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Manage Your Business From Arkansas

Arkansas is home to the world’s largest retailer – Walmart – and five other companies on Fortune magazine’s list of the largest 1,000 companies in the United States. Home to corporate leaders in retail, transportation, food processing and oil, our economy is as diverse as our workforce. Arkansas offers great assets to companies looking to establish or relocate a corporate operation.

 

Why Arkansas?

Dan Bartlett serves as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Walmart Inc., headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. In this video, Bartlett outlines the case for doing business in Arkansas.

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You're in good company

At AEDC, we know economic advancement doesn’t happen by accident. We work strategically with businesses and communities to create strong economic opportunities, making Arkansas the natural choice for success. Here are some examples of businesses that are thriving!

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Georgia Pacific

“We have just a spirit of collaboration that allows us to move faster, find innovative solutions, and do things a little bit different, and I think a little bit better.”

Steuart Walton

Walmart – Board of Directors

“What’s in the water in Arkansas that you can have such great companies founded and start there?...It’s the people.” 

Warren Stephens

Stephens Inc. – Chairman, President, & CEO

“How incredible it is that a young man from a small town like Mineral Springs, Arkansas, could build a Fortune 500 retailer.”

Annemarie Dillard-Jazic

Dillard’s – VP, Online Experience and Digital Marketing

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Olivia Womack

Director, Business Development

(501) 682-5275