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It’s May and that means it’s time to celebrate the small businesses that make our local communities such an incredible place to live. In Arkansas, we are home to worldwide companies like Walmart, but we are also home to incredible small businesses who may not be nationally recognized, but ar...
Get Help Finding Your Next Business Location
Apr 14 2021“We are committed to matching your company with the right location,” said J.D. Lowery, Manager of Community and Economic Development for the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. “Companies looking for a central and affordable U.S. location can find it in Arkansas. Unlike some areas of the country, we have affordable larg...
Arkansas is a top choice for retailers and growing distribution centers due to a central location in the middle of the United States, an available workforce, low cost of doing business and affordable sites. There were over 3,300 more distribution centers in 2019 than in 2010, and the industry i...
COVID-19 has created significant challenges for companies throughout the country. Companies have had to find ways to increase production and distribution, while implementing safety measures to ensure that employees and customers were not at risk of getting sick. In this scenario with pressure from all sides, several Arkansas companies stoo...
How to Keep Remote Workers Productive and Happy
Oct 18 2020If a company has survived this far into 2020, they've figured out how to make remote work possible. But companies that see it as a temporary make-do effort will soon fall behind.
Not only are the effects of the pandemic likely to affect the way we do business long term, but the fact is that remote wor...
