This year’s dumbest moments in business

From the rollout of Healthcare.gov to Lululemon's yoga pants, we compiled some of the dumbest moments in business and technology from the past year.


  • Racist, sexist and just plain dumb car ads

    Chevrolet, Ford and Hyundai offended plenty of people in 2013, and they all made our list.

  • Healthcare.gov fails the uninsured

    Technical problems plagued its rollout, and Obama's failed promise of letting people keep their health care plans made it worse.

  • Lululemon's see-through apology

    It's bad enough that Lululemon sold sheer yoga pants, but the founder made things worse with his controversial statements.

  • Social media #fails

    From #AskJPM to Amy's Baking Company to firms that tried to capitalize on tragedies, there were plenty of social media screw-ups.

  • Paula Deen loses all her sponsors

    Paula Deen admitted to using a racial slur, but didn’t show enough contrition to save her cooking empire.





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