Steve Painter
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Order center plans to relocate
posted: 05/23/2012 3:32 a.m. Discuss
Nashville, Tenn.’s loss is Maumelle’s gain as Dillard’s Inc. prepares to move its Internet-order center to central Arkansas.
Wal-Mart profit tops expectations
posted: 05/18/2012 2:38 a.m. Discuss
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported fiscal first-quarter profit and sales Thursday that surpassed its own guidance and retail analysts’ expectations.
ConAgra fires 233 at Batesville plant, shifts work to Missouri
posted: 05/12/2012 2:48 a.m. Discuss
ConAgra Foods Inc. is laying off 233 employees at its frozen foods plant in Batesville as it shifts that work to a plant in Marshall, Mo., Batesville Mayor Rick Elumbaugh said Friday. Elumbaugh said 220 of the workers are hourly employees and the other 13 are in management. Before the layoffs, the plant employed about 550 workers, he said.
Dillard’s earnings climb as sales rise
posted: 05/11/2012 1:50 a.m. Discuss
Dillard’s Inc. of Little Rock on Thursday reported a strong first-quarter performance for the period that ended April 28.
State’s home sales, prices rise in March
posted: 05/04/2012 2:44 a.m. Discuss
Home sales in Arkansas rose slightly in March compared with a year earlier, after a 15 percent spike in February sales, according to figures released Thursday by the Arkansas Realtors Association.
Wal-Mart gives online buyers option of paying with cash
posted: 04/27/2012 2:05 a.m. Discuss
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that it is offering a cash payment option for online customers who do not use conventional banking services nor have credit or debit cards typically required for online purchases.
Wal-Mart counts millions in savings from ‘green’ push
posted: 04/19/2012 3:19 a.m. Discuss
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Wednesday that it generated $231 million in revenue in its last fiscal year from recycling, saved $75 million by improving its truck fleet efficiency and by driving 28 million fewer miles, and squeezed out $1.1 million in savings via redesigned shoe boxes.
Video security raised at Harps
posted: 04/18/2012 4:11 a.m. Comment 1
Harps Food Stores Inc., the 65-store regional grocery chain based in Springdale, says it has installed video recognition technology aimed at reducing theft at checkout by shoppers and, in some cases, its own cashiers.
Are big-box stores dinosaurs?
posted: 04/15/2012 2:58 a.m. Comment 1
Baby boomers helped fuel the growth of the big-box retail format in recent decades. Increasingly, it appears, they are growing less fond of the superstore, and the generation they raised didn’t develop the same passion for endless aisles jampacked with choices.
Wal-Mart to push U.S. model abroad
posted: 04/13/2012 3:06 a.m. Discuss
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives said Thursday that the company intends to push its everyday-low-price, everyday-low-cost approach in its international operations as it seeks a greater share of the global retail market.
