Inside the survival story of a Mississippi store fighting high inflation

The front of the Simmons-Wright Company store as seen on July 1. The store has been in the same location in Kewanee, Mississippi, since opening 134 years ago. (Stephan Bisaha/Gulf States Newsroom/Stephan Bisaha/Gulf States Newsroom)

The 138-year-old Simmons-Wright Company store in Kewanee, Mississippi looks like a relic, almost a museum dedicated to country life.

Its two floors are filled with baskets of cotton, cast-iron skillets and farming plows. But hiding underneath it all is a remarkably nimble business, one that's survived that long by knowing how to adapt.