There are 31 article(s) tagged FedEx Logistics:

• August 2026

  • FedEx Logistics names new president

    FedEx Logistics’ new president recently oversaw sales in the Asia Pacific region.

    By Steve Bohnel August 03, 2026

• April 2023

  • Conaway: If you want to help, then help

    This city already pays less for light, gas and water than any other in Tennessee, and less than most cities in the country. If we really want to help the poor with their utilities, there are subsidies, sliding scales and credits. 

    By Dan Conaway April 10, 2023

• October 2022

  • FedEx Academy casts vision of future careers in logistics for MSCS students

    FedEx Logistics hosted about 30 MSCS students for the FedEx Logistics Academy at its global headquarters at the former Gibson Guitar factory Downtown. 

    By Rob Moore October 14, 2022

• April 2022

  • FedEx Logistics global headquarters opens at former Gibson Guitar factory

    The decision to consolidate more than 600 of its workers into a single Downtown workspace has been years in the making and not without its setbacks. The move took more than $50 million and three years to execute. 

    By Rob Moore April 06, 2022

• September 2020

  • One Beale’s proposed water fountain heads to design board

    Iron Tribe Fitness proposes to erect a wall-mounted sign on the roof line of the former Gibson Guitar plant where it will be a tenant in the new FedEx Logistics headquarters building.

    By Tom Bailey September 01, 2020

• June 2020

  • FedEx Logistics funnels Medline PPE to Latin America

    FedEx Logistics, Medline have distributed 900,000 face masks to hospitals in Central America and Caribbean, and more are on the way.

    By Wayne Risher June 04, 2020

• May 2020

  • Temporary job cuts reach FedEx Logistics

    FedEx Logistics joins FedEx Office and FedEx Freight as entities of Memphis-based FedEx Corp. that have implemented temporary, unpaid furloughs because of business conditions arising from COVID-19.

    By Wayne Risher May 22, 2020

• March 2020

  • Landscape, lighting plan submitted for new FedEx Logistics headquarters

    The Design Review Board will consider the proposed landscaping and lighting plans for the $62.5 million conversion of the former Gibson Guitar Factory into the new headquarters for FedEx Logistics.

    By Tom Bailey March 25, 2020

• January 2020

  • It’s official: Tennessee’s first Amazon Robotics facility coming to Memphis

    After months of declining to acknowledge its plans in the Frayser/Raleigh district, Amazon announced Tuesday it will hold a ground-breaking on Monday at 4055 New Allen Road.

    By Tom Bailey January 22, 2020

• October 2019

  • FedEx Cross Border extends footprint

    FedEx Cross Border, which connects online merchants with international customers, announced openings of new offices in New Jersey, California and The Netherlands.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 14, 2019

• September 2019

  • $33 million permit pulled for FedEx Logistics HQ Downtown

    A nearly $33 million building permit for interior finishwork has been pulled for the FedEx Logistics headquarters project in Downtown Memphis.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 05, 2019

• August 2019

  • FedEx Logistics to add Colombia export manager Cargex

    FedEx Logistics, a Memphis-based trade and specialty services unit of FedEx Corp., has announced an acquisition that will boost its presence in Colombia and Latin America.

    By Wayne Risher August 29, 2019

• June 2019

  • Design board approves FedEx Logistics’ Downtown HQ

    The Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board unanimously approved a plan to unify all elevations of the former Gibson Guitar Factory with brick, windows and black steel, but some members have questions about signage planned by new tenant FedEx Logistics. 

    By Michelle Corbet June 06, 2019

• May 2019

  • FedEx Logistics seeks design approval for Downtown HQ

    The design of FedEx Logistics' plans to transform the vacant Gibson Guitar Factory into its new Downtown Memphis headquarters is up for review. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 30, 2019

  • FedEx Logistics launches employment program with Mississippi Valley State

    FedEx Logistics announced Wednesday the launch of a new Historically Black Colleges & Universities employment program at Mississippi Valley State.

    By Natalie Pilgrim May 29, 2019

  • Approval for The Clipper will expand Downtown’s core of skyscrapers

    The planning board grants an exception to allow The Clipper hotel and office towers to be up to 275 feet tall, three times the existing limit near FedExForum and Beale Street.

    By Tom Bailey May 09, 2019

• April 2019

  • Prep work for FedEx Logistics’ Downtown headquarters begins

    Prep work for FedEx Logistics' new Downtown headquarters in the former Gibson Guitar building has begun.

    By Natalie Pilgrim April 22, 2019

  • Offer of free online education at UofM Global is expanded to FedEx Logistics

    Learning Inspired by FedEx, a college tuition offer started by FedEx and the University of Memphis online last year, has been extended to certain U.S. employees of FedEx Logistics.

    By Wayne Risher April 17, 2019

  • FedEx Logistics sends advance team Downtown to scout landscape, oversee HQ project

    FedEx Logistics' top executives will move to Peabody Place Office Tower in May, giving the Memphis-based company its first significant office presence Downtown.

    By Wayne Risher April 11, 2019

  • The Clipper developers plan taller structures

    The developers of The Clipper, a $250 million mixed-use development next to the future FedEx Logistics global headquarters, have applied for a height exception.

    By Elle Perry April 03, 2019

• March 2019

  • Boyd disclosure form on council website updated as other members post theirs

    Memphis City Council member Berlin Boyd has amended his disclosure to include his job with FedEx Logistics on a form dated last week on the council's website.

    By Bill Dries March 18, 2019

  • Boyd’s employment by FedEx Logistics missing from state disclosure form

    Council member Berlin Boyd has worked for FedEx Logistics for seven months, taking in the time the FedEx division decided to relocate Downtown at Boyd's urging.

    By Bill Dries and Wayne Risher March 15, 2019

  • State reveals incentives for FedEx, JNJ Logistics

    The state of Tennessee reveals $11.2 million in incentives for two major investments by local logistics companies. 

    By Michelle Corbet March 01, 2019

• February 2019

  • Healthy East Memphis office district can absorb some loss to Downtown

    The East Memphis office district has been the city's strongest submarket for years. But is it strong enough to weather the shift of big tenants from the suburbs to Downtown?

    By Tom Bailey February 18, 2019

  • FedEx Logistics HQ project wins $3 million in grants, tax freeze worth millions

    Public incentives flowed Thursday into a project to retrofit the Gibson Guitar Factory and make it FedEx Logistics' global headquarters. A tax freeze and two grants sailed to approval.

    By Wayne Risher February 14, 2019