Oct 24, 2025
The Multi-Million Dollar Typo: How a Tiny Data Error Destroyed a Shipment of Shorts
We’ve all seen them: the incredible, “too-good-to-be-true” clearance sales. I recently stumbled upon one myself—a rack of beautiful, high-quality cotton shorts marked down by over 70%. The fabric was perfect, the stitching was excellent, but the price was baffling. Curious, I asked a store associate what was wrong with them. The answer was surprisingly simple, yet profoundly telling: the…