01marketing2018
Wesfarmers-owned Coles removed free single-use bags, then waived the 15-cent reusable fee indefinitely after staff abuse — and earned 'Coles caves' headlines.
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Botswana's Choppies paid $10M for a Kenyan foothold, then met Carrefour and Shoprite — four years later every store was distressed and it sold up.
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Carrols' June–August 2019 pricing error stacked two discounts on Whopper value meals — $12.4M of sales and $10.9M of EBITDA gone in a single quarter.
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill loaned Carlisle £2.4M in 2019 ahead of a takeover that never cleared the EFL; the lender went bust and the club is still repaying.
阅读案例 ↗05finance2021–2026
The 2009 Ligue 1 champion fell through two administrations and three relegations to the sixth tier; Lopez exited for a symbolic euro plus €18M of debts.
阅读案例 ↗06strategy2018–2024
Its largest-ever acquisition became a record $51M-loss unit with 1.3% endpoint share; Arctic Wolf bought the assets and BlackBerry stock jumped 16%.
阅读案例 ↗07finance2020–2021
Foo Kon Tan could not verify Axington's FY2020 books — S$1.1M in placement proceeds and two mystery receipts of S$325,000 went unexplained.
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Doormats and underwear bearing sacred Hindu symbols drove #BoycottAmazon trending in India; Amazon pulled the listings — its third such furore since 2017.
阅读案例 ↗09strategy2019–2025
Revenue fell 24%, losses tripled, guidance was suspended and the board created a 'Strategy and Transformation' committee as Project Restoration failed.
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After a BA flight landed in Edinburgh instead of Düsseldorf, Ryanair tweeted a joke — and Twitter replied with Ryanair's own wrong-city landings.
阅读案例 ↗11tech2024–2026
Insecure interfaces let anyone create super-admin accounts on the 2,300-store chain's site, exposing ~17,000 orders across 883 stores since late 2024.
阅读案例 ↗12finance2026
Osaka's Zentoshin went bankrupt in July 2026 with 63 creditors owed ¥115.16B; Tokyo Shoko Research suspects falsified statements for at least two decades.
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WestJet scrubbed 1,200+ flights and 150,000 passengers' plans before a mechanics' strike, then faced 'systematically refusing to comply' claims over rebooking.
阅读案例 ↗14strategy2025–2026
Q2 2026 US same-restaurant sales fell 7% and traffic 12.5% — the sixth straight decline; Wendy's yanked guidance, cut its dividend, and closed 289 restaurants.
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Wells Fargo's 10-purchase rule to waive a $10 checking fee excluded ATM withdrawals; after a lawmaker's complaint it promised refunds in 2020.
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The main court transcriber offshored sensitive files against its government contract, went into administration in March 2026 and was wound down in June.
阅读案例 ↗17legal2025–2026
A court ruled in August 2026 that Verisk must keep pursuing approval, after an FTC probe sparked by an ended ServiceTitan integration deal.
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Unity floated and quickly walked back a fee on game installs in September 2023; on October 9 its CEO left all three of his roles.
阅读案例 ↗19strategy2025
Two straight earnings misses, a CEO exit and a DOJ Medicare probe erased $330B in 2025, per Fortune; the returning CEO promised a full reset.
阅读案例 ↗20product2018–2019
Yappah protein crisps, made from chicken trim, vegetable puree, juice pulp and spent grain, sold in cans at $2.99; Tyson quit in October 2019 on viability.
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