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Taste Holdings brought Starbucks to sub-Saharan Africa in 2016, planned 150–200 stores, paused at 13, and exited the food business entirely in November 2019.
Lire le casThe State Bank of Pakistan stripped Tag of its e-money approvals over regulatory violations, ordered wallets closed and apps pulled from stores.
Lire le casThe Thai insurer terminated Covid 2-1 policies for all customers as cases surged — the SMK hashtag topped Twitter and its shares sank 4.70%.
Lire le casIn June 2020 Subway removed two popular meats at many locations and pushed a two-for-$10 deal that 75% of surveyed franchisees refused to offer.
Lire le casThe Android spyware monitored tens of thousands of phones; a breach exposed it, a PayPal checkout leak named an operator, and Hetzner killed its server.
Lire le casRestructured management, displays and product mix failed to fix the market; the Hong Kong beauty retailer refocused on Malaysia, China and e-commerce.
Lire le casThe retailer's logistics arm grew 40% but below planned margins; president Shekar Natarajan and COO Brent Beabout exited as AEO slashed unit costs.
Lire le casFans inserted scan-only season cards into barcode readers, doubling entry time; up to 15 minutes of the match lost, with an apology and a video guide after.
Lire le casThe South African grocer entered Nigeria in 2020 with A.G. Leventis, opened two Lagos stores, and sold out in October 2024 as group losses widened.
Lire le casA hacker tricked its servers into handing over AWS keys, exposing 300M+ screenshots of victims' devices; the founder wiped the data without notifying anyone.
Lire le casTokyo's ODD No. drew 'considerable' users to Link! Like! Lovelive!, but heavy development costs meant it never turned profitable — ¥10.7bn in liabilities.
Lire le casFans found sexual posts on betting firm BK8's Instagram as the deal launched; the club made it delete them and admitted its due diligence needed review.
Lire le casA service agent's blunt public reply on X about a stalled payment drew 14.7 million views in a day and a public apology from the airline.
Lire le casAfter the US sales ban, Kaspersky's 19 September update silently uninstalled its antivirus and installed Pango's UltraAV — without asking permission.
Lire le casSmashburger and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf kept burning cash after Jollibee's US spending spree; 2019 was its worst stock year in two decades, 2020 worse.
Lire le casAutomation integration issues at the new Gallaway, TN distribution center disrupted fulfillment and put a 'meaningful' dent in first-half fiscal 2025 results.
Lire le casFor four years the rummy company's Group CFO channelled funds into unauthorised futures-and-options trades through a personal account — then vanished.
Lire le casThe crypto custodian's September 2023 hack cost $14–15M of customer funds; Ripple made clients whole, then abandoned the acquisition and the founder exited.
Lire le casDomino's Pizza Group announced in October 2019 it would exit Iceland, Norway and Sweden, conceding 'we are not the best owners of the businesses'.
Lire le casDisney believed BAMTech's Game of Thrones pedigree guaranteed a smooth debut; 10 million subscribers broke logins, streams and continue-watching.
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