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.

Greater Memphis Chamber launched the event three years ago, and this was the biggest yet, with vendors including insurance companies, dessert shops and a representative of Whitehaven Plaza Shopping Center.

Community Foundation for Greater Memphis and Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South announce additions to their staff.

Predevelopment activity is slowly increasing in portions of The Lake District, the troubled 160-acre mixed-use project south of the Canada Road-Interstate 40 interchange in Lakeland.

The airport is building a better understanding, one person at a time, on what it takes to expand and add cities. 

When he started flying at FedEx in 1983, Albert Glenn was one of eight Black pilots in the ranks. He’s spent the rest of his life raising money and starting training programs to help Black students interested in aviation.

Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor said risk increases with age and that women, who are more often caregivers, should make their own health a priority. 

In 2023, FedEx spent $284 million with Shelby County suppliers. Statewide, it spent $637 million with suppliers.

The new $31 million Kroger includes a Starbucks, The Little Clinic, and super-sized departments like produce, meat and seafood, as well as beauty and wellness.

In the documentary five Memphis women are interviewed about their mental health — specifically anxiety — and how they deal with challenges.

A rezoning of a site adjacent to MicroPort Orthopedics is an indication of the company’s intent not to expand its operation.

Some of the candidates at the St. Jude Career Fair Tuesday, Oct. 22, come from International Paper, which last week announced it was laying off hundreds of Memphis workers.