US brands that Failed in the UK 2

Ive found another article showing that :
Limited Brands, in conjunction with British fashion chain Next, failed in an attempt in the 1990s to transplant Bath & Body Works to Britain. And Whole Foods Market, which opened a massive food emporium in London in 2007, lost around $52 million in the British capital last year, thanks in part to formidable competition from mainstream British supermarket chains that are already well stocked with organic groceries.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1995378,00.html#ixzz1v7o3MYLo

This article states - Best Buy UK closed its 11 big-box electricals stores on this side of the Atlantic in January.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/can-topshop-avoid-a-soaking-in-its-ambitions-over-the-pond-7553681.html

This may not help but these are US shops that have been forced to close in Nottingham over 2011-12

2012- United Retail
2011- Best Buy
            U.S.A American Apparel
            USA Borders

http://www.retailresearch.org/whosegonebust.php

Ashley