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Article: Louis Vuitton unveils glam Shanghai store, defying China pirates
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- September 23, 2004
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ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer
AP Worldstream
09-23-2004
Dateline: SHANGHAI, China
Louis Vuitton opened a glamorous new Shanghai boutique Thursday, defying Chinese copycats who have flooded world markets with cheap knockoffs of its handbags.
Gilt-lined LV steamer trunks and models in fur-lined coats and stiletto heels abounded as Louis Vuitton executives christened the spacious outlet, said to be China's biggest luxury brand store, in the Plaza 66 mall on ritzy Nanjing West Rd.
Though counterfeiters operate brazenly in Shanghai and other cities, luxury goods makers like Louis Vuitton, Georgio Armani, and other big name brands say they believe that China is following up on promises to ...