Grow Your Brand Superlatives 2026-07-27
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27 failure cases from the index. Each card states what broke and what survived. The brand page behind it carries the filings, dates, and sources.

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A 23andMe DNA kit, report cards, consent files, and secured research-data surfaces arranged as a bankruptcy trust case. Public consumer-genetics company sold through 23andMe Former public company entered Chapter 11 in March 2025; assets were acquired by TTAM Research Institute in July 2025 Bed Bath & Beyond store-closing liquidation scene with blue storefront sign, pallets, and staff handling inventory. Specialty retail operator liquidated after Chapter Bed Bath & Beyond Filed Chapter 11 in April 2023; stores liquidated; brand IP sold to Overstock.com and later relaunched under Beyond A large discount home-goods store between liquidation and restocking, with mixed merchandise, empty shelving, and reset workers. Former operator liquidated Big Lots Former public operator converted to Chapter 7; private successor banner operates more than 220 stores across 17 states A logo-free purple mall accessories storefront with dense jewelry merchandising and family shoppers. Second Chapter 11 followed by North American Claire's Private successor Claire's Essentials continues the brand after a 2025 Chapter 11 asset sale A North American Eddie Bauer store in orderly wind-down with the current signature storefront mark, customers, consolidated racks, and packing boxes. North American brick-and-mortar operator liquidated Eddie Bauer North American store debtors entered a post-effective Chapter 11 wind-down in May 2026; Eddie Bauer IP, ecommerce, wholesale, and international licenses continue A darkened fast-fashion mall store after the U.S. Forever 21 store operator entered liquidation. Operator liquidated Forever 21 Licensed ecommerce brand; former U.S. store operator liquidated A grand closed department-store interior with folded multistripe heritage blankets, empty counters, and winter daylight. Department-store operator liquidated Hudson's Bay Canadian department-store operator liquidated; heritage brand assets active under Canadian Tire A largely emptied fabric and craft superstore with cutting tables and sparse shelves after liquidation. Retailer liquidated JOANN Standalone retailer closed; intellectual property acquired by Michaels Lord & Taylor store closeout with heritage-style script signage, boxed apparel, and liquidation operations. Historic department-store operator liquidated Lord & Taylor Filed Chapter 11 in August 2020, liquidated all stores, and sold the brand to Saadia Group for digital relaunch A darkened party-supply superstore with closed checkouts, partly cleared aisles, and unbranded balloon bouquets after liquidation. Standalone operator liquidated Party City Former company-owned U.S. chain liquidated; name continues through new ownership and lower-overhead channels A Pat McGrath Labs prestige beauty counter with black-and-gold packaging, pigment palettes, supplier files, and restructuring papers. Prestige beauty brand reorganized after liquidity, Pat McGrath Labs Filed Chapter 11 in January 2026 and emerged in April 2026 with GDA Luma financing and control economics A logo-free live-shopping studio demonstration with host, guest, product set, and broadcast lighting. Parent and operating-company debt restructuring QVC QVC continues operating while QVC Group, QVC, Inc., and participating U.S. affiliates reorganize An active Red Lobster restaurant interior at evening with guests, seafood service, lobster tank, and realistic current signage. Restaurant operator completed Chapter 11 Red Lobster Red Lobster exited Chapter 11 in September 2024 and continues as a private restaurant company A powered-down but intact Redbox kiosk outside a U.S. store at blue hour with the final red wordmark and purple period. Operating service shut down in parent Chapter 7 Redbox Redbox kiosk, app, and streaming operations ended in the 2024 Chapter 7 liquidation; no verified operating successor is active An active Regal cinema exterior at dusk with guests arriving under the current orange aperture-crown and wordmark. Highly leveraged parent and named subsidiaries Regal Cinemas Regal theaters continue under private Regal Global Entertainment after Cineworld's 2022-2023 Chapter 11 restructuring and 2026 corporate rename A realistic Revlon beauty counter with red and black brand signage, precise cosmetic displays, and shoppers testing color products. Public parent completed Chapter 11 and emerged Revlon Revlon emerged from Chapter 11 in May 2023 as a private lender-owned group and continues selling in more than 100 countries A sparse pharmacy retail interior with empty shelves and a closed security gate after the legacy Rite Aid chain wound down. Retail chain closed Rite Aid Online health business; legacy retail pharmacy chain closed A realistic Saks Fifth Avenue flagship entrance with black script signage, luxury windows, and evening shoppers. Parent luxury retailer completed Chapter 11 Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue continues under Exemplar Luxury Group after its former parent emerged from Chapter 11 in June 2026 A Sleep Number smart-bed retail showroom with adjustable bed, app tablet, delivery documents, and sale-process files. Public smart-bed retailer entered Chapter 11 sale Sleep Number Filed Chapter 11 in June 2026 with Sleep Country Canada as stalking-horse bidder and up to USD 260M DIP financing A logo-free bright yellow low-cost aircraft on an airport ramp during the airline's final operating era. Two Chapter 11 cases followed by operational Spirit Airlines All flights canceled and operations in orderly wind-down after a second Chapter 11 A lively active TGI Fridays bar-and-grill with guests, staff, current striped identity, and realistic restaurant proportions. Former U.S. company-operated restaurant group is TGI Fridays The old 39-restaurant U.S. operator is pursuing a plan of liquidation; the franchise brand remains active under Sugarloaf management A U.S. customer opening a current The Body Shop ecommerce parcel beside a bathroom vanity and recognizable body-care products. Former U.S. operator ceased operations and filed The Body Shop The former U.S. operator ceased operations and entered Chapter 7 liquidation in 2024; U.S. Tuesday Morning store-closing liquidation scene with red storefront sign, home decor inventory, pallets, and staff. Off-price home-goods chain liquidated after Chapter Tuesday Morning Filed Chapter 11 in February 2023; physical stores liquidated; brand later continued under new ownership/channel use A logo-free overhead scene of reusable food-storage containers arranged for a home demonstration. Public issuer entered Chapter 11 Tupperware Former public issuer sold core brand assets in Chapter 11; a private successor continues the brand A logo-free black-and-red newsroom and video studio standing empty after a shutdown. Chapter 11 going-concern asset and equity sale Vice Media Former parent and affiliates liquidated after a Chapter 11 asset sale; successor Vice operations continue A branded WeightWatchers workshop and clinical consultation environment with blue identity cues and members using the program. Public company completed a prepackaged debt WeightWatchers WeightWatchers exited Chapter 11 in June 2025 and remains an operating Nasdaq-listed company A logo-free freight terminal with silent docks, idle yard tractors, and generic trailers after shutdown. Operational shutdown followed by Chapter 11 Yellow Corporation Carrier operations stopped in 2023; the confirmed liquidation plan became effective in 2026

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