Business failures, costly decisions and the lessons they leave behind.
The full archive, in the appA probe found Toshiba worked with Japan's trade ministry to 'beat up' activist investors — then four of its independent directors demanded a shake-up.
Read the caseThe online grocer folded with $4.3M in creditor claims; an investor says breaking the duopoly takes 'a couple of hundred million dollars'.
Read the caseTold its fitness gear made staff 'key workers' during the UK lockdown, Sports Direct flipped within 24 hours after a public backlash.
Read the caseAn investigation found Space Value HD overstated net profit by ¥550M across FY2014–2018, with its former president directing the hotel accounting
Read the caseAnchor customers Mercedes-Benz, ANZ and Air New Zealand all left before cheaper generative AI made the avatar maker's premium pricing untenable.
Read the caseThe Raleigh HBCU's land-lease deal with sports developer 50 Plus 1 died at the state attorney general — its owner now faces federal fraud charges.
Read the caseSales fell from ₩257.5B in 2017 to ₩180B as rivals pushed new products; the union said CEO Shin Dong-hwan was 'only interested in collecting toy figurines'.
Read the casePepper Food Service shut 114 Ikinari Steak stores, cut 200 jobs and handed Pepper Lunch to a fund after a founder-driven expansion nobody could stop.
Read the caseHyundai Home Shopping's Australian channel went into administration two years after launch, owing its Korean parent $12m and Seven West Media $1m.
Read the caseYamagata's Onuma department store filed for bankruptcy ten months after employees and a local sponsor took control, unable to fix its cost base
Read the caseAn FSS audit found 51 improper loans by 20-plus people from 2017 to 2024; the regulator also accused IBK of concealing what its own probe had found.
Read the caseA month after pledging $15bn for Finland, Google was told to stop tree felling and excavation at two sites until environmental reviews were done.
Read the caseThe Queensland chain absorbed soaring power, oil and packaging costs until 14 of 17 stores closed and 107 staff lost their jobs just before Christmas.
Read the caseAnglo Irish Bank's liquidator sued EY for over €50m over missed 'bed-and-breakfast' loan shuffles; EY settled after 11 years, without admitting liability.
Read the caseThe company behind the Co-op bookshop and Australian Geographic went into administration owing $15M — while a supplier owned by its CEO kept getting paid.
Read the caseAfter admitting its volume-versus-margin balance had skewed toward volume, Conagra booked $2.0B of impairments, lost $1.92B in a year and halved its dividend.
Read the caseICAEW severely reprimanded Worcester Warriors' auditor Bishop Fleming for failing to flag the club's debts before its 2022 collapse
Read the caseStretching the differentiated 125-cc Discover down to 100 cc turned a USP product into a 'me too' and left Bajaj stuck at No. 2, its MD admitted in 2018.
Read the caseThe 2019 acquisition meant to teach Wesfarmers e-commerce instead ran $88M, $163M and $96M losses; in 2025 Kmart absorbed the warehouses.
Read the caseFour California district attorneys documented shelf prices above register charges and underweight goods across 280 stores; Walmart settled for $5,639,801.92.
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