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A '''flop'''  or '''product failure''' is a [[product (business)|product]] that doesn't reach expectations of success, failing to come even close. A major flop goes one step further and is recognized for its almost complete lack of success.

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=== Flops in film  ===
A movie is most likely a flop if it doesn't perform as expected. A major movie flop might barely (or not even) make back the money it took to finance it. In extreme cases it might put the studio out of business.

A separate discussion of [[list of movies that have been considered the worst ever|movie flops]]
 and [[box office bomb]]s provides examples and rationales.
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==Commercial Flops==
===Commercial Failures in Aviation===

These are aircraft which were technically sound, but failed in the marketplace.  For aircraft which failed to work at all see '[[#Flops in science and engineering]]'.

* The [[Convair]] [[Convair 880|CV-880]] and [[Convair 990|CV-990]] - these aircraft were commercial disasters as they only offered five-abreast seating, and were easily outcompeted on price by the [[Boeing 720]] which was based on an existing aircraft type.
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*The [[UK Conservative Party|Conservative Party]]'s performance at the [[1997 UK general election|1997 general election]], and also at  [[2001 UK general election|2001 general election]].  In both [[General Election]]s the Conservatives were routed disasterously.  Their showing was both times far worse than that of Michael Foot.
==See also==

* [[product management]]
* [[management]]
* [[new product development]]
* [[product (business)|product]]