7 consigli per vendere online negli USA
Gli Stati Uniti costituiscono, dopo la Cina, il secondo mercato più importante al mondo per l’e-commerce con un fatturato che, per il solo settore ‘retail’ è arrivato a toccare 322 miliardi di dollari nel 2016. La prima considerazione che è opportuno fare quando si parla di Stati Uniti è semplice ma al contempo assai importante: il mercato e-commer...
Jay Leno Really Needs a Bizzarrini for His Garage
Where does one start with the story of Giotto Bizzarrini? I guess in 1953. That's when, at the age of 28, he wrote his engineering thesis about the complete Abarthization of the Topolino, the 13 horsepower predecessor of the Fiat 500. The following year, he landed at Alfa Romeo (not unlike Enzo Ferrari back in the day), where he became a chassis en...
Batella's book rounds up stories of NFL players born in Italy
If you've been outside the U.S. you know that despite whatever the NFL might say, finding someone with an even passing interest in American football isn't always easy. That is, unless you go to Italy and bump into Fausto Batella. Though he's a soccer fan, like pretty much everyone there, Batella is especially passionate about professional American...
Adeline Colosimo’s new book “Words of Promise” is the tale of a soldier’s search for retribution for the ones he has lost while serving his country during World War I
Adeline Colosimo, originally from New York as one of six children born to immigrant parents, has completed her new book “Words of Promise”: a gripping and potent story of heartache and revenge caused by a love torn apart by war. Colosimo has always had an interest in writing and has completed a number of essays, poems, and short stories. “Words of...
It's a Wonderful (Italian-American) Life
We think of It’s a Wonderful Life as a great American movie, a great Jimmy Stewart movie, a great Frank Capra movie — and, of course, as a great Christmas movie. We don’t think of it as a great Italian-American movie. But we should, especially at Christmastime, when Italian-Americans — of Capra’s generation and beyond — can be heard in every shop a...
Caciocavallo of the Migrant
Picture this: It’s the early 20th century, and you are leaving your hometown in Southern Italy to board a ship that will take you thousands of miles across the Atlantic to build a new life in the United States. You really want to take comfort foods with you, such as your beloved cheese and cured pork, but it’s illegal to transport meats into the co...
Q&A with Antonio Sabato Jr., Republican Candidate for Congress
Antonio Sabato Jr. is an Italian-American actor with Jewish roots who is best known for his role as a Calvin Klein model and in the television shows “Melrose Place” and “General Hospital.” He is now running for Congress in the Ventura County area against Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) after speaking at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Sabato Jr...
Claudio Del Vecchio, l’uomo che fece scoprire l’America a Luxottica
La biografia di Claudio Del Vecchio, presidente e Ad di Brooks Brothers Group Inc la si può riassumere con una parola: camicia. Un po’, perché essere il figlio di Leonardo Del Vecchio , fondatore e uomo simbolo di un gigante come Luxottica , significa essere nato con la camicia. Un po’, però, perché ha dovuto dimostrare coi fatti che essere predest...
It’s a Wonderful (Italian-American) Life: The American Tale of the Italian Banker
From the beginning, Amadeo P. Giannini was one of the little guys. He dropped out of school at 14 years old to work in his stepfather’s produce company, saving every dollar he earned and working his way up until he took over the business. Bit by bit, he sold pieces of it to employees, again saving every dollar he made. By age 31, he’d saved up enou...
Il successo del Prosecco in America? Non voler essere Champagne
Negli scorsi giorni, si è celebrata la settimana del prosecco, con diverse aziende italiane del vino con le bollicine che hanno organizzato manifestazioni in giro per il mondo. Qui a New York, il Consorzio del Prosecco Doc, ha presentato agli americani una selezione delle aziende più quotate. A La Scuola di Eataly Downtown Manhattan, accompagnati d...
Confederazione Siciliani Nord America per promuovere la sicilianità nel mondo
È ad Atlantic City, nel New Jersey, che il 15 aprile 2007 nasce, per volontà di Vincenzo Arcobelli – presidente del Comites, di Houston e dell’Intercomites degli Stati Uniti – la CSNA, Confederazione Siciliana del Nord America. L’evento è stata una preziosa occasione per riunire le associazioni di origine e ispirazione siciliana in Nord America. “L...
The seven fishes and Italian Christmas cookies
We haven’t done the seven fishes since I was a very little kid. Like pizza, spaghetti with meatballs and sweeping the sidewalk, the Feast of the Seven Fishes is one of those traditions with roots in the old country but is primarily an Italian-American invention. Mine was just the third generation born on US soil on my maternal grandfather’s side, t...