Countdown to candy: Memphis sweets shops brace for Halloween demand
With Halloween on the horizon, local family-owned businesses Wayne’s Candy Co. and Macklin Candy Co. are working hard to stay stocked with sweet treats for candy shoppers.
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October 2024
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September 2024
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‘Do everything you can’: City Silo owner has advice for entrepreneurs
The seminar also featured talks from Monique Williams, and mother and son Beverly and Ryan Robertson.
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August 2024
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Local entrepreneurs to share big wins at small biz seminar
The event will feature personal stories of triumphs and challenges from City Silo’s Scott Tashie, Biscuits and Jams’ Monique Williams and Trust Marketing mother-and-son powerhouses Beverly and Ryan Robertson.
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July 2024
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Federal government wants Memphis entrepreneurs to know about small biz resources
“There is federal investment coming in, but we need local talent and especially diverse entrepreneurs to step in and take advantage of this historic time,” said the deputy administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Memphis pediatrician brings back the house call
Eden Pediatrics’ membership rates start at $100 a month and include well checkups, unlimited sick visits, in-home newborn visits, virtual care, routine vaccinations and lactation consulting.
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June 2024
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Archd closing Downtown, but keeping online shop open
Sisters and co-owners Kristen and Lindsey Archer, who opened their storefront at 65 Monroe Ave. last fall, said brick-and-mortar shop sales accounted for just 13% of their total income over the past year.
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Black-owned indie bookstore finds its home on Main Street
Black authors are prominently displayed at DeMoir Books & Things where Memphis book lovers will also find titles by authors ranging from the Harlem Renaissance writers to women poets to LGBTQ+ romance novelists.
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Primas shop to close, bakery will stay open
While Shop Mucho inside Primas Bakery + Boutique will close next month, RM Petit Cakes, the artisan dessert shop that shares the building, will remain open for business.
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May 2024
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Mr. Lincoln’s Costume Shoppe will close June 1
Mr. Lincoln’s Costume Shoppe will close its doors on Saturday, June 1, after 33 years of dressing Memphians for Halloween, Mardi Gras, costume parties, school plays, historical tours and other occasions.
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Memphis-based production company expands to Kansas City market
Lauren Ready, an Iowa native who first landed in Memphis working in television news, launched Forever Ready Productions in 2014 while still working at Action News 5 (WMC-TV). Her clientele grew from there.
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April 2024
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Loudean’s bids farewell to Cooper-Young
Sisters June Taylor and Joyce Boggs first opened the Cooper-Young boutique back in 1977 under the guidance of their mother, the late seamstress Loudean Peak.
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Boshi Botanicals is making self-care more sustainable
Taking inspiration from the lavender fields of Provence and the seaside of Sorrento, a botanical bath and body shop in Chickasaw Oaks offers shoppers products to pamper themselves while helping to keep waste out of landfills.
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February 2024
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Queens of Hearts: Local florists ready for Valentine’s Day rush
“They want beautiful, they want vibrant, they want something that’s eye-catching. They want a ‘wow’ factor,” said Colby Midgett, owner of Premier Flowers at 10 N. Second St.
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January 2024
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Sissy’s Log Cabin moves into the former Rafferty’s spot
Three generations of the Jones family have worked for Sissy’s Log Cabin, a family-owned-and-operated jewelry business born more than 50 years ago inside an actual log cabin in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
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Wizard’s will close Midtown shop, Ebbo to move in
Ebbo has been in business in Memphis since 1993, selling herbs, crystals, candles, incense and other supplies.
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December 2023
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Global Cafe named a fastest-growing inner-city business
Crosstown Concourse’s Global Cafe, where immigrant and refugee food entrepreneurs serve up authentic cuisine representing their home countries, is a 2023 Inner City 100 award winner.
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Palladio has new owner after 27 years
Cynthia Ham, the former CEO of BRIDGES, has big plans for the Central Avenue home and garden store.
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Trust Marketing founders pass keys to next generation
Beverly and Howard Robertson, whose clients have included Coca Cola, McDonald’s, Midas, Holiday Inn, and a Tennessee governor, are stepping down. But the business will stay in family hands.
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Three teens will secure funding for their small-business idea Saturday
More than 50 aspiring teen entrepreneurs will present their business concepts to the public Dec. 9 during LITE Memphis’ Pitch Night at the Renasant Convention Center Downtown.
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November 2023
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Retail shops team up for ‘Woman-Owned Passport’
The flyer features deals and discounts from 14 local businesses, including ARCHd, Boshi Botanicals, Everbloom Design, Shop Mucho and Mbabazi House of Style.
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High Point dentist puts a new spin on an old practice
Dentists Dr. Paige Gassmann and her husband moved to Memphis at the urging of her sister and brother-in-law, who are also dentists.
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October 2023
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The Candy Man Can: Downtown’s candy shop sees Halloween sugar rush
Wayne’s Candy Co. was founded back in 1947 and sells a variety of candies. “Where else can you pick up cases of jumbo Kit Kats and Hershey bars along with a fishbowl of Lemonheads and foot-long Pixy Stix?”
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Greater Memphis Chamber will host Small Biz Saturday in Whitehaven
More than 30 local business will participate in Small Biz Saturday at Whitehaven’s Georgette & Cato Johnson YMCA.
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901 Flights aims to help Memphians get in the air
Flights from Memphis to Dublin, Rome or Barcelona for less than $600? Ashling Woolley, founder of 901 Flights, says cheap flights out of MEM are available if you know how to find them.
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September 2023
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Carriage Crossing will showcase Pop Local finalists
Carriage Crossing owners are showcasing potential new tenants Saturday as part if its “Pop Local” contest.
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