Unternehmerische Misserfolge, teure Entscheidungen und ihre Lehren.
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Wesfarmers-owned Coles removed free single-use bags, then waived the 15-cent reusable fee indefinitely after staff abuse — and earned 'Coles caves' headlines.
Fall lesenBotswana's Choppies paid $10M for a Kenyan foothold, then met Carrefour and Shoprite — four years later every store was distressed and it sold up.
Fall lesenCarrols' June–August 2019 pricing error stacked two discounts on Whopper value meals — $12.4M of sales and $10.9M of EBITDA gone in a single quarter.
Fall lesenEdinburgh Woollen Mill loaned Carlisle £2.4M in 2019 ahead of a takeover that never cleared the EFL; the lender went bust and the club is still repaying.
Fall lesenThe 2009 Ligue 1 champion fell through two administrations and three relegations to the sixth tier; Lopez exited for a symbolic euro plus €18M of debts.
Fall lesenIts largest-ever acquisition became a record $51M-loss unit with 1.3% endpoint share; Arctic Wolf bought the assets and BlackBerry stock jumped 16%.
Fall lesenFoo Kon Tan could not verify Axington's FY2020 books — S$1.1M in placement proceeds and two mystery receipts of S$325,000 went unexplained.
Fall lesenDoormats and underwear bearing sacred Hindu symbols drove #BoycottAmazon trending in India; Amazon pulled the listings — its third such furore since 2017.
Fall lesenRevenue fell 24%, losses tripled, guidance was suspended and the board created a 'Strategy and Transformation' committee as Project Restoration failed.
Fall lesenAfter a BA flight landed in Edinburgh instead of Düsseldorf, Ryanair tweeted a joke — and Twitter replied with Ryanair's own wrong-city landings.
Fall lesenInsecure interfaces let anyone create super-admin accounts on the 2,300-store chain's site, exposing ~17,000 orders across 883 stores since late 2024.
Fall lesenOsaka's Zentoshin went bankrupt in July 2026 with 63 creditors owed ¥115.16B; Tokyo Shoko Research suspects falsified statements for at least two decades.
Fall lesenWestJet scrubbed 1,200+ flights and 150,000 passengers' plans before a mechanics' strike, then faced 'systematically refusing to comply' claims over rebooking.
Fall lesenQ2 2026 US same-restaurant sales fell 7% and traffic 12.5% — the sixth straight decline; Wendy's yanked guidance, cut its dividend, and closed 289 restaurants.
Fall lesenWells Fargo's 10-purchase rule to waive a $10 checking fee excluded ATM withdrawals; after a lawmaker's complaint it promised refunds in 2020.
Fall lesenThe main court transcriber offshored sensitive files against its government contract, went into administration in March 2026 and was wound down in June.
Fall lesenA court ruled in August 2026 that Verisk must keep pursuing approval, after an FTC probe sparked by an ended ServiceTitan integration deal.
Fall lesenUnity floated and quickly walked back a fee on game installs in September 2023; on October 9 its CEO left all three of his roles.
Fall lesenTwo straight earnings misses, a CEO exit and a DOJ Medicare probe erased $330B in 2025, per Fortune; the returning CEO promised a full reset.
Fall lesenYappah protein crisps, made from chicken trim, vegetable puree, juice pulp and spent grain, sold in cans at $2.99; Tyson quit in October 2019 on viability.
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