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Salvatore Ferragamo SpA, the 90-year-old Italian fashion house famed for outfitting Hollywood stars from Marilyn Monroe to Sophia Loren, is struggling to regain its footing. Profits are down. The brand has had difficulty in attracting younger shoppers, thanks to a minimal online presence and a product lineup that has changed little in recent years....

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Over-the-top Italian fashion line Dolce & Gabbana showed off 103 looks at a Rainbow Room menswear show on Saturday as Liza Minnelli performed and an army of VIP clients, celebs and glamour ghouls were on the scene. Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbanatook over New York with a weekend of shows at iconic Manhattan sites including the New York...

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“We’re looking at New York with Italian eyes,” said Dolce & Gabbana’s Domenico Dolce at a preview of the company’s Spring 2018 Alta Sartoria collection early Saturday morning. What would follow about 12 hours later at Rockefeller Center (where, just a few floors away, Cardi B was getting ready to perform on Saturday Night Live—and finally confirm h...

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Rome's archaeological site at Largo di Torre Argentina is to be restored in a project sponsored by luxury jeweller Bulgari, according to Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. The restoration, estimated at €800,000, would take about 10 months, with a possible inauguration date in January 2020. Central to the works is a new entry into the site...

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Artemest, e-commerce Italiano attiva nei prodotti handmade di lusso, ha ricevuto un investimento di 4milioni di euro in aumento di capitale da rilevanti investitori internazionali, guidati da Nuo Capital, holding di investimento della famiglia di Hong Kong PAO – Cheng, Italian Angels for Growth (già investitori al precedente round) e la Holding Svi...

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Benetton Group spinge sull’e-commerce e lancia il nuovo sito per lo shopping online. L'e-shop , tradotto in 7 lingue e raggiungibile da 24 paesi, punta a incrementare le vendite sul canale digitale, con un focus particolare sugli Stati Uniti, dove il Gruppo rilancia il progetto e-commerce con l'obiettivo di consolidare la propria leadership e accre...

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ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, and Italian Trade Agency (ITA), are set to participate in Techtextil North America, the fifteenth edition of North America’s only dedicated show for technical textiles and nonwovens, to be held from May 22 to 24, 2018, at the Georgia World Congress Centre, Atlanta, in booth 2630/24...

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Couture score! Dolce & Gabbana will be showing their haute couture Alta Moda and Alta Sartoira collections in the Big Apple next weekend. The Italian designers are maximizing their Manhattan splash by spreading out the event over a four day span. On top of the couture show, the multi-day marathon will include a presentation of the brand’s men’s mad...

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FERRAGAMO’S HOLLYWOOD: “Italy in Hollywood” is the next exhibition to be staged at the Salvatore FerragamoMuseum, located in the 13th-century Palazzo Spini Feroni in Florence, which also houses the brand’s headquarters. The exhibit runs May 24 through March 10, 2019. Curators Giuliana Muscio and Stefania Ricci focused on 1915 to 1927 — the years th...

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It’s becoming the new normal: An American entrepreneur heads to Italy, finds a top-notch artisanal shoe factory, then sells the shoes online at a fraction of the price charged by designer brands making shoes in comparable factories. Sneaker brands Koio and Greats have done this, and women’s shoe brands M.Gemi and Idoni. This trend is fundamentally...

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