The Memphis-based automotive parts retailer beat analyst expectations on Tuesday, May 21, as more Americans hold onto their older cars. 

In 1983, when Beale Street reopened as the city-owned entertainment district, Al James, now 71, became its official manager, running the hardscape of one of the country’s most famous streets like it was his own front yard.

The upcoming Downtown game bar will feature 20 arcade games, an 8-foot Lite Brite and an authentic Philly, with rolls shipped from Philadelphia. 

From the Domino’s Village to the Chili’s Care Center, St. Jude’s campus is dotted with the names of corporate giants who’ve made some sizable pledges to the children’s hospital. 

“Everything I have been studying tells me that we are definitely going to be, within my lifetime certainly, back in a place that chocolate is something you will have for a very special occasion,” said Muddy’s founder Kat Gordon. 

In the hospital’s first ceremony since the COVID-19 pandemic, 22 patients graduated from the Imagine Academy by Chili’s, which is the hospital’s school that is accredited as a special-purpose institution.

The owner of Chloe’s Giant Cookies, who has 2.2 million followers on TikTok, has joined a federal lawsuit to try and overturn a recently passed law that would either ban the popular video app or force its sale.

Junior Achievement’s JA Inspire Career Exploration Fair brought industry leaders and students together for a hands-on look into careers that are fast-growing, in high demand and close to home. 

Several restaurants have opened in Memphis this week, including a “breakfast, lunch and brunch spot,” a high-end Mexican restaurant, a Taiwanese-style bakery and something new in the old Local on the Square. 

Expiring COVID-19 pandemic grants and inflation force higher costs on airlines, but ticket prices aren’t expected to rise.

Regional One Health and the Shelby County Health Department will both launch Healthy Start programs with federal funding to improve maternal and child health outcomes in high-need communities. 

“I didn’t want to leave,” said owner David Acklin. “That building is beautiful to me, the best in Memphis. I’ve had it for 20 years. I ran with it for as long as I could. I’ve fought and done everything I could to stay there.” 

“Over the course of the next three to four years ... the airport’s going to be almost completely remodeled,” the airport’s manager said. “When it’s all completed, it’s going to be almost like a brand new airport.”

Filmmaker Miroslav Mitic is opening the Dream Magic Daily Market on the ground floor of the Exchange Building. 

It will be the 22nd year for the luncheon, which benefits the Methodist Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic extension of the Memphis-based health care system. 

John’s Creek Shopping Center has a new tenant and Rejuvenate 901 is relocating to Collierville.

Shelby County Mayor’s Office, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, Rhodes College’s Office of Academic Affairs and Hollywood Feed announce promotions and additions. 

The automaker on Tuesday, May 14, released more details about its investments in the $5.6 billion mega campus as the assembly plant at the Ford Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center takes shape.

The layoffs will begin in early July and conclude by the end of the month.

Bill Seely will spearhead rallying local and national business leaders to get involved in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend by becoming sponsors, starting corporate fundraising teams and bringing in new donors. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris told the Memphis Rotary Club he has asked leaders of both of the city’s health care giants about becoming involved in the rebuild of Regional One Health. But he also admitted the discussions haven’t gotten very far yet.

Developer Yehuda Netanel has fallen short in his attempt to obtain the necessary financing to save his The Lake District project in Lakeland.

Red Lobster mulls bankruptcy while closing 48 locations, including the one on Winchester Road. 

Domino’s pledge will help ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food. 

Cary Fowler, a 1967 graduate of White Station High, and Geoffrey Hawtin created the “doomsday vault,” an underground seed storage facility built in the Svalbard Archipelago in Norway, 600 miles from the North Pole.