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JUNE 20, 2019

Walmart planned to buy the app for $225 million, to try and give its eCommerce operations in Mexico a shot in the arm. CEO Greg Foran showed off three Ford delivery vans with self-driving technology to reporters outside its supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas. It also wanted to position itself to compete with Amazon.com. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications filed in Arkansas and New Jersey showed that 1,241 positions at Walmart would be cut. Walmart told the news outlet the job cuts were part of a shift to omnichannel operations. “As Walmart is based in Bentonville, Ark.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

FedEx spokesperson Shannon Davis told NBC that “our priority is the safety of our team members and meeting the service needs of our customers,” and that the weather would certainly have an effect on operations. But she added that "contingency plans are in place.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to the court documents, Blue Apron’s website states that “we win together, not alone; we operate with integrity.”. “If If Blue Apron truly does operate with integrity and is accountable,” the lawsuit reads, “then it will pay its employees all of their hard-earned wages.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

People in Arkansas can now get groceries delivered via a new Walmart pilot with Gatik using self-driving cars that include a human safety driver behind the wheel. Walmart has been a pioneer in integrating the latest technology into its retail operations. said in a news release. . “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

the warehouse club company, reported as part of its Q1 fiscal 2021 operating results that net merchandise sales rose by 7.7 The company owns and operates membership shopping warehouses in Latin America, as well as the Caribbean, that are in the style of those in the United States. PriceSmart Net Merchandise Sales Rise 7.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

People in Arkansas can now get groceries delivered with a new Walmart pilot with Gatik using self-driving cars that include a human safety driver behind the wheel. Walmart has been a pioneer in integrating the latest technology into its retail operations. said in a news release. . “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Walmart spokeswoman Molly Blakeman told CNBC the retailer is working with partner Gatik , a self-driving vehicle startup, to test out a self-driving vehicle that will travel the two-mile route in Bentonville, Arkansas between two stores. “We Earlier this month, Walmart’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The solution, to be first distributed to clients of KPMG Israel’s operations, is designed to combat supplier payments fraud from a range of sources, including cyberattacks, internal fraud, social engineering and data manipulation. million was defrauded from lenders by an Arkansas man in a rare case of small business loan fraud.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Walmart Gets Green Light to Start Drone Delivery Near Arkansas HQ . Walmart this week got local zoning approval from the city of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, near its company headquarters, to start using the chain’s local store as a drone launch-and-delivery hub. Our goal is to continue delivering for customers across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2017

Among the new firms on the roster, in alphabetical order: Enrichment Federal Credit Union, First Security Bank of Arkansas, Marion & Polk Schools Credit Union, Merchants Bank of Indiana, Northern Michigan Bank & Trust, Ohnward Bank and Trust, Postel Family Credit Union, River Cities Bank, River Town Bank, Simplicity Credit Union, SouthPoint (..)

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. operation in Culver City, California. “We Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

The next round of layoffs, less than 500 positions, will happen next year, as some buildings are consolidated in anticipation of the company’s new corporate headquarters, which will be located about two miles away from its current location in Northwest Arkansas. The new HQ will take five to seven years to complete.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

That seems like a lifetime in this business,” said Congressman French Hill of Arkansas. would not operate a single, unified real-time payments service; rather, FedNow would operate in conjunction with other services in the private sector, including The Clearing House’s RTP network.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

It’s easy to see why this test could be a game changer,” said Marc Lore, head of Walmart’s eCommerce operations. The test is currently limited to three stores in New Jersey and Arkansas. “Imagine all the routes our associates drive to and from work and the houses they pass along the way.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Far from its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart is seeking to deliver stronger omnichannel offerings internationally. The retailer recently announced that it was acquiring online marketplace Cornershop Inc., which offers crowdsourced on-demand delivery in Chile and Mexico.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

The technology is often considered a game-changer for supply chain management and logistics operations, able to both elevate the efficiency of operations while connecting corporates to real-time data for deep business intelligence and analytics. The Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

Spokeswoman Molly Blakeman told CNBC the retailer is working with partner Gatik , a self-driving vehicle startup, to test a vehicle that will travel the two-mile route in Bentonville, Arkansas between two stores. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In a video announcement given by Judith McKenna, Walmart’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, the move is focused on giving store associates more time with their family. The Arkansas-based retailer announced that shoppers could order a gift or other item on its website as late as 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

In a press release , the restaurant chain operator said it was notified on August 16, 2018, by federal authorities that a legacy point-of-sale system for some of its Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen restaurants, a brand acquired by Darden last year, may have been compromised via a hack that involves restaurants in 23 states.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

While Whiteside will be based in Jet ’s home state of New Jersey, Messing will work out of Walmart’s hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart’s efforts include bringing robots onto the premises to scan inventory, determining what is out of stock and helping consumers find what they need.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

During a panel at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president of global innovation policy and communications, warned that current state laws governing drone operations would continue to pose problems for developing drone delivery systems. Here in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

The Arkansas-based retailer recently announced that it was six to nine months away from using drones inside its warehouses to speed up its operation. The company’s profits are expected to drop up to 12 percent in 2016 as it spends more on paying higher wages and technology, according to Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

What’s more, instead of reporting to Amazon’s head of worldwide consumer business Jeff Wilke, Mackey and the two Amazon executives are overseen by Steve Kessel, who is in charge of all the physical store operations. Ever since Amazon acquired Whole Foods, the combined company has been busy integrating the businesses.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

The chain, born in Arkansas, has long served as a cultural, economic and even political signifier — telling others that one shopped at Walmart, or disliked its corporate policies, opened up a host of assumptions and judgements. Jet.com continues to operate as a separate website from Walmart.com. Go further back to recall the $3.3

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A report earlier this week from The Intercept detailed how prison operators in New York, Texas, Arizona, Florida and Arkansas are using — or want to use — voice prints from inmates (and, apparently, not always with the full knowledge of those prisoners). Voice-Print Efforts.

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BankInovation

MARCH 9, 2023

billion Arkansas-based bank decided “we better get focused,” Vance Smiley, chief of operations and systems integration at Southern Bancorp, told Bank Automation News, noting the bank will “have real […]

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Among those numbers: Operating cash flow increased 42 percent to $51.2 Operating income increased to $5.8 What that means is that we can flex into space normally used for second-half peak demand, despite the strong operating leverage in Q2. billion compared with $36 billion for Q2 2019. Net sales increased 40 percent to $88.9

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Darrin Williams, an attorney and former Arkansas state representative, wasn’t interested when Southern Bancorp, Inc. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. By Judith Sears. Name: Southern Bancorp. Assets: $2 billion.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Across the US, well-funded companies are rethinking how the financial system operates. LumoXchange (Arkansas, $200k raised) and CreditPoint Software (Oklahoma, $1.1M LumoXchange (Arkansas, $200k raised) and CreditPoint Software (Oklahoma, $1.1M raised) are the least well funded fintech startups on our map. LumoXchange. $

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Macadoodles operates several large-scale locations in Missouri that each carry approximately 4,000 wine and 600 beer brands. The goal is to ensure the supply chain hums along as seamlessly as possible, which means companies must examine how digital tools will impact every facet of their operations, not just their relationships with customers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In addition to adding the service to those seven markets, Google will also be enhancing services currently on offer in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Michigan, Wyoming, Iowa, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and Ohio. First on the list is apparently getting the cooperative deal it’s worked out with Target in other U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Doug McMillon started his presentation for Walmart’s annual investor meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas by saying he wanted to “challenge your thinking about Walmart.” ” “We are getting to reimagine retail and our business … expect us to test a lot and fail a lot,” he said. in the next fiscal year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

Several of the nation’s largest operators, including AvalonBay Communities Inc., The retailer debuted the first of the self-service kiosks in the fall of 2016 in a Bentonville, Arkansas store. Amazon has reportedly signed contracts with apartment owners and managers representing more than 850,000 units across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Grocery delivery is coming for Walmart customers in Arkansas in a way few customers have ever seen before. The pilot is made possible by the state’s new autonomous vehicle law which made it possible for the Arkansas Highway Commissioner to give Gatika license to launch a commercial service with Walmart. said in a news release.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

In Arkansas, Jim S. Today, a proud survivor of industry consolidation pressures, the bank has $250 million assets and operates 11 locations in five counties. “I believe that you need to get in the trenches with your people and give them a helping hand. One person cannot do it all—there’s just way, way, way too much to do.” —Jim

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

All of those things are precisely what Sam Walton staked the Walmart brand on 56 years ago when he opened the first store in Bentonville, Arkansas. That’s either by shopping on the Amazon marketplace, via one of the brands that it now owns – Zappos or Shopbop, for example – or via one of the 80 or so private-label brands that it now operates.

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