I’ve got the Monday’s. What better way to celebrate than troll the bankruptcies. Did you know that Rembrandt lost it all in 1656 and so did Mark Twain in 1894 ?
Here is a list of the major brands that went under during the Great Recession (2008-11).
Of note, many of these companies are still alive, emerging from bankruptcy, or bought by another company.
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Phoenix Coyotes
- Texas Rangers
- Michael Vick
- Bill Buckner
- Lenny Dykstra
- Stephen Baldwin
- Sinbad
- Trump Entertainment Resorts
- National Enquirer
- MGM Studios
- Round Table Pizza
- Yellow Pages
- Tropicana Casinos
- Sbarro’s
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- The Octuplet Family
- Active Ride Shop
- Air America Radio
- Six Flags
- Filene’s Basement
- Fatburger
- Samsonite
- The Walking Company
- Borders
- Hollywood Video
- Circuit City
- Washington Mutual
- Black Angus
- Hometown Buffet
- Mrs. Fields
- Ritz Camera
- Nortel
- Claim Jumper
- Loehmann’s
- Big 10 Tires
- Z Gallerie
- KB Toys
- Midway Video Games
- Anchor Blue
- Eddie Bauer
- Crabtree & Evelyn
- Golfer’s Wharehouse
- Ziff Davis
- Tribune Company
- Sharper Image
- Mervyns
- Madoff Investment Securities
- Linens ‘n Things
- Levitz Furniture
- Countrywide Financial
- Bearing Point
- Fuddruckers
- Marie Callender’s
