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Article: Marc Jacobs to launch Boston store.
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- WWD
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- June 29, 2004
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Byline: Katherine Bowers
BOSTON -- Marc Jacobs plans to open its first store here this summer in a two-floor, 3,750-square-foot space in a town house at 81 Newbury Street, the city's most prestigious retail boulevard.
While the official debut is Aug. 6, Marc Jacobs International president Robert Duffy, an ardent Democrat, would like the doors to swing wide in time for the Democratic National Convention, kicking off here July 26.
"I wish we could be open in time to do a big fund-raiser. I'm hoping," Duffy said. Plan B is to stuff the store's windows full of pro-John Kerry merchandise, including the leather-trimmed identification badge holders ...