10 Brands You Won't See After 2014

6. Time Warner Cable

An American cable telecommunications company, Time Warner Cable operates in 29 states and has 31 operating divisions. Time Warner Cable accepted an offer from Comcast for $45.2 billion at the beginning of this year. The acquisition would create the largest cable company in the United States with a combined total of 30 million subscribers.

The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission will lead the government’s assessment of the deal. The deal would be one in a series of anticipated mega-mergers that would leave wired and wireless broadband in fewer hands. Most experts believe Time Warner Cable will perish soon.

7. BlackBerry

Formerly known as, Research In Motion Limited, BlackBerry had 19.5 percent of the global smartphone market. Blackberry’s figure failed to 1percent after the introduction of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android mobile operating system. Blackberry’s release of two new phones last year, Z10 and Q10 were inadequate. Recently revenue dropped to $966 million from $3.1 billion confirming the belief that BlackBerry cannot survive on its own.

8. Aeropostale

Aeropostale is an American shopping mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, founded in 1973 in U.S. Aeropostale manufactures inexpensive, casual clothes for teenagers, which it sells through company stores.

 Aeropostale is loosing all its teen customers to the brands Forever 21 and H&M .The company’s stock price plunged by more than 85 percent in the past five years and it had secured $150 million in financing from private equity firm Sycamore Partners.

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