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Blackburn & Sweetzer confirms that British luxury brand Mulberry has closed, possibly because its Melrose Place location was just too sleepy. "I can say whenever I browsed the boutique, I was usually the only one there. Melrose Place is a quiet street, upscale and private, yes, but to a fault for shops that could really use some foot traffic." [B&S]