The Come Up Kickz, previously located on Main Street, has opened its new location near the mall’s food court. Owner Abraham ...

West Knoxville is getting two new retail chains, a boot store is replacing Lululemon, and a local vintage spot is expanding to South Knoxville.

The solution would seem obvious enough. It did for Rosco Rolnick, 33 years ago. That’s when the third generation owner of Guarantee Shoe Center launched his Shoes for Our Homeless Shoe Drive.

Shoes coming from Vietnam already had a 20% duty. So President Donald Trump’s threat of a 46% increase would see consumers ...