Stories by Robbie Neiswanger

  • Murphy Oil limits 4Q loss to $63.9M

    Murphy Oil Corp. reported a loss of $63.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2016, wrapping up a year in which Chief Executive Officer Roger Jenkins said the…

    by Robbie Neiswanger January 27, 2017

  • Wal-Mart adding 10,000 retail jobs

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will add 10,000 retail positions in 2017, the Bentonville-based retailer said in a news release Tuesday.

    by Robbie Neiswanger January 18, 2017

  • Wal-Mart shakes up tech leadership

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is restructuring its e-commerce and information technology leadership teams, announcing a number of changes that include the addition of f…

    by Robbie Neiswanger January 14, 2017

  • Report: Wal-Mart to shed office jobs

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is preparing to cut hundreds of jobs before the end of its fiscal year as part of the retailer's ongoing efforts to protect profits by imp…

    by Robbie Neiswanger January 11, 2017

  • Brewer to retire as CEO at Sam's

    Sam's Club Chief Executive Officer Rosalind Brewer is leaving her position after being in charge of the warehouse division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for five yea…

    by Robbie Neiswanger January 7, 2017

  • Jet.com acquires footwear e-retailer

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. continued to expand its e-commerce presence Thursday, announcing that Jet.com has acquired an online footwear, clothing and accessories co…

    by Robbie Neiswanger January 6, 2017

  • Twice-gobbled Hayneedle thrives

    Hayneedle Chief Executive Officer Jon Barker believes his company experienced something rare in 2016 after being acquired by retailers twice in the span of sev…

    by Robbie Neiswanger December 25, 2016

  • Firm focuses on product pages

    Eric Howerton reached out to the University of Arkansas when he needed a programmer to help his now defunct creative consulting company work on a large project…

    by Robbie Neiswanger December 18, 2016

  • UA hub on retail getting a revamp

    The University of Arkansas' Center for Retailing Excellence -- established as part of the Walton College of Business about 15 years ago -- is being reimagined.

    by Robbie Neiswanger December 11, 2016

  • Holiday shopping shift growing

    Online shopping continued to gain strength during the Thanksgiving weekend as more consumers elected to spend their money from the comforts of home instead of …

    by Robbie Neiswanger November 29, 2016

  • Wal-Mart using holiday helpers

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employee Fatima Hernandez typically works as a cashier in the supercenter at Pleasant Crossing in Rogers, but this holiday season she has …

    by Robbie Neiswanger November 24, 2016

  • Retailer pushing 'Cyber Week'

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will begin offering its Cyber Week shopping deals later this week, pushing the start of its e-commerce event to a day that has traditional…

    by Robbie Neiswanger November 22, 2016

  • Wal-Mart profit down 8.2%

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported same-store sales growth in the U.S. for the ninth-consecutive quarter, but net income fell 8.2 percent as ongoing investments in …

    by Robbie Neiswanger November 18, 2016

  • Wal-Mart's chemical-cutting praised

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is leading the way among major U.S. retailers in efforts to drive harmful chemicals out of the products on its shelves, according to a stu…

    by Robbie Neiswanger November 17, 2016

  • Wal-Mart making pickup self-serve

    Plenty of new technology has been tested and implemented by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. throughout Justin Wright's nine years as an employee.

    by Robbie Neiswanger November 13, 2016

  • Wal-Mart heaps up Net items

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will increase the amount of Black Friday merchandise allocated to its website by more than 50 percent as the retailer competes for sales i…

    by Robbie Neiswanger November 10, 2016

  • Crystal Bridges takes love of art on road

    Presley Jackson's eyes were drawn to a painting tucked away inside one of the vaults at the Arkansas Arts Center earlier this month and he had to get a closer …

    by Robbie Neiswanger October 30, 2016

  • Retailer to label what'll recycle

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will begin using a voluntary labeling system on food and consumable products to help customers understand how to recycle packages.

    by Robbie Neiswanger October 26, 2016

  • UA's McMillon lab fosters innovation

    FAYETTEVILLE -- The shopping cart of the future has found a temporary home in a former convenience store attached to a parking garage at the University of Arka…

    by Robbie Neiswanger October 23, 2016

  • Pernod relocates bottling to state

    Pernod Ricard has started bottling Malibu Rum at its Fort Smith plant, partnering with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as part of the retailer's commitment to U.S manufa…

    by Robbie Neiswanger October 11, 2016

  • Wal-Mart pleased with app rollout

    Executives with Wal-Mart's warehouse division say the recent nationwide rollout of its Scan & Go mobile application is an example of the retailer's ability to …

    by Robbie Neiswanger October 8, 2016

  • Wal-Mart cuts stores it'll build

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will not open as many new stores across the U.S as it has in previous years, shifting more of its investment toward e-commerce, technology…

    by Robbie Neiswanger October 7, 2016

  • Wal-Mart to hear 26 startups' ideas

    FreshSpire Inc. was founded when five high school friends decided they wanted to do their part to help solve the issue of food waste and hunger.

    by Robbie Neiswanger October 6, 2016

  • Cabela's bites on Bass Pro's $4.5B bid

    Bass Pro Shops has reeled in one of its biggest outdoor retail competitors, announcing plans Monday to acquire publicly traded Cabela's Inc. in a deal valued a…

    by Robbie Neiswanger October 4, 2016

  • Technology behind Wal-Mart buy

    Jet.com has carved out a space in the online marketplace by promising to give customers more control over the price they pay for a basket of products.

    by Robbie Neiswanger September 18, 2016

  • Wal-Mart wins automated-cart patent

    Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon told employees gathered for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s annual shareholders meeting in June the retailer had an opportunity to…

    by Robbie Neiswanger September 17, 2016

  • Exec: Stores still our fulcrum

    SEARCY -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has spent billions on efforts to strengthen its e-commerce capabilities the past few years, investing in technology, building fu…

    by Robbie Neiswanger September 10, 2016

  • Wal-Mart, LaBelle duet fruitful

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s bakery partnership with singer Patti LaBelle began with a Google search.

    by Robbie Neiswanger September 4, 2016

  • Retailer reducing U.S. jobs by 7,000

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is eliminating about 7,000 back-office jobs at its U.S. stores over the next several months, expanding a pilot program aimed at improving …

    by Robbie Neiswanger September 2, 2016

  • Rule drafted to limit big-rig speed

    The federal government has issued a proposed rule requiring heavy-duty vehicles to be equipped with devices that would limit their speed on U.S. roadways, a me…

    by Robbie Neiswanger , Emma Hurt August 27, 2016

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