Rola built STUDIO R330 in Los Angeles — when she moved home, the brand ended
Launched June 2020 by model Rola from Los Angeles as a sustainable lifestyle brand, STUDIO R330 ends at the close of July 2026 after her return to Japan.
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Coppola spent $120M+ of his own money on a decades-long passion project; it opened to $4M, earned a D CinemaScore, and finished with $11.5M worldwide.
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Sony spent years developing AIBO, a $2,500 robotic dog. It sold 150,000 units in 7 years. Sony CEO killed it in 2006 to cut costs.
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Lotte's Gasan outlet sold two-year-old stock at up to 80% off. Suburban outlets and online won; when its lease ended on 30 September 2025, Lotte walked.
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Australia's sixth-largest wine company was built on cheap wines under A$10, but when drinkers went premium, the model broke.
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Four DDoS waves and a failed router took Australia's first online census down for two days; IBM paid a confidential 'very substantial' settlement.
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Singapore's largest independent oil trader collapsed in 2020 after years of concealed futures losses and forged documents were exposed.
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One remark about a college basketball team emptied his sponsor roster in a day; CBS Radio fired its star morning host four days later.
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Germany fitted a Global Hawk with EADS spy sensors but never secured certification; Europe would not clear it to fly, so the new prototype never served.
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Four weeks after reaffirming its 2025 targets, Hugo Boss locked in the low end, warned 2026 will shrink, and the share fell 11%.
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Amazon's $200 million toehold carried rights to block asset sales — rights it enforced to freeze the Reliance rescue while its partner slid into liquidation.
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A Cyclospora outbreak from shredded lettuce hit Taco Bell locations nationwide, leading to a $15-20M bill for the chain
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SoftBank-backed OYO grew into the world's third-largest hotel chain in six years, then laid off thousands as losses mounted and the pandemic hit.
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A hidden-camera video showed sick cows forced onto the kill floor; the 143-million-pound recall was the largest in US history and killed the company.
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Sir Cyril Burt published twin studies with fabricated data, invented co-authors, and correlation coefficients identical to three decimal places.
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China's best-known wedding photography chain spent heavily on marketing and expansion. In July 2025 it sent staff on leave and stopped answering customers.
Read the casePerfumes of Singapore created an iconic scent — then the founder walked away
The Singapore Girl perfume was a cultural icon sold on Singapore Airlines flights. In 2008, Dadi Balsara shut the company down when a bigger opportunity called.
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New Jersey air inspectors counted 62 gas generators that did not exist at their last visit, and levied the state's largest data-centre penalty.
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A 26-account trading group around PSH shares created fake demand, drew VND6B in SSC fines and trading bans.
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After Musk's takeover, GM, IBM, Apple and Disney paused ads. At the DealBook Summit, he told advertisers to 'go fuck yourself.'
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