TrackR - Failure Museum

TrackR

Launched in 2014 and discontinued in 2021, TrackR was a Bluetooth-based tracker that struggled to compete against the myriad of competitors including Apple AirTags. With TrackR’s products tracking could be shared across multiple devices; there wa ...

Skybell Video Doorbell - Failure Museum

Skybell Video Doorbell

Launched in 2015, the Skybell video doorbell sends a live video feed to your smartphone when somebody presses the button, and allows you to initiate a two-way conversation with the person at your door. It installs in minutes and offers motion detect ...

Lighthouse - Failure Museum

Lighthouse (interactive assistant)

Launched in 2017, the Lighthouse interactive assistant provides insight to three core things: what has happened, what is happening and what is happening that shouldn’t be happening. Lighthouse uses deep learning and 3D sensing technology to introduc ...

MarchFIRST- Failure Museum

marchFIRST

In 2000, marchFIRST launch with 8500 employees and $1.13B in revenue after a merger of two firms. Due to challenges integrating the cultures and tough market conditions, the company folded in 2001. The company provided professional services rela ...

People Express Airline - Failure Museum

People Express Airlines

Launched in 1981 and discontinued in 1986, the airline seemed to be getting good mileage out of the cross-use of its work force. Pilots took turns hefting baggage. So did flight attendants. Sales representatives worked check-in counters. Headquarter ...

Apple iPod & HP - Failure Museum

Apple iPod + HP

Launched in 2004 and discontinued in 2005, the Apple iPod+HP was a line of Hewlett-Packard–branded iPods, distributed through HP. As part of the deal, Apple was to have its iPod manufactured for HP and iTunes would be pre-installed on all HP comput ...

Hooters - Failure Museum

Hooters

Hooters, a chicken wing chain of 300 location and who is famous for putting female employees in revealing uniforms, filed for bankruptcy in 2025. Hooters and similar restaurants are getting hit by three factors concurrently. The higher prices on ...

Ted Airline - Failure Museum

Ted (airline)

Launched in 2004, Ted was a brand of United Airlines that targeted vacation locations primarily served by the low cost airline market. "Ted" comes from the last three letters in the United brand name. United marketed Ted anthropomorphically and att ...

Google Stadia - Failure Museum

Google Stadia

Launched in 2019 and discontinued in 2022, Google Stadia was a cloud-based video game streaming service. The service was designed to stream games to your desktop, laptop, or mobile device, but had a small library and latency issues. One of the bi ...

Nike FuelBand - Failure Museum

Nike FuelBand

Launched in 2012 and discontinued in 2015, the Nike FuelBand failed due to competition, the challenge of focusing on new areas like software, and the lack of clear understanding of consumer motivations to embrace wearable tech. The FuelBand, bein ...