MLS Expansion: Italian Financier Entering Miami Race
Just when things started to sound good for the David Beckham-Marcelo Claure Miami bid, someone had to go and add their name to the discussion. News out of Miami today state that a new party has entered into the MLS Expansion game in South Beach. The Miami Herald is reporting that London-based investment group led by Italian financier Aless...
Frist Center dazzles with ‘Italian Style’
by Sara Estes From Gucci to Versace, designs by the world's foremost clothing designers are currently on view at The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in the first major survey of post-war Italian fashion, "Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945." Curated by Sonnet Stanfill of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, the exhibition aims to...
Palm Beach Atlantic honors Vecellio on American Free Enterprise Day
By Andres David Lopez In 1938, after the dawn of the automobile age but before a national highway system, Italian immigrant Enrico Vecellio and a few partners founded a road-construction company. Today, Leo Vecellio Jr., Enrico's grandson, presides as chairman, president and CEO of Vecellio Group Inc., a contractor with highway, minin...
Italian woodworking company to open first U.S. Facility in Hickory
An Italian woodworking company called Minelli Group will open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Hickory. The move will create 12 new jobs right away. The company just bought a 18,000 square-foot building at 1245 26th Street SE, according to a statement Wednesday. The local operations will be called Minelli USA. Read more F...
Finanziamenti per aziende italiane negli USA
Negli ultimi anni sono sempre di più le aziende italiane che guardano alla Florida, ed in particolare a Miami, come punto di accesso principale alle Americhe, sia per il Nord America che per l'America Latina e i Caraibi. Per molti l'apertura di una filiale commerciale in questo hub strategico non e' più solo un'opzione ma e' diventato quasi un obbl...
Lazio and Florida companies join forces for innovation
Lazio and Florida are joining forces in the name of innovation, thanks to a cooperation agreement signed in Miami between the Rome Research Consortium in (CRR) and Enterprise Florida, in collaboration with the Roman Industrial and Technology Pole. The objective of the agreement is to support each other in the investment and development of new busin...
Robilant+Voena Brings Mimmo Rotella Solo to Art Basel Miami Beach
by Isabella Mason Robilant+Voena that has galleries in London, Milan and St. Moritz, is presenting a curated selection of works by Domenico "Mimmo" Rotella (1918-2006) at Art Basel Miami Beach that begins tomorrow. Considered an important figure in post-war European art, he is known for his décollage works made from cinema and advertising...
Fiat of Huntsville Adds Alfa Romeo
The luxury Italian sports car brand Alfa Romeo is coming to Huntsville. "It's an exciting time here at Fiat and Alfa Romeo of Huntsville," said Frank Williams, the President/Operating Partner at Dodge Chrysler Jeep Fiat Ram in Huntsville. "We have the all-new Alfa 4C coming in October of this year. This vehicle is a true masterpiece w...
Italian boutiques make rush to Palm Beach
Palm Beach saw an influx of Italian fashion enter the business scene this season. Handmade sandal shop Via Capri, 34, fine cashmere brand Brunello Cucinelli, women's and men's clothing store Naracamicie and resort-wear boutique Socapri all opened on Worth Avenue. Luxury apparel store Mario Romano Capri opened on South County Road.Three of the...
Miami Cigar & Company To Distribute Toscano In USA
Miami Cigar & Company proudly announces that they have reached an agreement to become the exclusive distributor of Toscano Cigars in the United States. Based in Tuscany, Italy, Toscano produces high quality fermented Kentucky tobacco. The brand has forever been immortalized through film and television, most well known as Clint Eastwood...
At 50, Vespa still has style to spare
By Madeline O'Leary Nancy and Robert Frehling have been hopping on their silver Vespa to cruise down Miami Beach's palm tree-lined streets for more than a decade. Though the couple also owns a fuel-efficient Prius to wheel them around town, the open-aired liberation lures them back every weekend. Some Saturday mornings, Robert rid...
Il cashmere Cruciani sbarca a Palm Beach
Il marchio italiano del cashmere Cruciani sbarca in Florida inaugurando un nuovo flagship store a Palm Beach. La boutique rafforza così la presenza del gruppo sul mercato americano, dove poteva già contare su uno showroom a New York. La mossa fa seguito alle recenti aperture internazionali della maison a Madrid, Tokyo e Dubai.