Spectacular Failures

Forever 21 goes from rags to riches to bankruptcy court

The mom-and-pop fast-fashion retailer exploded into malls across the globe. But eventually, Forever 21 unraveled like the hem on a cheap crop top. Our sponsors this week: Fiverr: <a class="c-link" href="http://fiverr.com/">fiverr.com</a> promo code SPECTACULAR NetSuite: <a class="c-link" href="http://netsuite.com/SPECTACULAR">NetSuite.com/SPECTACULAR</a> The Great Courses Plus: <a class="c-link" href="http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/spectacular">thegreatcoursesplus.com/spectacular</a> Sign up to receive our brand new newsletter, featuring weekly recommendations from Lauren and the rest of the team at <a href="http://spectacularfailures.org/newsletter">spectacularfailures.org/newsletter</a>. Read the transcript of the episode at <a class="default" href="https://www.spectacularfailures.org/">spectacularfailures.org</a>. You can follow Spectacular Failures on <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureShow">Twitter</a> at @failureshow and like us at Facebook.com/failureshow. We're <a href="https://www.instagram.com/failure_show/">@failure_show on Instagram</a>. Follow Lauren Ober on <a href="https://twitter.com/oberandOut">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oberandout/">Instagram</a> at @oberandout.

Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions. Host Lauren Ober tackles some of the most spectacular business failures of all time, and what could have been done to avoid them. Some of these stories are shocking. Some are funny. Some are just downright sad. But each one will give you a totally new perspective on big business… and big failure. From American Public Media.