Banksy launches homewares shop in dispute over trademark
Artist opens Gross Domestic Product for sale of ‘impractical and offensive’ merchandise
Ahead of a potentially record-breaking auction of his work at Sotheby’s, the street artist Banksy said he had been forced into taking the unusual step of opening his own homewares store in Croydon following a legal dispute with a greetings card company.
Gross Domestic Product mysteriously opened on Tuesday and is located on the site of a former south London carpet shop. It will trade for the next two weeks – despite never opening its doors – with all sales being made online.