Mangan’s Buzzy Work Pays Off, for Openers
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there can be a free launch, at least when it comes to advertising. Sharon Tallach Vogelpohl and her team at Mangan Holcomb Partners are veterans of free...
View ArticleLenny’s Subs Seeks Growth in Arkansas
Lenny’s Subs, which is rebranding as Lenny’s Grill & Subs, wants to expand in Arkansas, with the goal of opening 20 to 30 in the state in the next five years. That’s according to Bob Ritter, vice...
View ArticleNew Options for Watermill Express
Watermill Express is seeking franchisees in the Little Rock area to open its water-selling kiosks. The windmill-shaped kiosk serves as “a mini water purification plant,” said company co-founder Lani...
View ArticleNew Stoby’s Inching Along in Conway
A rebuilt Stoby’s is still at least seven months away, owner David Stobaugh said last week. “We’re looking at early spring” before the landmark Conway restaurant can be up and running again. A March...
View ArticleSlideshow: 9 Inductees Honored at Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame
Eight women and a congregation of Catholic nuns were the second class of inductees honored by the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame at a banquet in Little Rock on Aug. 25. The nonprofit Hall of Fame was...
View ArticleYellow Rocket Concepts Eyes Northwest Arkansas, Barbecue
Scott McGehee, executive chef and partner at Yellow Rocket Concepts of Little Rock, says there are no new restaurants in the works right now, but he's looking to northwest Arkansas and barbecue as he...
View ArticleSPONSORED: Small Business Loans: What Do Banks Want To See?
Starting a small business is no easy feat for a multitude of reasons, and one of the largest hurdles for many entrepreneurs is securing funding. The 2016 Kauffman Index of Startup Activity is a...
View ArticleMolly Rawn on How Fayetteville Pays It Forward With A&P Fund
Before joining the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotion Commission as executive director in August, Molly Rawn was director of development and communications at the Scott Family Amazeum in...
View ArticleMcCain Plaza Transaction Surpasses $23 Million Mark (Real Deals)
A 296,000-SF retail project in North Little Rock tipped the scales at $23.15 million. TPP 303 NLR Plaza LLC, an affiliate of TriGate Capital LLC of Dallas, bought McCain Plaza at 4200 E. McCain Blvd....
View ArticleGrowler USA Franchise On Tap for Rogers
A Bentonville couple seeking to ride the microbrew wave has signed on as franchisees with Growler USA, a 2-year-old craft brew franchise that calls itself “America’s Microbrew Pub.” Seth and Mary...
View ArticleMeet 20 In Their 20s: The New Influentials Class of 2016
As Arkansas Business writers were preparing last month’s well-received Business Icons features, we specifically asked some of the 10 to talk about what they were doing when they were in their 20s. I...
View ArticleAt Conference, Tyson Foods Touts Stable Earnings, Sales Growth
Tyson Foods Inc. executives told investors at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference last week that the company is aiming for single-digit growth in fiscal 2017. The publicly traded meat...
View ArticleAmericans Got Raise Last Year for First Time Since 2007
WASHINGTON — Americans finally got a raise last year after eight years of stagnating incomes. The typical U.S. household's income rose 5.2 percent in 2015 to $56,516, the Census Bureau said Tuesday....
View ArticleBatesville Impact Plan Living Up to Its Name
When Californian Don Weatherman arrived at Lyon College for the first time in 1983, he was told that Batesville had a population of about 10,000. More than three decades later, it still does. The...
View ArticleConway’s Lewis Crossing Nears Completion
One of the big puzzle pieces in Conway’s retail development picture is almost complete: Lewis Crossing, the 441,871-SF, $65 million shopping center at the southeast corner of Interstate 40 and Dave...
View ArticleTokyo House To Rise in Rogers
A Little Rock group plans to open a Tokyo House sushi restaurant in Rogers after a $1.6 million purchase. The group, led by Jimmy Zhang, bought an approximately 7,000-SF building at 401 N. 46th St. on...
View ArticleJohn Daly’s Steakhouse Construction on Course in Conway
There’s progress to report on the first John Daly’s Steakhouse, planned for 912 Front St. in Conway. The developer of the restaurant, which is named for and pays homage to the pro golfer who used to...
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.9 Percent
Arkansas' August unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.9 percent, according to a report Tuesday by the state Department of Workforce Services. The report said the state's civilian labor force declined...
View ArticleRestaurant Vets Jim Keet, Louis Petit to Open Petit & Keet Bar & Grill
Little Rock restaurateur Jim Keet, owner with his family of several Taziki's Mediterranean Cafes in Arkansas, is joining forces with restaurant industry veteran Louis Petit to open Petit & Keet Bar...
View ArticleArkansas Among 21 States Suing to Block Overtime Pay Expansion
LAS VEGAS - A coalition of 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday over a new rule that would make about 4 million higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay, slamming the measure as...
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