When Royer started his business, he worked with a rotary telephone. There were no computers or fax machines. Now online shopping allows vendors to sell directly to customers.

At Junior Achievement’s JA BizTown, fifth and sixth graders run a mini city and take jobs at storefronts that represent major Memphis organizations.

Regional One Health and St. Francis Hospital both received poor ratings from the federal government in a recent review.

The restaurant will open a month early, while Kura House Asian Cuisine is closing and Downtown’s The Artist Table is looking for a new location. 

The historic venue launches the nearly $2 million artist lounge expansion to give artists “the experience they deserve.”

Eight projects saved St. Jude millions and earned the research hospital a reward from the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

An anonymous local company bought a highly visible retail property in Cooper-Young with plans for an Asian restaurant in the former Alchemy space.

Last week, Amazon announced it was launching Amazon Supply Chain Services and offering freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping to, as it said, “business of all types and sizes.”

Also, a beauty-supply store is coming to Bartlett, and an electrical-supply company signed a lease in East Memphis.

Who is new at Campbell Clinic, WLOK and The Armstrong Company?

The former longtime home of Downtown’s Bluff City Coffee will soon be home to coffee again, but this time, with cocktails, too. 

“... This center sends a powerful message: You are seen, you are valued, and you are never alone,” said a state official about the Alliance Healthcare Services facility. 

“Some sellers still want those 2021 and 2022 prices, but it’s not there. The houses that sell under 30 days, they’re priced just right,” the president of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors said.

MIFA named Dorcas Young Griffin, a longtime Shelby County employee, as its incoming president and CEO on Monday.

After Amazon announced its expansion of its logistics services, experts said the market might have overreacted. FedEx, UPS, DHL and the other Memphis logistics companies bet on resilience.

Daniel Prewitt nearly lost his leg after a high-speed chase in Arkansas. That outcome was avoided thanks to a Regional One team that reconnected tiny blood vessels, some smaller than a human hair.

For Memphis retailers and farmers, the current reality is higher prices and tighter supply.

The property was used as a hospital and stable by Union troops during the Civil War.

A 2025 study by the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank found that BNPL borrowers are typically female, younger, renters, and less educated; but, surprisingly, have higher household incomes.

Hart Roper will succeed Pete Sanders, who announced in January that he would retire at the end of the 2026-2027 school year.

Habitat for Humanity recently hit a milestone in Uptown: Two homes it finished building in February had their appraisals match their costs, which isn’t a given when talking about affordable housing in Memphis.

UTHSC is in better financial position than in recent years — in June 2023, there was a $55 million structural deficit. By the end of June, a surplus of $35.6 million is expected.

HighTee is leaning into high tea, and Raymah Café opens in a long-vacant former Applebee’s.

Former restaurant and retail spots along Bartlett’s main corridors stand empty.

EpicenterU, a partnership between Epicenter, Arkansas State University and the Delta Regional Authority, will provide about $812,000 in grant funding for student entrepreneurs.