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Week of July 20, 2026

Trajector Holdings Files Chapter 11 as $62.9M Debt Matures

Trajector Holdings filed Chapter 11 after a founder dispute delayed refinancing of its $62.9M Deutsche Bank facility, with cash-collateral authority pending in Florida.

FreefallConsumer & retail

Jul 21

StopLoss Secures $5.75M Financing as Pensacola Sale Wins Approval

StopLoss secured $5.75 million in debtor-in-possession financing and court approval to sell its Pensacola property while resolving an equipment-and-records dispute with Command 247.

Consumer & retail

Week of July 13, 2026

Jul 19

Insured Advocacy Group Seeks Arbitration Over StopLoss Factoring Claim

Insured Advocacy Group seeks arbitration of a disputed factored-receivables claim as StopLoss LLC's Houston chapter 11 case continues.

Consumer & retail

Week of June 22, 2026

Jun 23

Systematic Audio Files Chapter 11 After $21M Verdict

Systematic Audio, maker of Sundown Audio car audio, filed chapter 11 after a $21M jury verdict and lender defaults, with about $25M of secured debt.

Consumer & retail

Week of June 8, 2026

Jun 9

Presperse Corporation: $49M Talc Trust and 524(g) Plan Confirmed

Presperse Corporation filed chapter 11 in the District of New Jersey on Sept. 9, 2024, to resolve ~275 talc personal-injury claims through a $49M 524(g) trust funded by parent Sumitomo Corporation of Americas. The prenegotiated plan confirmed July 29, 2025.

PrenegotiatedConsumer & retail

Jun 8

Forever 21: $1.58B Debt and Cash Collateral Liquidation

F21 OpCo, the U.S. operator of Forever 21, filed chapter 11 in Delaware on March 16, 2025, carrying $1.582 billion in funded debt. No going-concern buyer emerged; the liquidating plan was confirmed June 24 and went effective June 30, 2025.

PrenegotiatedConsumer & retail

Week of June 1, 2026

Jun 7

Franchise Group: $1.5B Debt-for-Equity Plan and Two-Step Emergence

Franchise Group's Delaware chapter 11 confirmed a plan cutting about $1.5B in debt via first-lien equitization, funded by a $750M DIP. The case sold Vitamin Shoppe for $193.5M, wound down American Freight, and emerged in two steps on June 6 and July 3, 2025.

PrepackagedConsumer & retail

Jun 6

Tuesday Morning: $40M Rights Offering Delivers Full Unsecured Recovery

Tuesday Morning's 2020 chapter 11 ended with a confirmed plan that paid general unsecured claims in full. Funded by a $40 million rights offering and a $110 million exit ABL, the Dallas off-price retailer emerged in January 2021 with 490 stores — then refiled in 2023.

FreefallConsumer & retail

Jun 6

HDC Holdings II (Dirt Cheap): $36.5M ABL Freefall and Chapter 7

HDC Holdings II and affiliates, operators of the Dirt Cheap off-price retail chain, filed chapter 11 in Delaware Oct. 10, 2024 with $36.5M in prepetition ABL debt, ran a chain-wide Hilco liquidation across ~68 stores, and converted to chapter 7 on Dec. 23, 2024.

FreefallConsumer & retail

Jun 6

Contractor Tool Supply: $14.6M Lender Drives Chapter 11 Wind-Down

Vera Holdings & Investments, parent of Contractor Tool Supply (Vera Tools on Amazon), filed chapter 11 Feb. 4, 2026 in M.D. Fla. DIP financing withdrawn May 5, 2026; the case now operates under a $14.6M Tiger Finance lien as inventory is wound down through Amazon FBA and Dudley's Auction.

FreefallConsumer & retail

Jun 6

Painted Tree Boutiques Abruptly Closes 65 Locations, Files Chapter 7; Trustee Rejects 61 Leases

Painted Tree Boutiques filed chapter 7 with 65 affiliate entities in S.D. Tex. on April 28, 2026, four days after abruptly closing all stores. Trustee Murray is rejecting 61 storefront leases and has sought modified notice for approximately 11,000 creditors.

Chapter 7Consumer & retail

Week of May 18, 2026

May 22

QVC Group: $5B+ Debt Cut, Preferred Equity Asset Dispute

QVC Group, parent of QVC and HSN, filed prepackaged chapter 11 on April 16, 2026 in SDTX to implement a $5B+ debt cut, reducing $6.6B to $1.3B. Trade creditors and Cornerstone Brands creditors are unimpaired; emergence is targeted within 90 days.

PrepackagedConsumer & retail