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and she was at the residence, about the status of the shops
including whether any manager needed or desired any specific
piece (or pieces) of inventory that Michelsen had at the
residence. Michelsen purchased inventory for all of the shops,
usually by calling the vendors and having most (if not all) of
the merchandise shipped directly to the shops.5 She aimed to
coordinate a somewhat even distribution of inventory between the
shops, and, when she visited the shops (usually on a weekly
basis), she transported inventory (in her car) from the residence
to the shops or from one shop to another. Michelsen also
prepared and monitored the budget for the shops, and she
generally deposited the shops’ weekly receipts into the bank.
For the most part in 1997, Michelsen also toured a few locations
in Southern California in search of a place to move the second
Nature’s Touch store and a place to open the third Nature’s Touch
shops.
Inventory was displayed at the shops or, to a lesser extent,
stored at the residence in either the garage or in the guest
bedroom closet (approximately 56 square feet in size), or at the
5 Michelsen also once or twice a year purchased inventory at
retailer-only gift shows. There, petitioners (and sometimes one
or more employees of Nature’s Touch) viewed various merchandise
displayed by manufacturers (usually on tables) and ordered
products for sale at the Nature’s Touch stores.
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