Jacksonville Mobile Home Park Sold for $3.7M
This week a quartet of million-dollar transactions takes the stage. The group consists of a Jacksonville mobile home park and three Little Rock properties: a cocktail lounge, apartment project and...
View ArticleMay Retail Sales Fell 1.3% As Americans Spent Less on Goods
Retail sales fell in May, dragged down by a decline in auto sales and a shift by Americans to spend more on vacations and other services instead of goods.
View ArticleEmployers and Vaccination Incentives (Stuart Jackson Commentary)
What should private businesses in Arkansas consider when offering incentives to employees to get COVID-19 vaccinations?
View ArticleTwo Ways to Protect Your Intellectual Property
Any company that is innovating and developing new products needs to protect its intellectual property, and there are two primary ways to do that: declare a trade secret or file a patent.
View ArticleKroger Closes Stores, Edwards to Prevent New Food Desert
Kroger Co.'s decision to close five stores in Arkansas would have left two more towns with no full-service grocery stores, but the Edwards grocery store chain is coming to the rescue in Brinkley.
View ArticlePopup Dinner Series Reborn
Rock City Eats on Saturday resumes its popup dinner series at Community Bakery in downtown Little Rock, with plans to hold a popup dinner there every month.
View ArticleOttenheimer Market Hall Makes Return in River Market
At Ottenheimer Market Hall in the River Market, four vendors failed to survive the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, but perhaps more surprising — considering that the hall’s doors were closed for more than...
View ArticlePrivate Companies I Have Known (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
When it comes to the largest private companies, what has stayed the same is as notable as what has changed.
View Article2020 Brought Feast, Famine to Private Companies
Data collected for this week’s list of private companies illustrated the uneven and sometimes counterintuitive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries.
View ArticleMay Consumer Spending Flat; Incomes Fall and Prices Jump
Consumer spending was flat in May with incomes dropping for a second month as the impact of the government's pandemic stimulus payments waned.
View ArticleFamine, Then Feast (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
I’m not sure I’ll live long enough to use up all the bottles of clear goo that have inexplicably multiplied at my house, on my desk, in my car and in my handbag.
View ArticleHispanic Women Face Higher Unemployment Rates
Hispanic women continue to see a higher unemployment rate in May 2021 than Hispanic men, 7.4% compared with 6.7%.
View ArticleAuthor Brian Solis to Talk Tech on Next 'Business Forum' Webcast
Researcher Brian Solis, a global innovation evangelist at Salesforce and bestselling author, will lead the seventh webcast in a series presented by Arkansas Business throughout 2021.
View ArticleConsumer Confidence Up in June, Highest Level Since Pandemic
U.S. consumer confidence rose for a fifth month in June to the highest level since the pandemic began last year.
View ArticleU.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 364K, A New Pandemic Low
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell to the lowest level since the pandemic struck, more evidence that the job market and economy are rebounding.
View ArticleGovernor Names Philip Tappan to Game & Fish Commission
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces the appointment of Philip Tappan to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
View ArticleBass Buys Shulertown Property for $1.2M
Fayetteville bar owner Dave Bass scooped up the food truck courtyard in downtown Fayetteville on Dickson Street.
View ArticleThe Fitzroy Chenal Sells for $65M (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Passco Companies bought the 294-unit apartment project in west Little Rock from Madison at Chenal LLC, led by Brandon Huffman.
View ArticleWest Memphis Adjusting to Bridge Closure
West Memphis Mayor Marco McClendon says his town of approximately 25,000 has “probably” lost about $1.5 million in tax revenue.
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces 'Best Places to Work' Honorees, Live Event
Arkansas Business will honor 50 companies designated among this year's "Best Places to Work" during a live event in September at the DoubleTree Little Rock.
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