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The scent of stale coffee and frustration hung thick in my store that Thursday morning. My inventory system had just crashed - again - leaving me staring at empty shelves where cereal boxes should have been. My notebook system, once reliable, had become a labyrinth of crossed-out numbers and forgotten orders. That's when my supplier Mike, between sips of terrible convenience store coffee, mentioned *shopt like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

That humid Thursday morning still burns in my memory - sweat dripping down my neck as I stared at racks of unsold swimwear while customers asked for autumn jackets we didn't have. My boutique felt like a sinking ship with me desperately bailing water using a teaspoon. The seasonal switch had ambushed me again, leaving $8,000 worth of inventory gathering dust while shoppers walked out empty-handed. I was drowning in spreadsheets that lied to my face, promising trends that never materialized. That

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