Orgill, Inc.
... that Orgill, Inc., now the world's largest independently owned distributor of hardlines, began as a hardware store in 1847, making it the oldest Memphis-founded company still in operation?
... that <b id="mwBzs"><a href="./Orgill_(company)" id="mwBzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Orgill (company)">Orgill, Inc.</a></b>, now the world's largest <a href="./Privately_held_company" id="mwBz0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Privately held company">independently owned</a> distributor of <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hardline#Noun" id="mwBz4" rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" title="wikt:hardline">hardlines</a>, began as a <a href="./Hardware_store" id="mwBz8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hardware store">hardware store</a> in 1847, making it the oldest <a href="./Memphis,_Tennessee" id="mwB0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a>-founded company still in operation?