Retail/restaurants

Men’s Wearhouse opened a store in Fort Smith on Aug. 19, the company announced. The new location expands Men’s Wearhouse’s national footprint to more than 640 stores across the U.S. The Fort Smith location will create 11 local jobs initially, …

A second Braum’s Ice Cream & Dairy store location is headed for central Arkansas. Braum’s will add its 18th Arkansas location with recently announced plans for a restaurant in Maumelle. Maumelle Area Chamber of Commerce officials told media members that …

InnovAsian Cuisine officially broke ground Tuesday on a frozen food manufacturing facility in Jonesboro. This $150 million-plus development is expected to create approximately 200 new jobs. InnovAsian is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Nichirei Foods. The 180,000-square-foot Jonesboro facility will be …

The city of North Little Rock is taking a hard look at its former central fire station, and the result could be sweet, creamy goodness for area residents. Little Rock-based Loblolly Creamery LLC, a well-loved central Arkansas purveyor of homemade …

Edwards Food Giant is expanding the use of RSA America’s unified commerce platform to launch personalized digital weekly ads, giving individual shoppers a more relevant view of current promotions based on their loyalty history and purchasing behavior, according to a …

Sissy’s Log Cabin on Friday celebrated the grand opening of its first boutique storefront, located inside Pine Bluff’s Saracen Casino Resort. It represents the eighth Sissy’s location. Sissy’s, founded in Pine Bluff in 1970 and billed as “the Mid-South’s largest …

Hunt Ventures celebrated the opening of The Visionaries with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 15. Located at 3800 S. J.B. Hunt Drive in Rogers, the four-story development spans 400,000 square feet and includes 200,000 square feet of Class A office …

Murphy USA’s “Store of Tomorrow” is coming to Jacksonville. The gas station and convenience store will be one of up to 55 new locations Murphy USA plans to open across the U.S. this year. A press release referred to the …

Westrock Coffee Co. has announced the amendment of its credit agreement, extending the maturity date for roughly $361 million to 2028. The Little Rock-based company also announced the addition of Texas Capital Bank as a lender. The maturity date was …

Steven Bertram has been promoted to president of 8th & Walton, the Bentonville advisory firm that works with Walmart and Sam’s Club suppliers. Bertram has served as firm COO since 2023. He officially assumed the new role June 27. “Steven …