Leader Formulas recalled Rapture pre-workout after FDA found undeclared DMAA
FDA lab testing confirmed the stimulant DMAA in three Rapture Pre Workout flavours; lot 260327-4 became a Class I recall from nationwide internet sales.
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300 RECENT CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDLayer'r Shot's deodorant ad drew a government takedown order and an ASCI suspension
India'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.
Read the caseKroger's Ocado robot warehouses couldn't pay for themselves — $2.6B to unwind
Kroger will shutter three automated fulfillment centers and take roughly $2.6B in charges, refocusing e-commerce on its 2,700 supermarkets instead.
Read the caseKK Mart's 'Allah' socks cost it a criminal charge, boycotts and firebombed outlets
Malaysia'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.
Read the casekikki.K's international expansion left it paying overseas leases when the crunch came
Kristina Karlsson's stationery chain, ~$80M revenue and 450 staff, went into receivership in March 2020, weighed down by its 2016 overseas expansion.
Read the caseJunglia: Okinawa's ¥70 billion theme park lost ¥17.3 billion in its first year
The ¥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.
Read the caseJoyful's record ¥9.3B loss forced it to close some 200 family restaurants
Covid 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.
Read the caseYork Capital's Houlihan's went from leveraged buyout to Chapter 11 in three years
The 47-restaurant casual dining chain filed for bankruptcy with $77M of liabilities, no interest paid since December 2018, and a $40M stalking-horse bid.
Read the caseHonda scrapped its three US-built EVs before launch to stop $7B of losses
The 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.
Read the caseFrankie's asked health workers to dine in 'out-of-work attire' — then apologized
The Philippine wings chain put up a sign asking COVID frontliners to change clothes before entering, then removed it and publicly apologized within days.
Read the caseForever 21 left Ireland after eight years and about €40M of losses
Forever 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.
Read the caseFamily Dollar's pricing gap forced a $130M rescue bid and a profit warning
Dollar Tree's new board chair — hired from rival Dollar General — found Family Dollar's price gap was his biggest bad surprise and started slashing.
Read the caseFalcondo scrapped its Loma Miranda mine bid as its current ore runs out in five years
The Dominican nickel miner revived a forest mine the senate had tried to turn into a national park — and withdrew the permit within weeks of the outcry.
Read the caseIger made Chapek Disney CEO and stayed as his boss — the board fired Chapek in 2022
Bob Iger's succession design — a hand-picked heir reporting to the outgoing legend — collapsed in under three years, and Iger took the job back.
Read the caseCurastory's founder quit as CEO under an SEC settlement over inflated metrics
The SEC said the creator-monetization startup overstated revenue and client numbers to investors; the founder took a 10-year fundraising bar and stepped aside.
Read the caseCognizant quit content moderation — giving up $250M a year rather than fix it
After a year of Verge investigations into PTSD and abusive conditions at its moderation sites, Cognizant walked away from the whole business.
Read the caseCarrefour Brasil closed 123 stores and posted a R$795M loss in the Big cleanup
The Grupo Big restructuring turned Carrefour Brasil's R$1.73B 2022 profit into a R$795M 2023 loss, with 123 unprofitable stores shut or slated for closure.
Read the caseBradesco's anti-meat post drove ranchers to close their accounts
A Bradesco video of influencers urging less meat consumption sparked account cancellations across Brazil's cattle sector — pulled in under four hours.
Read the caseBerkshire bought the Big Four airlines against Buffett's own advice — and sold at a loss
Buffett bought the Big Four US airlines in 2016 betting on growth and buybacks, then called it a 'mistake' and sold all four at a loss in April 2020.
Read the caseAmazon burned up to $200M a month on diapers to crush Quidsi, then shut it
House committee emails showed Amazon's diaper price war was aimed at diapers.com; Quidsi sold in 2010 and Amazon shut the site in 2017.
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