Foods stores for the first time, letting shoppers grab what they need and leave without having to open their wallets. read more >
From a sales perspective, the pandemic has been good for both Walmart and Amazon. But Amazon, a digital native, was positioned to benefit the most and quickly. read more >
If robots can beat grandmasters at chess, surely they can help Walmart with a game of logistical Tetris. read more >
Amazon and the Central Commerce Center heat up speculation in the Little Rock metro, with more top-notch space in the development pipeline. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale says it will require all U.S. workers — some 120,000 people — be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1. read more >
While Amazon says it's becoming the world’s largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, details in part of its plan involving solar projects in east Arkansas are about as clear as a dense Delta fog. read more >
Amazon aims to build two utility-scale solar arrays in eastern Arkansas, part of a plan to launch renewable energy projects throughout the U.S., Canada, Finland and Spain. read more >
Lexicon’s 2020 performance included the start of a $100 million job for Tesla in Austin, Texas, and continuing work for Nucor and Big River Steel. read more >
City and county collections would have suffered during the pandemic had the tax laws continued to favor out-of-state online retailers over brick-and-mortar stores. read more >
Unlike other companies calling, Amazon didn’t focus on incentives when it paid the market rate for its future distribution center property. read more >
Five states including Arkansas have passed laws or implemented executive orders limiting the ability of transgender youths to play sports or receive certain medical treatment — and there’s been little tangible repercussions. read more >
Hiring for Amazon's distribution centers in North Little Rock and the Port of Little Rock is set to begin in late May, with expected starting dates in mid- to late summer. read more >
The pushback against new voting bills and laws in numerous states is growing with dozens of nation's largest corporations and business leaders signing a new statement objecting to “any discriminatory legislation." read more >
The sale of a 237,383-SF former wind turbine complex at the Little Rock Port Industrial Park is backed with a five-year loan of $8 million from First National Bank of Paragould. read more >
Tulip Farms Inc., led by Jimmy Winemiller, sold an affiliate of SunTrust Equity Funding of Atlanta an assembly of nearly 110 acres for Amazon.com’s fulfillment center in North Little Rock. read more >
A group of 10 forms this week’s line of million-dollar real estate transactions, all in Pulaski County, beginning with a west Little Rock grocery. read more >
