Tagged: Rosalind Brewer

Wal-Mart Sets Off  Minimum Wage Race

Wal-Mart Sets Off Minimum Wage Race

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Wal-Mart Store Inc.’s announcement in February that it would start paying employees $9 an hour this year and $10 in 2016 touched off a minimum wage arms race. read more >

Rosalind Brewer Becomes Northwest Arkansas Council Co-Chair

Rosalind Brewer Becomes Northwest Arkansas Council Co-Chair

Rosalind Brewer, president and CEO of Sam's Club, has take over as co-chair of the Northwest Arkansas Council for 2014-15. She takes over for one of the council's founding members, Mark Simmons, who is also chairman of Simmons Foods in Siloam Springs. Simmons served as co-chair since June 2013. read more >

Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon Gets $25.6M Pay Package

Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon Gets $25.6M Pay Package

C. Douglas McMillon, who became the president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville on Feb. 1, saw his total compensation skyrocket 168 percent to $25.6 million for the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31 as compared with the previous year. read more >

Women of Influence: 10 Leaders Who Make Arkansas Strong

Women of Influence: 10 Leaders Who Make Arkansas Strong

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Business and politics in Arkansas and elsewhere are still dominated by men, and that fact is evident in the pages of Arkansas Business. Three years ago, we decided to make a special effort to highlight the fact that there are indeed “Women of Influence” in our midst, and in this issue we again set out to recognize 10 different women. read more >

Rosalind Brewer: Rising Star in Wal-Mart

Rosalind Brewer: Rising Star in Wal-Mart

Sam's Club President and CEO Rosalind Brewer is not shy about her plans for Sam’s Club, which generated $53 billion in revenue last year: Brewer wants to see Sam’s Club sales reach $80 billion to $100 billion. read more >

Wal-Mart at 50: A Not-So-Short History  Of the World’s Largest Retailer

Wal-Mart at 50: A Not-So-Short History Of the World’s Largest Retailer

Wal-Mart at 50

The lessons Sam Walton learned during those early, successful years of Wal-Mart allowed him to build the most successful retail chain in history. And just like the times that he took his planes up to search for potential Wal-Mart sites, it was Mr. Sam himself who was behind the stick, deciding which direction to go. read more >