NLR Apartments, WLR Freddy's Frozen Custard Highlight Seven-Digit Deals
Apartments in North Little Rock, an eatery in west Little Rock, a distribution center in Maumelle, a former restaurant in Little Rock and two homes in Little Rock’s Robinwood neighborhood provide this...
View ArticleBenton, Craighead Counties Top Arkansas List of Incoming Investments
SmartAsset, a financial technology company based in New York, considered a number of factors to create its listing of the counties in Arkansas that have the most incoming investments
View ArticleCEOs Aren’t Talking to Customers (Jim Karrh On Marketing)
Given the truth that CEOs are ultimately responsible for the growth of the enterprise, one detail stands out: “Most of our CEOs were dismayed to discover how little time they spent with their customers...
View ArticleLittle Rock PR Pros See Moral in Tale of 2 Red Hens
Little Rock PR and reputation management professionals see the Red Hen incident and its aftermath as teaching moments. They’re lessons of the modern age, when social media can be judge, jury and...
View ArticleNot Your Grandparents’ Retirement Village: Boomers Choose Amenities Fitting...
Baby boomers — the generation born from 1946 through 1964 — are a huge reason retirement communities are big business.
View ArticleUS Retail Sales Rise at Healthy 0.5 Percent Pace in June
U.S. retail sales rose at a solid pace last month despite higher prices and modest wage gains, a sign of underlying consumer optimism.
View ArticleHampton Inn Transaction Checks In at $11.9 Million (Real Deals)
A group led by Bhavin Sharolia bought the 16-year-old, 26-room hotel at 1301 S. Shackleford Road in west Little Rock.
View ArticleSnack Company Releases New Wicked Product
Moonlight Mixes of Little Rock has released a new snack product line called Wicked Minis in three flavors — Garden Dill, Garlic Parmesan and Crushed Red Pepper.
View ArticleGlenwood Townhomes in Conway Sell for $3 Million
This week’s six-pack of real estate transactions encompasses a town home project in Conway, a mixed portfolio of Pulaski County property north of the Arkansas River, a tele-store in west Little Rock, a...
View ArticleRuth's Rumor Puts New Steak House on Chenal
Reports from west Little Rock say that Ruth’s Chris Steak House is going into the former Del Frisco’s Grille location at The Promenade at Chenal shopping center.
View ArticleWaymo to Launch Pilot Program with Walmart
Google spinoff Waymo says it's launching a pilot program with Walmart later this week that will allow customers to use its self-driving car service to pick up groceries at Walmart stores.
View ArticleOld Post Office Sells For $2.3M in Fayetteville (NWA Real Deals)
Arnold Holdings LLC, led by Mike and Jane Arnold of Little Rock, bought the 13,450-SF building at 1 W. Center St. The seller was Fayetteville OPO LLC, led by Jim Huson of Fayetteville.
View ArticleHard Work Keeps Core Brewing from Going Belly Up in Crowded Market
The founder of Core Brewing & Distilling Co. discusses how the “grit” instilled by a tough childhood inspired his success.
View ArticlePine Bluff’s Hotel Pines Undergoing a Transformation
Some people view a derelict hotel and see what has been lost. Others possess a different kind of vision: They see beyond what was lost to what remains and what can be again. Stuart Hee and his partners...
View ArticleAccorHotels Takes 85 Percent Stake in 21c Hotels
AccorHotels of Paris, France, buys an 85 percent stake in 21c Museum Hotels of Louisville, Kentucky, a contemporary art museum and boutique hotel chain that has a location in Bentonville.
View ArticleConsumer Spending Up Solid 0.4 Percent in June
Consumer spending rose by a solid 0.4 percent in June, while a key gauge of inflation increased at an annual pace of 2.2 percent for a second straight month — the strongest back-to-back gains in six...
View ArticleAnnual US Worker Pay Gains Rose at Fastest Pace Since 2008
U.S. workers saw their annual wages and benefits rise in the second quarter at the fastest pace in nearly a decade, a sign that the low unemployment rate is forcing employers to raise pay to attract...
View ArticleUS Consumer Confidence Edges Up in July
Americans were a bit more confident about the economy in July, but their expectations for the near future dimmed slightly.
View ArticleNew Starbucks Planned for Little Rock
Another Starbucks is in the works for 10721 Kanis Road in Little Rock, the former home of Dunkin’ Donuts.
View ArticleAtypical Coffee Not Your Regular Cup of Joe
Atypical Coffee of Little Rock sources its beans directly from coffee growers around the world and roasts them locally.
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