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Mattel Shutters Shangai Barbie Store

Playthings Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 3/8/2011 1:36:02 PM

Shanghai, China - Mattel is closing the six-story Barbie store in Shanghai, two years after it opened in honor of the doll's 50th anniversary. The store featured a spa and bar as well as, of course, hundreds of dolls, and was designed to raise awareness of the Barbie brand in China.

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