Business briefs: J.B. Hunt moves up awards list; Breast Center adds MRI; FirstLight Home Care opens; C.A. Fortune opens Walmart office; New Jazzercise opens; Kyya Chocolate expanding

J.B. Hunt moves up awards list

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. finished third in Inbound Logistics' annual Top 10 3PL Excellence Awards, moving up five positions and claiming a spot on the list for the ninth consecutive year.

The awards are based on votes from subscribers, industry leaders, 3PL customers and Inbound Logistics staff. J.B. Hunt was also included in the publication's selection of the Top 100 3PL providers, which is determined by the publication's editors through survey analysis, phone interviews and online research.

J.B. Hunt's 3PL service plays an integral role within the company. The primary service is a component of Integrated Capacity Solutions, a business segment established in 2007. Integrated Capacity Solutions has grown to annual revenue of $1 billion in 2017 and includes 44 enterprise sales branches throughout the United States and Canada.

Breast Center adds MRI

The Breast Center, a MANA clinic, is adding Aurora Breast MRI to the breast screening and diagnostic services at the Bentonville office in Fountain Plaza, 801 S. East Plaza Ave., on Aug. 1.

Aurora Breast MRI can detect small breast cancers that are not seen with mammography. Aurora Breast MRI is the only MR instrument manufactured specifically for breast imaging. The Breast Center installed Breast MRI at its Fayetteville clinic in 2004.

Breast MRI screening is recommended for women who are at high risk for breast cancer or family history of breast cancer, history of chest radiation, and women with implants.

FirstLight Home Care opens

FirstLight Home Care, a provider of nonmedical home care services, has opened a Northwest Arkansas office at 1116 S. Walton Blvd., Suite 112, in Bentonville. Raelene and Keith Plummer are the owners.

FirstLight serves aging seniors, adults with disabilities, those recovering from illness, injury or surgery, new and busy mothers, veterans and other adults who require assistance. Caregivers help with needs from household activities and running errands to mobility assistance and dementia care.

FirstLight Home Care opened its first location in 2010 and is serving or in the process of serving clients from more than 160 offices in the U.S.

C.A. Fortune opens Walmart office

C.A. Fortune, a leading consumer products sales and marketing agency based in Chicago, opened a Bentonville office dedicated to serving more than 5,000 Walmart retail units nationwide.

Tyler Gill, previously a vice president within Acosta Sales & Marketing's Bentonville team, has been tapped to lead C.A. Fortune's Bentonville office. Tyler Lowell is a managing partner.

The C.A. Fortune office will offer full-service headquarters account management, dedicated insights and analytics team and complete back-office support.

Founded in 1983, C.A. Fortune offers clients brand incubation, client development, sales management, marketing and insights and retail services. The company has regional offices in Bentonville, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City metro and San Francisco.

New Jazzercise opens

Jazzercise Inc. opened a fitness center at 400 N. Walton Blvd. in Bentonville. The center offers morning, afternoon, evening and weekend classes.

Classes formerly held at GPP Training Center in Bentonville will now take place at the new center.

Jazzercise has more than 8,300 franchisees teaching more than 32,000 classes per week in 32 countries.

Instructors train every year to master the Jazzercise method, which fuses cardio, resistance training, Pilates, yoga, kickboxing and dance. Classes include Interval, Dance Mixx, Fusion, Flip Fusion, Strike, Core and Strength.

Kyya Chocolate expanding

Kyya Chocolate is opening a retail location in the former home of The Station Cafe at 111 N. Main St. in downtown Bentonville. It is the first retail location outside of the company's 250-square-foot display space at the Kyya factory in Elm Springs.

The shop is expected to open in the next several weeks. Kyya will hire four people to run the new store.

The store will expand the number of products Kyya offers for sale to the public. The company has 140 chocolate products, with its biggest retail customer, Allen's Food in Bella Vista, carrying 22 varieties of chocolates.

The company is owned by Rick Boosey and Cindy Boosey.

Briefs are for businesses in Northwest Arkansas that are new, have moved or closed, opened a new branch, changed owners or have been honored by an independent organization. Email items to cswanson@nwadg.com. Information will be published as space allows.

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