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To push 40% off at its Ola Dash grocery arm, Ola flashed '8 missed calls from mom' at users — and drew a backlash for panicking and hurting grieving customers.
Fall lesenFor three years Netflix's VP of IT operations took kickbacks from nine vendors whose products — some with 'severe' performance problems — employees had to use.
Fall lesenThe only platform charging for free-to-play multiplayer quietly doubled its fee to $120 a year mid-pandemic — then walked the whole hike back in 24 hours.
Fall lesenA Seoul court ruled operator Mergeplus, CEO Kwon Nam-hee and an affiliate must pay 148 users ₩200M over the abrupt 2021 withdrawal of most services.
Fall lesenBoard investigators found misappropriation and PwC found revenue-recognition issues; Series C investors filed a ₹278.7 crore indemnity claim.
Fall lesenAfter years of increases, McDonald's executives conceded in July 2024 that diners found prices too high — same-store sales fell in every division.
Fall lesenThe 37-store, 600-staff chocolate cafe chain entered voluntary administration in 2018 while planning new openings — and already carrying roughly $50M of debt.
Fall lesenNew CEO Heidi O'Neill inherits a Lululemon whose category expansion diluted its core: leggings down 20%, NA comps down 12%, share ceded to Alo and Vuori.
Fall lesenFDA lab testing confirmed the stimulant DMAA in three Rapture Pre Workout flavours; lot 260327-4 became a Class I recall from nationwide internet sales.
Fall lesenIndia's I&B ministry ordered Twitter and YouTube to pull Layer'r Shot's deodorant ad in June 2022 after ASCI found it breached its code.
Fall lesenKroger will shutter three automated fulfillment centers and take roughly $2.6B in charges, refocusing e-commerce on its 2,700 supermarkets instead.
Fall lesenMalaysia's KK Super Mart sold socks printed with the word 'Allah'; the founder was charged, the King summoned him for an apology, and outlets were firebombed.
Fall lesenKristina Karlsson's stationery chain, ~$80M revenue and 450 staff, went into receivership in March 2020, weighed down by its 2016 overseas expansion.
Fall lesenThe ¥70 billion Okinawa park from the planner behind Universal Studios Japan's revival drew 1 million visitors — far below plan — and lost ¥17.3 billion.
Fall lesenCovid turned Joyful's tail of unprofitable 24-hour restaurants into a ¥9.3B net loss — its biggest ever — and a structural reform closing about 200 stores.
Fall lesenThe 47-restaurant casual dining chain filed for bankruptcy with $77M of liabilities, no interest paid since December 2018, and a $40M stalking-horse bid.
Fall lesenThe Honda 0 SUV, Honda 0 sedan and electric Acura RSX, shown at CES as nearly production-ready, were cancelled in March 2026 with Ohio plants already retooled.
Fall lesenThe Philippine wings chain put up a sign asking COVID frontliners to change clothes before entering, then removed it and publicly apologized within days.
Fall lesenForever 21's only Irish store, opened opposite a Penneys in Dublin, closed in 2018 after roughly €40M of losses, lawsuits and a card-data breach.
Fall lesenDollar Tree's new board chair — hired from rival Dollar General — found Family Dollar's price gap was his biggest bad surprise and started slashing.
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