Costumers queue outside the shopping centre on November 7, 2009 on the opening day of France's first US technology Apple Store inside the legendary Louvre museum shopping centre in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. The shop covers an area of 700 square metres (7,535 square feet). Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

Costumers queue outside the shopping centre on November 7, 2009 on the opening day of France's first US technology Apple Store inside the legendary Louvre museum shopping centre in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. The shop covers an area of 700 square metres (7,535 square feet).

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