The shop was small but beautiful. I had stocked the best dresses, shoes, and handbags. In the first month, business was good. Customers kept coming. Some days, I would even close late because of the many orders.
But slowly, something started to change.
At first, it was small things. A customer would promise to come and buy but never show up. Then others would just pass by the shop without even looking at the beautiful displays. Even my most loyal clients stopped calling.
Before I knew it, I was struggling to pay rent. I started using my savings to buy new stock, hoping things would pick up. They never did. Instead, people I knew who had opened shops after me were thriving while mine was dying.
One evening, as I was closing the shop, a neighbor came and whispered to me, “You know, some people around here do not want you to succeed. You need to protect yourself.”
I went home that night and cried. I had heard about business jealousy but I thought it was just stories. Now I was living it.READ FULL STORY.