US Retail Sales Jumped 0.6 Percent in July
Consumers went out shopping in a big way in July, pushing up retail sales by the largest amount in seven months.
View ArticleArkansas Business Seeks Info on Minority-, Woman-Owned Businesses
Arkansas Business is seeking minority-owned or woman-owned businesses in Arkansas for new lists to be published Sept. 4.
View ArticleDevelopers Seek Creative Buyer for Old Paragould Power Plant
An historic industrial property in downtown Paragould is on the market after years of deterioration and neglect.
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Rate Stays Level at 3.4 Percent
Arkansas' unemployment rate in July stayed at 3.4 percent. The record low was set in May and has remained unchanged for three months.
View ArticleInstacart, Waitr Enter Arkansas Food Delivery Market
Instacart, an online grocery delivery service, began delivery service in the Little Rock area last week, making deliveries from stores like Kroger, Whole Foods Market, Natural Grocers, Petco and CVS.
View ArticleArkansas Health Department Posts Restaurant Inspections Online
The Arkansas Health Department earlier this month began posting restaurant inspection reports on its website, making reports on about 15,000 retail food establishments throughout the state publicly...
View ArticleWal-Mart Expands Grocery Service with Uber to 2 More Markets
Walmart is expanding its grocery delivery service with ride-hailing service Uber to two more markets — Dallas and Orlando, Florida.
View ArticleJames at the Mill Sells for $4.2 Million (NWA Real Deals)
Chef Miles James and his wife, Courtney, sold the 10,000-SF restaurant and the 46-room inn that he opened 23 years ago to Johnson Mills Ventures LLC, led by Jesse Burkes and John Stewart.
View ArticleHot Springs Sees Bathhouse Row Begin to Fill Up
When the Hotel Hale opens sometime next year in the old Hale Bathhouse, only one of the eight bathhouses on Hot Springs’ Bathhouse Row will be empty. And Josie Fernandez, superintendent of Hot Springs...
View ArticleFrom Bathhouse to Hotel, Hot Springs' Hale to Be Reborn
In the 32 years since they moved to Hot Springs, Pat and Ellen McCabe have seen the transformation of downtown Hot Springs. Now, with the couple’s repurposing of the Hale Bathhouse into a boutique...
View ArticleBlooming Magnolia Looking to Boom
Magnolia has bloomed in the last couple of years, but local leaders say the south Arkansas city — despite its lack of interstate access — is on the cusp of even greater growth.
View ArticleFassler Beer Hall Moves Ahead on Capitol
The development of Fassler Hall, a German-style beer hall and restaurant planned for 307 E. Capitol Ave. in the old Paragon Printing building in downtown Little Rock, appears to be moving ahead after a...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed Over Little Rock Club Shooting That Injured 28
One of 28 people injured when gunfire erupted during a concert at a Little Rock nightclub on Tuesday sued the club's manager and the owner of the building where it occurred.
View ArticleWest Little Rock Properties Sell for $815K
Day care centers, eateries, retail center and lot sold this month.
View ArticleSummit House Receives $10.7M Owner Change (Real Deals)
An affiliate of DavisRE in Dallas bought the 165-unit high-rise apartment project in midtown Little Rock.
View ArticleSaltgrass Steak House Plans 2 Locations in Central Arkansas
The Sherwood Saltgrass is expected to open this winter and the Little Rock Saltgrass is slated for early next year.
View ArticleBeer & Bowling Set for a Capitol Avenue Christmas
The McNellie’s Group of Tulsa, the hospitality company behind the project, hopes both Fassler Hall, a German-style beer hall, and the Dust Bowl Lanes & Lounge, an eight-lane bowling alley, will be...
View ArticleArkansas Business Presents New Lists of Minority-, Woman-Owned Companies
Arkansas Business presents two lists of 135 minority-owned companies and 98 woman-owned companies who responded to our first-ever survey of companies in those categories.
View ArticleHunt Ventures Plans $100 Million Development in Pinnacle Hills
Hunt Ventures and an Oklahoma City group will partner to build a 15-acre, $100 million mixed-use development in Pinnacle Hills in Rogers.
View ArticleTyson Foods to Invest $320M in New Chicken Plant in Kansas
Tyson Foods Inc. will invest $320 million in a new chicken-processing plant in northeastern Kansas employing 1,600 people.
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