Florists, other retailers hopeful Mother’s Day sales bloom
One florist says sales are down 50% to 70% at local shops the past two months, but business has been picking up closer to Mother's Day.
One florist says sales are down 50% to 70% at local shops the past two months, but business has been picking up closer to Mother's Day.
Just 33 years old, twins Ron and Don Parks of Union City will soon start building their fifth dealership of farm and lawn equipment, and their first in the Memphis market.
A sense of community built over six years at the coffee shop will leave lasting memories for customers and those who worked there.
MAA reported revenues and expenses ticked up slightly, while the COVID-19 pandemic started to affect the multifamily rental business as the first quarter closed.
New exchange will give buyers and sellers real-time data to enhance efficiencies within the food supply chain.
Later this year, St. Jude expects to accept patients for clinical trials in pediatric neurology.
Highline Aftermarket found solutions to take back a little control over the virus while helping maintain its workforce and producing needed products.
James D. "Jimmy" Edwards died on Oct. 23, 2018. This week, a $1,200 stimulus check arrived in the mail for the late Memphian.
Lehman-Roberts Co. and sister company Memphis Stone & Gravel, a leader in the highway paving, construction, asphalt and aggregate industry, has promoted Pitt Kimbrough to Incoming Materials Manager.
Developers of the upscale, senior-living development in East Memphis are dropping plans for underground parking and instead want to build a surface parking lot, eliminating 10 cottages but speeding up construction.
The owners of the old Econo Lodge near Union and Interstate 240 want to raze it and build a dual-branded hotel: Townplace Suites and Fairfield Inn & Suites.
FDA cracks down on testing process, says "flexibility never meant we would allow fraud."
Memphis Tourism is encouraging Memphians to virtually celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week 2020. The focus is "resilience and hope in the face of the coronavirus pandemic."
The government didn't shut down the economy. COVID-19 did that. So it'll take more than the government to open Memphis back up.
LPI Memphis, the owner of Overton Square, plans to build a three-story, 18-unit apartment building in the entertainment and dining district.
The U.S. Postal Service will give customers additional time to collect mail that's been held by the Post Office during the COVID-19 crisis.
The reopening of businesses across Shelby County started out quiet and slow, with some stores not even taking advantage of the first day of the Back to Business plan.
Baptist and Methodist will be operating at up to 50% of usual elective surgery capacity.
Memphis area fitness centers were gearing up to reopen Monday with smaller class sizes, more space between people and equipment, senior citizen hours and a continued focus on virtual classes.
Parts of Memphis’ $3.5 billion a year tourism industry could make a comeback as soon as next week. The city will vet reopening plans on a case-by-case basis.
In Memphis, seniors can find resources at The Aging Commission of the Mid-South, Professional Network on Aging, MIFA and Meritan.
FedEx said an announced national job action against several companies in the e-commerce and shipping businesses had "no impact" on operations Friday.
The YMCA of Memphis & the Midsouth confirmed Saturday that it bought and will use as its resource center a 55,888-square-foot office building in Cordova's Goodlett Farms office park.
Not every business will be willing or prepared to reopen Monday even if allowed to under the Memphis and Shelby County "Back to Business" plan.
The first 11 grants, totaling $62,500, were approved Friday, May 1, under the Economic Development Growth Engine's new program to aid small, inner-city businesses struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic.