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Mulberry is possibly positioning itself to be the power bag. Today, the Telegraph reports that it sent the world leaders at he G8 summit personalized monogrammed bags. Japan's Shinzo Abe, Russia's Vladimir Putin and President Obama got über-masculine Matthew bags while the German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the Piccadilly travel bag. You know, because Lana del Rey wasn't doing it for them anymore. [Telegraph]