di Maurita Cardone Pier Paolo Celeste, che per due anni è stato trade commissioner a New York, ha appena lasciato il suo posto. Si trasferisce a Mosca dove, come direttore della locale Italian Trade Agency, dovrà fare i conti con le difficoltà legate alle sanzioni seguite alla crisi ucraina e all'invasione della Crimea, sul c...
READ MOREBottega Venetahas left Fifth Avenue for the more exclusive environs of Madison Avenue. The Vicenza, Italy-based retailer last week closed its flagship at 699 Fifth Avenue in anticipation of the 2017 opening of a 14,908-square-foot maison at 740 Madison Avenue and 64th Street. It will be a homecoming; the company operated a flagship there from...
READ MORECurrency tailwinds and a strong performance in the U.S. and Europe sustained Italian eyewear giant Luxottica Group SpA in the first quarter, leading to record sales and operating profits as well as double-digit gains in net income. After the close of trading Monday in Milan, where Luxottica is listed, the company said that in the first three month...
READ MOREA year has passed since Max Mara opened its store in the Miami Design District and presented its first Backyard Ball, the annual fund-raiser for the locally based National YoungArts Foundation. The brand felt such a profound connection that last week it signed on to sponsor three more galas and established theMax Mara Young Visionary Award. ...
READ MOREdi Paolo Bricco Qualcosa si muove. Il processo di internazionalizzazione dell'economia – nel delicato tema dei capitali– continua ad avere dimensioni strutturalmente minori rispetto agli standard europei. Tuttavia, il nostro capitalismo sta esprimendo all'estero un buon dinamismo: nel 2014 gli investimenti italiani sono stati pari...
READ MORESi è tenuta dal 18 al 21 Aprile, presso il McCormick Convention Center di Chicago, l'edizione 2016 di Coverings, la più importante manifestazione sul territorio Nord Americano per il settore dei rivestimenti "duri": ceramiche decorative e pietre ornamentali. La Coverings rappresenta infatti la piattaforma in cui si definiscono le tendenze del sett...
READ MOREVinitaly International joined wine trade and press professionals this week in New York for the Italian Trade Commission's VINO 2015 Italian Wine Week & Convention, a series of seminars and tastings celebrating the wines of southern Italy. "Vino is back!" announced ITC's Trade Commissioner Pier Paolo Celeste, referring to both the growi...
READ MOREdi Maurita Cardone Da mercoledì a sabato si torna a parlare di libri con Book Expo America (BEA), la fiera dei libri più grande del Nord America, che ogni anno a fine maggio porta a New York l'editoria di tutto il mondo per presentare le novità e scambiare diritti d'autore. Meno affollata degli anni precedenti e con un'area esposi...
READ MOREEurope's largest steel lamination company wants to expand its operations into the United States — and they're going to do it from Paris, Illinois.Euro Group is an Italian industrial holding that supplies electrical steel laminations to the makers of electric motors and generators. Recently, the Milan, Italy-based company purchased the lamination d...
READ MOREConfindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Commission announce the official call for entries for the 2015 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition. Now in its third decade, the annual awards program honours the work of North American architects and designers who create exceptional spaces using Italian cera...
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