Arkansas' Top Stockholders: 2020 Very Good for Walton Family Fortune
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 >
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 >
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 >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville said Thursday that it would raise hourly wages for approximately 165,000 of its U.S. employees. read more >
Point-and-click commerce, growing even faster during the quarantine, means more and more cardboard is being consumed by shippers and shippees alike. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville said Tuesday it would pay out another round of bonuses to its full- and part-time hourly employees in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
With disparate treatment of minorities, particularly African Americans, being the impetus for massive protests from coast to coast, many companies have issued statements affirming a commitment to fairness and inclusivity. read more >
Arkansas companies Walmart Inc. of Bentonville, Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, Murphy USA Inc. of El Dorado, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell and Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock made this year's Fortune 500 list. read more >
Walmart and Sam's Club announced late Wednesday that April rent will be waived for all small businesses that lease space inside Walmarts and eye doctors that operate inside Sam’s Club stores. read more >
2019 was the end of the line for Atlanta investment firm Invesco’s ownership at Shackleford Crossings. After eight years, it decided to cut its losses and sell its remaining stake in the west Little Rock retail center. read more >
Walmart and Green Dot Corp. announced Tuesday that they will jointly establish a “TailFin Labs LLC” fintech accelerator. read more >
The four-day Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit kicked off its first full day on Monday amid blown-out windows in the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers and downed trees in the parking lot, evidence of the strong overnight storms. read more >
A jury has awarded a former Wisconsin Walmart employee $5.2 million in a disability discrimination case. read more >
Walmart announced Tuesday that Nuala O’Connor has been appointed to a new senior vice president and chief counsel of digital citizenship role. read more >
Walmart announced Thursday the addition of Emma Waddell and Joe Rodriguez to its Global Governance division. read more >
Mercy will name the heart unit in its soon-to-open, seven-story tower in recognition of the McMillon family after Doug and Shelley McMillon, who recently donated $1 million through the hospitals “Opening Doors” campaign. read more >
Working for Walmart taught CEO Doug McMillon to have a sense of urgency and take ownership of problems and fix them, McMillon said at Economics Arkansas' awards luncheon in Little Rock. read more >
Bill Groves, chief data and analytics officer at Walmart Inc. of Bentonville, has been named chairman of the Northwest Arkansas Technology Council. read more >
Five years after hard cider manufacturer Black Apple Crossing was founded in downtown Springdale, it’s now legal — well, even more legal — to manufacture hard cider in Arkansas. read more >
Adam Fogleman, Pulaski County's attorney, a wide-ranging coalition of counties, environmentalists and renewable energy industry players back new net metering legislation. read more >
Walmart’s new strategy to help stop opioid abuse isn’t sitting well with some doctors. read more >
