The Providore, Singapore's premium cafe-deli chain, shut all 6 outlets overnight
The Providore closed every store on the same day in March 2026, less than a year after being sold to new investors.
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3,222 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDLeading Labels — outlet chain that sold Calvin Klein and Wrangler goes under
UK discount fashion chain Leading Labels entered liquidation in May 2026 — 15 stores closing after repeated strike-off warnings
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London luxury stationer Smythson closed its 137-year-old Bond Street flagship in 2024 — £7.3M loss, six store closures, sold to PE in 2025
Read the caseRadley — from Camden Market stall to administration in 38 years
British handbag brand Radley entered administration in May 2026 — £5.5M loss, 21 stores at risk, bought by Gordon Brothers in pre-pack
Read the caseMullaware, Korea's first-generation athleisure brand, went bankrupt
Korean athleisure pioneer Mullaware lost ₩33.5B and went bankrupt as Lululemon and local rivals took over a market it created.
Read the caseChaPanda's miHoYo collab crashed — app down, shelves bare, fans blacklisted brand
ChaPanda's May 2026 miHoYo collab delivered broken apps, empty shelves, angry gacha fans — and a permanent spot on the blacklist.
Read the caseHonda e: a $40,000 city EV with 100 miles of range — 11,987 sold in three years
Honda's retro EV cost nearly $40,000 with about 100 real-world miles of range; production ended January 2024 after 11,987 sales in three years.
Read the caseSamsung recalled 1.1 million electric ranges after front knobs turned on by accident
Front knobs could be bumped on by accident — after 250 fires and 40 injuries, Samsung recalled over 1.1 million slide-in ranges in August 2024.
Read the caseVeeko International went from HK$2.23B revenue and 222 stores to HK$421M and 89
Hong Kong's Colourmix cosmetics chain and its parent Veeko shrank from 222 stores to 89 as mainland tourism died — revenue fell 81% and equity nearly ran out.
Read the casehince closed its China stores 3 years after LG bought it for expansion
LG Household & Health Care paid 42.5B KRW for hince to conquer China — the brand closed all its China online stores in January 2026.
Read the caseYao Yao Sour Fish — a mainland chain lasted 4 years in Hong Kong, then vanished
A Chinese sour-fish chain opened 4 Hong Kong stores starting in 2022. By March 2026 all were closed.
Read the caseKuaishou's 'sales only go up' feature got it fined ¥26.7M for faking data
China's market regulator fined Kuaishou's e-commerce arm ¥26.7M for 7 violations including a feature that fabricated sales data for livestreams.
Read the caseDaimaru ran a Shanghai department store for 13 years — then the name came off
Japan's Daimaru Matsuzakaya ended its Shanghai partnership after 13 years, exiting China completely as the store was renamed on New Year's Day 2026.
Read the caseH&M went from 13 stores in Hong Kong to 1 — the flagship model that couldn't hold its rent
H&M's Causeway Bay flagship paid HK$10M/month in rent. When the lease came up, the same space rented for a tenth of that — to a drugstore.
Read the caseBolt Pharmacy's 'SYSTEM CRASHED PRICING ERROR' ad — fake urgency, real prescription drugs
'Our system is still showing LAST YEAR'S WEIGHT LOSS PRICES' — Bolt's urgency ad was a scripted offer, and its landing page sold prescription-only meds.
Read the caseUtility Warehouse's 'unlimited' data hid a 500GB cap in 'The legal bit'
Utility Warehouse's 'unlimited data' SIM deal had a 500GB fair-use cap — buried in an expandable 'legal bit' the ASA said consumers would skip.
Read the caseeasyJet's 'Large cabin bag From £5.99' — a price claim with no pricing data
easyJet's fees page said large cabin bags from £5.99. Which? asked for proof — easyJet had none, and the ASA banned the claim.
Read the caseKopparberg's 'nights at Uni' ad banned for tying cider to social success
Kopparberg's radio ad linked a 'legendary' uni night to drinking cider — the ASA banned it: alcohol as popularity, characters under 25.
Read the caseHarrods tried China with a tea room and a members club — both closed in 12 months
Harrods' only mainland China presence, a tea room and members club in Shanghai, closed after less than 3 years — the full store never came.
Read the caseFake Trustpilot reviews and 'as seen on' logos — Capgroup's whiskey ad banned
A whiskey cask and gold site claimed 27,023 'Excellent' Trustpilot reviews it never had — and 'as seen on' logos that were paid ads.
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