SHANGHAI -- Jiang Xiaoyun stared wide-eyed at the pink cupcakes, pink T-shirts, pink purses and pink dolls in the towering new six-story Barbie flagship store and declared the place a dream come true.

(Ariana Eunjung Cha 记者)上海——在高耸的新开六层芭比旗舰店里，蒋晓云（音译）睁大双眼盯着面前粉红色的纸托蛋糕，粉红T恤，粉红钱包和粉红色的玩偶，称这一切简直就是自己梦想成真。

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When Barbie later goes to check her account, it has decreased by the T-shirt's cost.

当Barbie检查她的帐号时，余额中已经扣除了t恤衫的费用。

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But she won't cure Barbie's blues: All Barbie sales are expected to creep up only 3% in 1998, way below the 18% annual increases in the mid-1990s.

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She wouldn't let her daughters play with Barbie dolls, which may explain why Nina bought Barbies for her own sons, who weren't actually all that interested.

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