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300 条近期案例 · 持续更新Supie's audacious bid to break NZ's supermarket duopoly ran out of money
The online grocer folded with $4.3M in creditor claims; an investor says breaking the duopoly takes 'a couple of hundred million dollars'.
阅读案例Sports Direct claimed key-worker status to stay open in lockdown — reversed within a day
Told its fitness gear made staff 'key workers' during the UK lockdown, Sports Direct flipped within 24 hours after a public backlash.
阅读案例Space Value HD restated ¥550M of overstated profit after ex-president's orders
An investigation found Space Value HD overstated net profit by ¥550M across FY2014–2018, with its former president directing the hotel accounting
阅读案例Soul Machines raised $225M for premium AI avatars, then folded owing $19.6M
Anchor customers Mercedes-Benz, ANZ and Air New Zealand all left before cheaper generative AI made the avatar maker's premium pricing untenable.
阅读案例Saint Augustine's signed a land deal with a developer now charged with federal fraud
The 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.
阅读案例Purmil's heir CEO avoided new products as the dairy slid into liquidation
Sales 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'.
阅读案例Ikinari Steak's breakneck expansion ended in 114 store closures and a fire sale
Pepper 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.
阅读案例Openshop: Hyundai's $45m Australian home-shopping bet folded in two years
Hyundai Home Shopping's Australian channel went into administration two years after launch, owing its Korean parent $12m and Seven West Media $1m.
阅读案例Onuma's employee-led buyout of a 320-year-old department store lasted ten months
Yamagata's Onuma department store filed for bankruptcy ten months after employees and a local sponsor took control, unable to fix its cost base
阅读案例IBK staff issued ₩88.2B in improper loans — and the bank sat on the finding
An 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.
阅读案例Google was ordered to halt work at two Finnish data centers pending environmental review
A month after pledging $15bn for Finland, Google was told to stop tree felling and excavation at two sites until environmental reviews were done.
阅读案例Getta Burger shut 14 of 17 stores rather than raise prices or cut quality
The Queensland chain absorbed soaring power, oil and packaging costs until 14 of 17 stores closed and 107 staff lost their jobs just before Christmas.
阅读案例EY settled IBRC's Anglo Irish audit suit for a multimillion-euro sum
Anglo Irish Bank's liquidator sued EY for over €50m over missed 'bed-and-breakfast' loan shuffles; EY settled after 11 years, without admitting liability.
阅读案例Co-op Bookshop, Australia's biggest co-op, went under owing suppliers $15M
The company behind the Co-op bookshop and Australian Geographic went into administration owing $15M — while a supplier owned by its CEO kept getting paid.
阅读案例Conagra's volume-first decade ended in a $1.92B loss and a halved dividend
After 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.
阅读案例Worcester Warriors' auditor Bishop Fleming fined £124,250 for flawed audits
ICAEW severely reprimanded Worcester Warriors' auditor Bishop Fleming for failing to flag the club's debts before its 2022 collapse
阅读案例Rajiv Bajaj calls the 100-cc Discover his biggest blunder: it made Bajaj a 'me too'
Stretching 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.
阅读案例Wesfarmers paid $230M for Catch, lost $347M more, and shut it down
The 2019 acquisition meant to teach Wesfarmers e-commerce instead ran $88M, $163M and $96M losses; in 2025 Kmart absorbed the warehouses.
阅读案例Walmart paid $5.6M after checkout overcharges and short-weight groceries in California
Four 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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