Memphis International Airport is to be renamed after Frederick W Smith, the late founder and executive chairman of FedEx.

The Memphis store in Wolfchase Galleria is the first for the Irish multinational fashion retailer. Primark says it plans to launch an exclusive NBA collection spotlighting the Memphis Grizzlies this fall. 

Three Memphis-area small businesses received thousands of dollars in loans to renovate and expand their companies. Plus, CEVA Logistics and Medtronic Logistics agree on a tax adjustment plan. 

The brand offers athletic clothing for men and women. 

Gresham Smith has 25 other offices across the Midwest and the South, and works with private and public companies. 

Marx-Bensdorf Realtors and Moskovitz, McGhee, Brown, Cohen & Moore announce additions.

A moment of reflection for FedEx founder Fred Smith opened the company’s annual earnings call Tuesday, June 24.

The Digital Delta initiative is a framework for globally recognizing Memphis as a hub for high-tech manufacturing, artificial intelligence and advanced industries.

Airways Boulevard site will be the largest distribution center in Medtronic’s network.

The new chair of the FedEx board was previously the interim president of the University of Memphis, CEO of Saks Inc. and the lead director of the board of Pilot Flying J. 

The company, which is launching a 625,000-square-foot warehouse, signed a 12-year lease earlier this month.

A Memphis-based hemp grower and distributor could soon find itself in the bizarre situation of having to sell its products to an alcohol distributor before buying them back to sell at its own retail stores.

Jack Sammons spent a portion of Saturday with the FedEx founder: “No matter how routine our regular conversations ... every time I talked to him, I felt like I was talking to Thomas Edison, an individual who changed the world.”

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The Memphis and Shelby County Airport Authority will introduce plan to rename Memphis’ airport in honor of the aviator, businessman and hometown hero Fred Smith. 

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“We want it to be a place that’s for Memphians, by Memphians,” said John Halford, founder of Cnct Design, about the Edge District.

A restaurant and event space has opened in the former Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe and Honky Tonk location.

FedEx founder and executive chairman Frederick W. Smith, who changed the face of global commerce and his adopted hometown of Memphis, has died at age 80.

Also, the local Sakura chain, offering a selection of sushi and seafood, will share the new location with casual ramen and poké restaurant Subarashi. 

Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission shed further light on xAI and Solaris Energy Infrastructure’s joint venture. They also offer further confirmation that xAI’s plans in the Memphis metro area will likely cross state lines. 

The Ross I-40 industrial park sits roughly 40 minutes from Ford Motor’s BlueOval City in Stanton, Tennessee. 

Memphis-based Varsity Spirit is launching a professional cheerleading league in January, giving athletes 18 years old and older the opportunity to get paid to compete after college.

Downtown business owners received money to renovate their properties with plans for a liquor store, cafe and possibly more.

The 18 S. Main St. building was formerly owned by developer Tom Intrator — and had been part of his plans for several Main Street properties — but was transferred during an April foreclosure sale. 

“You can have the best community in America … . But if you don’t have available buildings or land, then a community cannot grow its economy,” the president of the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce said.