No, You're Not Imagining It — Package Sizes Are Shrinking
Manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It's dubbed "shrinkflation," and it's accelerating worldwide.
View ArticleGrants to Support Fruit and Veggie Farmers in Northwest Arkansas
Farmers in a four-county area can receive $15,000.
View ArticleSPONSORED: 'Millennial Whisperer' Chris Tuff Shares How to Attract and Retain...
Tuff said younger workers crave a relationship with their leaders "where you're not just the boss, but you're also a mentor and coach."
View ArticleWestrock Reports Q1 Results Ahead of Public Listing
The Little Rock-based coffee and tea company said it narrowed its losses and upsized its new credit facility.
View ArticleUS Inflation Hit a New 40-Year High Last Month of 8.6%
Behind the surge is much higher prices for food, energy, rent, airline tickets and and new and used cars.
View ArticleHomewood Suites Sale Tops $16M (Real Deals)
M2 Little Rock HW LLC, an affiliate of MCR Hotels in Dallas, purchased the Homewood Suites at 400 River Market Ave.
View ArticleJuneteenth: Building a Foundation of Celebration (Jimmy Warren Commentary)
Juneteenth has long been celebrated. But now that it’s a federal holiday, it’s critical that we fundamentally understand its importance to everyone’s history.
View ArticleShorty Small's Under New Ownership
Question marks have circled the west Little Rock eatery for a while now.
View ArticleUS Producer Prices Soar 10.8% in May as Energy Costs Spike
The figures indicate that rising prices will continue to erode Americans' paychecks and wreak havoc on household budgets in the coming months.
View ArticleRetail Sales in May Slip 0.3% Amid Surging Inflation
A sharp decline in auto sales, largely because of higher prices and shortages of new car inventories, depressed the retail sales figure.
View ArticleMulti-Use Makeover Set for First Security Complex in Springdale
Residential, retail, restaurant and office space are part of the Emma Building Group's plans for the 46,000-SF complex.
View ArticleState Unemployment Rate Steady at 3.2% in May
The the leisure and hospitality industry posted the largest job gains.
View ArticleArkansas Farm Bureau Federation Adds 1 (Movers & Shakers)
Jake Cartwright will serve as director of commodity activities and economics.
View Article2021: A Good Year for Big Private Companies
For most of the businesses on this year’s list of Arkansas’ 75 largest private companies, top-line revenue in 2021 was significantly better than in 2019, before any of us had heard of COVID-19.
View ArticleAvoid These Mistakes When Onboarding New Employees (Sabrina Starling On the...
As an employer, the first 18 months are a critical period to support your new employee in building strong relationships within your organization. Here are steps you can take to position your new hires...
View ArticleFasten Your Seatbelts (Editorial)
Higher interest rates make holding debt more problematic than ever. Smart companies, like smart consumers, will do whatever it takes to eliminate or limit their debt load.
View ArticleGrowth Potential Perks Up Westrock
As Westrock Coffee Holdings LLC prepares to become publicly traded, it’s also gearing up for growth across the country and overseas.
View ArticleWright's Barbecue in Little Rock?
Like anyone else, we love a good slab of smoked meat. So we were intrigued when Wright’s Barbecue hinted on Twitter last week that a Little Rock location was imminent.
View ArticleBlackberry Market Build-Out Delayed
The owners are facing the same challenges as other businesses with supply chain holdups.
View ArticleChenal Pines Purchase Surpasses $35 Million (Real Deals)
The deal is backed as part of a two-year, $87 million funding agreement with Wells Fargo Bank of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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