Bonmarché was the UK's go-to for women over 50 — then the high street stopped showing up
Bonmarché grew to 300+ stores serving women over 50 — but changing shopping habits and a failed sale pushed it into administration.
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3,222 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDCharle's shrinking underwear business books a ¥3.13B loss with ¥2.35B impairment
Charle forecast a profit, then underwear sales fell short — FY Mar 2026 turned into a ¥3.13B loss, a second straight year in the red.
Read the caseCharles Jourdan made Dior's shoes — then the Champs-Élysées bankrupted it
Charles Jourdan dressed elegant feet for 80 years — a disastrous move to the Champs-Élysées and a shift to retailing bankrupted it.
Read the caseCo-operative Bank's £1.5B hole — a merger that destroyed a 140-year-old bank
Co-operative Bank merged with Britannia in 2009, inherited toxic property loans, and needed a £1.5B bail-in that wiped out its parent.
Read the caseCourtepaille was France's iconic grill chain — six owners, two bankruptcies, 1,500 lost
Courtepaille pioneered road-side grilling in 1961. Six owners, two bankruptcies and 1,500 layoffs later, only 60 restaurants remain.
Read the caseCover FX: 25 years of inclusive foundation — gone in an Instagram post
Founded in 1999 by a Canadian chemist, Cover FX pioneered skin-friendly makeup. In 2026, parent AS Beauty wound it down citing tariffs and market shifts.
Read the caseDecode, Korea's first luxury pre-order platform, shut down in January 2025
Korea's first luxury pre-order platform, Decode closed in January 2025 as four luxury platforms shut down within a year amid a luxury market downturn.
Read the caseThe $45B LBO of TXU was the largest in history — it bankrupted the company in 7 years
Private equity paid $45B to take TXU private in 2007, betting gas prices would rise. Gas fell. The company filed Ch.11 in 2014 with $40B+ debt.
Read the caseForme (フォルム), Toyama select-shop chain, bankrupt in July 2026
Forme ran women's clothing select shops across four prefectures and peaked at ¥1.66B — fast fashion's price war ended the chain in 2026.
Read the caseFuguiniao was China's No. 3 shoe brand — then its founder bet everything on P2P lending
Fuguiniao went from a 40,000 yuan workshop to a billion-dollar HK IPO — then lost everything on P2P lending and mining that had nothing to do with shoes.
Read the caseFujimori (藤森), Iwate clothing store since 1918, bankrupt in 2026
Family Clothing Fujimori served Hirono and Kuji for over a century — depopulation and chain competition bankrupted the 108-year-old store in 2026.
Read the caseFukunishi Meriyasu (福西メリヤス), Nara hosiery maker with ¥5.4B peak sales, bankrupt in 2026
Fukunishi made stockings for Japan's big brands since 1951 — cheap imports and falling demand shrank ¥5.4B sales into a ¥2B bankruptcy in 2026.
Read the caseGaleries Lafayette opened in Macau with a replica Eiffel Tower — it closed 2 years later
The 35,000 sq ft Parisian department store in Macau's Resorts World mall opened Jan 2024 and shut by Feb 2026. Staff said nobody came.
Read the caseGawker published a sex tape, a jury ordered $140M — and a blog empire died overnight
Gawker published a 2-minute sex tape of Hulk Hogan — a $140M verdict funded by Peter Thiel forced it into bankruptcy and sale within 3 months.
Read the caseGeox invented the breathing shoe — then lost its sole
Geox invented the breathing shoe after its founder burned his feet at a wine convention. By 2020, it was losing €128M a year and filing bankruptcy in Canada.
Read the caseGivenchy, LVMH's French luxury house, pulled out of all but one store in Korea
French luxury house Givenchy closed most of its Korean department store locations by mid-2025, booking a ₩1.2 billion restructuring provision.
Read the caseGlossybox ends its 12 Nordic years — sales sliding, solvency 7%, influencers unpaid
The Hut Group's beauty-box subscription closed Sweden, Norway and Finland in June 2024; the farewell post read 'all fun unfortunately comes to an end'.
Read the caseGrin made Bionic Commando — Square Enix cancelled a Final Fantasy project without paying
Grin was a Swedish studio behind Bionic Commando Rearmed — it went bankrupt after Square Enix pulled a Final Fantasy spin-off without paying for months of work.
Read the caseGuirenniao was China's 'shoe king' worth ¥42.7B — it closed 3,000 stores, pivoted to rice
Chinese sportswear brand Guirenniao went from 5,000 stores and a ¥42.7B market cap to bankruptcy restructuring, delisting, and a pivot to selling rice.
Read the caseHands Shibuya, the iconic lifestyle flagship, closes after 48 years
Hands Shibuya, the Tokyu Hands flagship that defined Tokyo DIY and lifestyle for 48 years, closes in November 2026 due to lease expiry and aging building.
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