Huge brands that commited suicide

From drug trafficking scandals to poisonous air purifiers, big companies have stumbled into all sorts of suicidal mishaps that have killed top brands

• Circuit City flopped for many reasons, failure to manage it's inventory and website.

• Pets.com is the poster child of the dot-com bubble's catastrophic bursting.

Launched in 1998, the pet supplies website went public in February of 2000. A hugely expensive marketing effort, together with massive investment in website-based companies at the time, resulted in overvaluation of the e-commerce site.