Fresh off winning a national media relations award in New York, Natalie Ghidotti was reading the tea leaves for 2023 and hoping undercurrents in the national economy won’t steer her Little Rock marketing firm, Ghidotti, off its course of success. read more >
This so-called "kid-adult" market is significant. Ages 18 and older represented 14% of U.S. toy industry sales, or $5.7 billion for the 12 months ending September 2022. read more >
Lena King, manager of a Little Rock McDonald’s restaurant, has won a Ray Kroc Award. read more >
It can be easy to forget that giant restaurant chains like McDonald’s, headquartered in Chicago, are far from monolithic, that individual restaurants are owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. read more >
A piece of the proposed Chick-fil-A site in downtown Little Rock is now in place after a $550,000 transaction. read more >
As McDonald's works on closing some of its locations within Walmart stores, the retailer is looking to put local businesses and others into place. read more >
Public relations and content marketing firm presidents Natalie Ghidotti and Sharon Tallach Vogelpohl each collect PRNews recognition and other glories. read more >
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette gets $8 million in a right-of-way acquisition deal as the Arkansas Department of Transportation begins work on its $1 billion 30 Crossing project in metro Little Rock. read more >
Fried chicken may be the ultimate comfort food. And we all need comfort now more than ever. read more >
Afco Metals Inc., owned by Ryerson Holding Corp. of Chicago, sold its metal processing and distribution center at 7701 Lindsey Road to Spirit Realty Ltd., an affiliate of Spirit Realty Capital of Dallas. read more >
QuikTrip Corp., the Tulsa-based convenience store chain, bought a 16.1-acre tract near the southwest corner of Interstate 30 and Otter Creek Road in Little Rock for $8.5 million. read more >
Joshua Lane Cook, media relations manager with Ghidotti Communications of Little Rock for about a year and a half, is handy with an account, but he’s also flexing an old skill, writing. read more >
From Wells Fargo to the Razorbacks, severance packages are getting heavy for those given the heave-ho. read more >
Deserve is not an economic concept; it’s a marketing concept. It’s a word that allows consumers to rationalize spending money on appealing nonessentials. read more >
A distribution warehouse, three houses and an office building form an all-Little Rock lineup of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
Alter Trading Corp. of St. Louis purchased the Tenenbaum Recycling Group’s 71,000-SF complex at 4500 Bethany Road for $4.04 million and its 42,968-SF facility at 2601 Central Airport Road for $2.77 million. read more >
A 56-unit apartment complex in North Little Rock, a fast food-convenience store project in Maumelle and a 6,046-SF house in Little Rock generated a trio of multimillion-dollar transactions. read more >
Customer experiences in retail and dining confirm that the struggle to find employees with critical thinking skills is real. read more >
McDonald’s announced this week that it and its franchisees are investing $69 million in Arkansas in 2018 and 2019 to renovate and modernize approximately 100 of its restaurants throughout the state. read more >
The parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins is placing its hopes for revenue growth on drastically expanding its footprint, and new Dunkin’ Donuts stores in Arkansas are part of that plan. read more >
