No Shop

The instructions as well as the "welcome" screen of the forums indicate that there is a shop to buy items as in the other Jewel Match games but I can't find it.

Hi, the shop button is on the right side of the M3 boards. If you just started the game it may be that you haven't earned enough gold to buy an item yet so the button isn't showing; can't remember if they suppressed the button appearing until you get enough gold? Your gold coins are separate from the pieces being collected in the jewel box. If that's not it, the only other thing I can think of is there's a screen resolution issue with your monitor not sizing the game window correctly and you might need to adjust the resolution for more pixels.