The United States is Canada’s largest trade partner. Ships loaded with containers for now are waiting offshore. 

The Economic Development Growth Engine Board approved a Jobs 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive for AAON Inc., three forgivable loans, and an extension of the closing date of Richardson Oilseed PILOT at its special call board meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6. 

 The fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has recruited Samantha Maltin of Sesame Workshop as its new chief marketing and brand officer, while Ankur Jain of Amazon-owned Whole Foods will become the nonprofit’s first chief data and analytics officer. 

The Stratford Memphis venue sold, ProHealth Wellness Clinic to open its sixth location in Arlington, Horn Lake shopping center sold for $2.3 million and an Olive Branch warehouse also sold. 

Fifth Third Bank, Memphis Music Initiative announce an addition and promotions. 

Starting this week, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate will begin working on the 200,000-square-foot facility for a California-based business. 

The new sorting technology is expected to end nights at the hub when the bottom falls out due to weather, outages or package spikes. 

Hera Health is experiencing a growth spurt after striking a deal that allows a South Korean company to use technology developed in Memphis in Asia’s veterinary-drug market.

“A person’s not born with Type 1 diabetes; it develops over time,” said Kathryn Sumpter, Le Bonheur’s chief of endocrinology and a Type 1 diabetes patient. “It’s an autoimmune disease, so it takes time to progress.”

A leading manufacturer of air conditioning and heating equipment is looking to create almost 300 jobs in Memphis. 

A Chick-fil-A opens in Horn Lake, and Starbucks is coming to West Memphis. Plus, this brewery is serving pretzels, calzones and honey that “Makes You Tingle.” 

The Memphis-based company’s announcement of the closing in South Carolina is in addition to previous layoff announcements.

The facility is large enough to sort 56,000 packages an hour.

Southern College of Optometry provides free and affordable vision care for people from Memphis and across the Mid-South through community programs and at its eye clinics in Midtown, Crosstown and the University District. 

Avron B. Fogelman’s gift is the single largest gift to the business college and among the largest to the campus as a whole.

A sneaker and vintage clothing store will open within the next month in the Broad Avenue Arts District, two East Germantown hotels are renovated, a marketing agency joins Primacy II tenant list and 15 acres in Southeast Memphis were sold. 

Tioga Environmental Consultants, The Daily Memphian, Marx-Bensdorf Realtors and Hemline Tailored Brand Strategies announce additions. 

Shaun Kavanaugh, 46, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty Oct. 22 to mail fraud. He received more than $750,000 from FedEx. 

The 74,000-square-foot travel center, one of the largest in the region, is set to bring about 225 jobs to the area. 

Throw the beads! The flight will operate daily from the end of February to the beginning of March 2025.

The fast food chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023, allowing the company to operate while planning to pay its creditors.

The “Developing Memphis” seminar featured Chance Carlisle, CEO of Carlisle Corp.; Ernest Strickland, president and CEO of the Black Chamber of Commerce, and Stephen Townsend, licensed architect and senior project manager for UrbanARCH Associates. 

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. 

The Better Business Bureau warns businesses and nonprofits to be wary of emails with anything other than .gov in the address.

The fdx.com commerce platform offers merchants more insight into their logistics, with an eye to helping brick-and-mortar businesses compete with Amazon.