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WSJ: When will sales return to their prebankruptcy peak?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

First Brands also provided an update on recent operations, saying that ordering patterns are trending above 90% of prebankruptcy levels and that it is looking at new business opportunities with existing and potential customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The company’s prebankruptcy $16.1-billion debt load was a vestige of its 2008 private equity leveraged buyout.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Sports Authority’s $595 million bankruptcy loan rolls up much of the company’s prebankruptcy debt, consisting of $370 million asset-backed loan and $95 million first-in-last-out loan.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2016

Or they could hope that G.M. decides, even without a court order, to treat the prebankruptcy cases like new ones.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2014