Moschino Barbie heads to Miami
The luxury Italian fashion house Moschino is jetting off to Art Basel Miami Beach for a one-off, Barbie themed installation created by designer Jeremy Scott. Moschino and Jeremy Scott are inviting fans to 'Live the Dream', with a new project celebrating the intersection of pop culture and art during the 13th Edition of Art Basel Miami Beach. A...
Miu Miu Opens Boutique In Miami Design District
Italian fashion company Miu Miu opened a shop in the Miami Design District on Thursday, according to WWD. The two-level store takes up 5,435 square feet and is located at 190 NE 39th Street. The luxurious design features floor-to-ceiling mirrors on the ground floor, a black marble staircase and gold damask-lined display cases. The bottom floo...
Al Bunetta, Manager and Oh Boy Records Co-Founder, Dies at 72
Al Bunetta, the colorful manager, record-label chief and music-business raconteur who'd worked with John Prine for more than four decades, died Sunday night after being diagnosed recently with cancer. He was 72. Friends say Bunetta had complained just two weeks ago of "a little stomach problem." That turned out to be pancreatic cancer. After being...
Branson Chooses Miami and Fincantieri
Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, has announced that Virgin Cruises has selected PortMiami as the home port for its first cruise ship that will set sail in 2020. He also revealed Virgin Cruises has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri for three new mid-size ships. Emerging throug...
Beretta opening new gun factory in Tennessee
Gun maker Beretta USA is opening a new factory on Friday, the culmination of generous land and tax offers in Tennessee and restrictive gun laws at its old Maryland location. eretta USA is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony at the recently built facility in Gallatin, Tennessee, on April 15, having moved all manufacturing from Maryland. The new...
Natuzzi: Made in Italy Expands on the U.S. and Asian Markets
Natuzzi continues to expand its retail chain in the U.S and Asia - two key markets for made in Italy products. With the opening of the new Natuzzi Italia Store in Naples (Florida) – in addition to the new Miami and Philadelphia new stores – the Group has opened 3 new stores in the U.S. in 2015, bringing to 252 the number of mono-brand sales po...
Italian stone cabinetry resurfacing franchise looks to expanded in North America
Granite Transformations, a remodeling franchise based on a proprietary resurfacing process, says it is offering more franchises in North America. Founded in Italy and operating in eight countries - Italy, Brazil and India, as well as the U.K., U.S. and Australia - on four continents, Granite Transformations says it has more than 150 franch...
Aperitivo Italiano ad Art Basel Miami Beach
In occasione dell'antivigilia dell'apertura della fiera d'arte più prestigiosa d'America, Art Basel Miami Beach, martedì 4 dicembre 'Made in Italy' ospita un evento all'insegna dei prodotti e dei talenti emergenti del Belpaese. La società fondata da Francesco Belcaro e Francesco Bo, con sede a New York, opera dal 2004 con lo scopo di promuovere il...
Trovare lavoro in America: Walt Disney World assume italiani
Vivere e lavorare negli Stati Uniti è sempre stato il tuo sogno? Disney offre a giovani italiani l'opportunità di vivere per un anno in Florida lavorando all'interno del Walt Disney World Resort, il parco di divertimenti Epcot Centre, vicino ad Orlando. Nel dettaglio, Disney è alla ricerca di camerieri, baristi, cuochi e addetti alle vendite per i...
L’Italia con l’Ice al Salone Internazionale della Nautica di Fort Lauderdale
Coordinate dall'Agenzia Ice, 11 aziende italiane del settore cantieristica, elettronica di bordo, antenne satellitari, accessori e arredamenti nautici, divise da equipaggio, nuovi prototipi di imbarcazione e bunkeraggi marini parteciperanno all'edizione 2013 del FLIBS, il Salone Internazionale della nautica di Fort Lauderdale – in Florida – in prog...
Magniflex Expands Presence In Miami
Magniflex, Italy's largest mattress manufacturer, reported that it is expanding its North American presence with the opening of a new 3,400-square-foot showroom at 3050 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami's trendy Design District. The move represents a significant increase in the company's Miami footprint, where it has already established its U.S. headquar...
V&A's 'Italian style: Fashion since 1945' exhibition lands in Nashville
When the Victoria and Albert Museum in London started working on the first comprehensive, large-scale exhibition covering the last 70 years of Italian fashion just four years ago, the Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville jumped at the chance to host the show stateside. The city had already proved its thirst for fashion when the center...