It’s the end of an era at the corner of Madison and Belvedere. Zinnie’s, called Old Zinnie’s since Zinnie’s East opened a few doors east of the original in the 1980s, has closed.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. is ending gaming operations at Tunica Roadhouse Casino.

Bill Phillips, a 37-year trucking industry veteran from Knoxville, aimed a megaphone at a student driver after repeated botched attempts to back up a big rig.

The third time may be the charm for the Memphis Cook Convention Center’s $175 million transformation, which is proposed for award to a Mississippi contractor after three rounds of bidding.

Lynne Walker, executive vice president, director of affinity strategy at First Tennessee Bank, won gold in the Female Executive of the Year Award (employees 2500+) Consumer Services category and silver in the Female Executive of the Year Award Business Services category at the 15th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

I’ve been talking to a number of job seekers lately about illegal interview questions. They keep coming up, and I keep asking myself why that is. When you’re a job seeker, you may not realize how common illegal questions are because you’re interviewing for only one or two jobs at a time. But, surprisingly, they’re popping up in job interviews quite a bit.

The Madison@McLean apartments under construction in Midtown will include ground-floor retail space, the developers confirmed Monday.

A familiar East Memphis office building, with its script “Century Building" sign in front and mechanized, louvered windows on the sides, is proposed to be demolished and replaced with a car wash.

Memphis-based International Paper Co. has donated $1 million to the River City Partnership, a collaboration between the University of Memphis, Shelby County Schools and the Achievement School District.

After more than a decade with only one hotel on the south side of Tenn. 385 near the Carriage Crossing center in Collierville, two new limited-service hotels are in various stages of development and a third hotel is under consideration.

Whether it’s Giving Tuesday or year-end giving, your gift is truly a gift.

Imagine an everyday scenario where friends meet for lunch without a plan. One friend suggests Chinese and everyone agrees. But where? Smartphones are drawn. A few swipes and a quick search later and the friends are headed to a nearby restaurant with positive reviews. This business owner is reaping the benefits of micro-moment marketing.

Dakota Garrity presides over central control at FedEx Ground in Olive Branch, Mississippi, like a NASA flight director overseeing a moon mission.

Despite big-box retailers such as Lowe's, Home Depot and Ikea, the custom cabinet business is alive and well in the Bluff City.

The developers of a Germantown-area retirement community are ready to begin round two.

Amanda and David Bass’ chances of having a healthy pregnancy were not good. Their fertility specialist told them there was a 75 percent chance that Amanda and/or the baby would not make it.

Oak Hall and Lansky Bros. are collaborating on a unique project that gives back to the patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A set of three pairs of collectible socks is available just in time for the holidays, and sales benefit St. Jude.

A new, larger Wiseacre brewery Downtown would enable the Memphis company to double its full-time employment and expand distribution of its craft beer initially into all of Alabama as well as Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. “We’re in seven states full-time,’’ co-founder Kellan Bartosch said Friday of Wiseacre Brewing Co.'s current footprint. “And we’ve had conversations with markets all over.’’

New management of  The Shops at Carriage Crossing wants to enhance the pedestrian-friendly shopping center’s customer experience – a shifting of direction for the business district.

While big-box retailers like Best Buy and Walmart tend to dominate Black Friday sales, the Saturday after Thanksgiving is when consumers “shop small.” In 2010, when small businesses were struggling from an economic recession, American Express declared the Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday, a marketing effort that encourages people to include small, local businesses in their holiday shopping.

A keynote presentation by Paul Campbell, chief innovation officer at W.L. Gore & Associates, from the Back End of Innovation Conference.

About 26 years ago, Amy Howard started Amy Howard Collection, a company where she designed and manufactured furniture.

Wiseacre Brewing Co. plans to build a second, larger brewery Downtown. Abel Parcels LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wiseacre, is seeking a Board of Adjustment variance to build on 2.5 acres at the southeast edge of Downtown. B.B. King Boulevard, East Butler and Vance avenues and Abel Street border the site.

At a time when brick-and-mortar retailers are competing with e-commerce, Downtown Memphis is trying to figure out if it can support retail at all.

Shab Chic Marketplace, a set of gussied-up shipping containers housing retail, was originally supposed to open in November 2017. It is located in the parking lot next to the former Kudzu’s Bar & Grill, which had an address of 603 Monroe Ave. Across the street is High Cotton Brewing and Edge Alley, the latter of which also houses micro-retailers.