Dillard’s annual proxy statement provides financial details about some transactions it has with executive officers, directors and others, according to U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission rules. read more >
Wallace Fowler, the Jonesboro businessman who built and sold multiple banks and led robust KFC and Taco Bell franchises, died Wednesday. He was 87. read more >
Heading into the pandemic, you might have doubted that Dillard’s would emerge intact, with record profits and share prices. But that’s exactly what happened. read more >
Last week, each share of Dillard's Inc. was briefly worth $300, so the number of shares that were worth less than a half-billion last November were worth $2.36 billion, at least for a time. read more >
Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas gains control of the Park Plaza mall property in Little Rock after an auction Thursday at the Pulaski County Courthouse. read more >
Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock reports fiscal second-quarter net income of $185.7 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. read more >
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Walmart Inc. rules Arkansas Business’ annual lists of the state’s public companies and how much their executives are paid, and it’s hard to imagine a time when that won’t be true — especially as the lists get shorter. read more >
Now is “the best of times,” and last year was “the worst of times,” Dillard’s Inc. CEO William Dillard II said Saturday at the department store chain’s annual meeting. read more >
Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock reports improvement in both first-quarter profit and sales compared to the first quarter of 2020, when stores closed or cut hours in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Nearly all of the Dillard family members who work at Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock saw their total compensation drop in the most recent fiscal year. read more >
Lenders file a foreclosure lawsuit against Park Plaza Mall of Little Rock, asking the court to appoint a receiver after mall owners missed their payment on a loan with a $74.5 million balance. read more >
Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock reports fourth-quarter net income of $67 million, down slightly from the same quarter last year, but same-store sales declined 17%. read more >
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Arkansas’ richest family has had a good year financially. The heirs of Sam Walton own publicly traded stock valued collectively at more than $205 billion. read more >
Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock reports a much-improved third-quarter profit, but the beleaguered department store chain remains on track for a fiscal-year loss. read more >
A Jonesboro real estate broker is among those who sees a potential for malls transforming after the pandemic, with a silver lining possibly being local stores taking over chain space. read more >
A U.S. District Court judge approves a consent decree that includes a $900,000 payment in the racial discrimination lawsuit filed last week against Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission files a racial discrimination lawsuit this week against Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock, alleging that the retailer didn’t promote Black workers to managerial or supervisory positions because of their race. read more >
On a recent Saturday lunch trip to Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe at 8200 Cantrell Road, our spy spotted U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and Bill Dillard III enjoying a bite to eat. read more >