Collapses

Xplore Inc., the rural broadband company founded in Woodstock, New Brunswick, won creditor protection under the CCAA from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on 10 November 2026. It says fibre, 5G and satellite service carries on for its customers, who number in the hundreds of thousands.

Why it matters: Subscribers have been told their service and prices stay the same. Suppliers owed money for work done before 10 November now have to wait for the CCAA claims process, and creditors get their first chance to challenge the order at a hearing due within 30 days.

• Xplore Inc. via Cision Canada

Greenwood Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Election Day, 3 November, months after a US$50,000 state fine over people allegedly buried in the wrong graves. The cemetery is still open, and its creditors are due to meet on 3 December.

Why it matters: Families who own plots or prepaid for burials or perpetual care at Greenwood have had no word on how the Chapter 11 case treats them. The creditors' meeting on 3 December is the next fixed date.

• 95.5 WSB
• WSB-TV
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Kanes Foods Limited, the salad, stir-fry and noodle maker at Middle Littleton near Evesham, Worcestershire, went into administration on Monday 9 November with PwC appointed. The factory has closed and 662 jobs have gone.

Why it matters: The 662 former staff need a case reference number from PwC before they can claim redundancy pay, wages and holiday pay from the government. Suppliers owed money have no debt figure or creditors' date yet.

• Companies House
• Cotswold Journal / Worcester News
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Tapestry Management Services, Inc., the Stratford, Connecticut, company that trades as TapestryHealth and was set up by David Chess, now Stratford's mayor, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on 6 November with 10 affiliates after Medicare stopped paying several of its physician groups. It says it is still serving nursing homes.

Why it matters: The rescue loan needs a court order on Medicare payments by 17 November; without one, funding stops after three weeks, and the company has told the court it cannot cover payroll without relief. Nursing homes and remaining staff depend on that ruling.

• Bondoro
• WhatNow
• Patch
• Bondoro
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McGrathNicol, administrator of Melbourne-based David Jones Pty Limited and its group, has called the first creditors' meeting for 17 November and will ask the court to push the vote on the retailer's future back to early April 2027. The chain employs about 6,000 people and has been in voluntary administration and receivership since 5 November.

Why it matters: If the court agrees, suppliers, staff and gift card holders will wait until about April 2027 for the vote that decides David Jones's future. The first meeting on 17 November is where creditors can replace the administrators or form a committee.

• Australian Associated Press (Dungog Chronicle)
• The Guardian
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McGrathNicol, administrator of David Jones Pty Limited, the Melbourne-headquartered department store chain in voluntary administration and receivership since 5 November, has opened a sale and wants expressions of interest by Friday 13 November. The receivers say no decisions on store closures have been made.

Why it matters: Staff in 38 stores, landlords and suppliers owed money from before 5 November are waiting on a sale that will decide how much of the chain survives. Expressions of interest close on Friday 13 November and creditors first meet on 17 November.

• ABC News
• McGrathNicol
• ABC News
• Forbes Australia
• AAP News
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Clipper City Brewing Company, L.P., the Halethorpe, Maryland, company behind Heavy Seas Beer near Baltimore, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy under subchapter V on 8 November, listing US$1m to US$10m in both assets and liabilities, What Now reported from court records.

Why it matters: Suppliers owed money and distributors now deal with a court-supervised reorganisation in which only the brewery can propose how debts are repaid. Nothing has been said yet about jobs or the taproom's future.

• What Now

The Children's Place, Inc., the Secaucus, New Jersey owner of The Children's Place and Gymboree, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 8 November and wants bids by 9 December. Its roughly 525 stores stay open for now, but some will close, and gift card holders are being urged to use their cards.

Why it matters: Parents holding My Place Rewards points or gift cards face a 9 December bid deadline that decides whether a buyer keeps the chain trading or it moves to closing sales. The list of stores that will shut has not been published.

• The Children's Place
• Business Wire via Yahoo Finance
• Forbes
• ROI-NJ
• Good Morning America
• All 5 sources