out of business

Four years later, Aspiration, a sustainability firm that also generated and sold carbon credits, is out of business.

These rules in the UK and US had meant the likes of Shein and its rival Temu could keep prices low for shoppers but some retailers argued they were undercutting them and risked putting High Street brands out of business.

Samantha Panton said Roasters, one of Tamworth's oldest family firms, could have been "put out of business" if E.On followed through on threats to take her to court and disconnect her.

"They had the power to put us out of business after 33 years," she said.

Many businesses are certainly jealous of Nvidia’s success now, but in the 1990s, the company almost went out of business when its first chip, NV1, failed, according to media reports.