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It's a milestone year for the Italian company BasicNet, which in 2025 is going to orchestrate celebrations for a slew of its brands, including Superga. The latter is marking the 100th anniversary of the signature 2750 vulcanized rubber-soled tennis shoe, which has transcended its sports-leaning ethos to become synonymous with the nonchalant spirit...

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ebal Casa, a renowned Italian home furnishings brand, has announced its entrance into the U.S. with the openings of a flagship showroom in Miami’s MiMo district, as well as locations in Scottsdale, AZ and Orange County, CA. Founded in 1959, and part of the Colombini Group, Febal Casa offers furnishing solutions for the entire home, including kitche...

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A small, provincial town below the Piedmontese Alps of just 22,600 people, complete with a medieval orange festival, doesn’t really seem like it would be a beacon of tech innovation. But Ivrea, home of the famed Olivetti factory, is exactly that. Beside the cute piazze and ancient bridge, the long via Jervis hosts a strange linear building made of...

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In the early 1980s Diego and his brother Andrea Della Valle were living in New York when they took a fated trip to Maine. There, they saw the work jackets worn by the local fire department and it ignited a spark, pun intended.

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Despite persistent geopolitical uncertainty, Cerved’s latest Industry Forecast suggests that Italian businesses are poised for a revenue rebound in the next two years. Real revenues are expected to grow by 1.2% in 2025 and 1.4% in 2026, marking a cumulative 1.7% rise compared to 2023. This recovery is attributed to a revival in exports and domestic...

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Langa, in Piedmontese, means “hill”; Langhe, in Italian, defines one of the world’s best-known territories when it comes to wine and cuisine. Today, however, “Le Langhe” has become a plural concept that encompasses the history of Italian wine, both past and present, as well as emerging brands. Looking on the map, we are talking about a hilly area b...

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Italian textile manufacturer Microtex Composites Inc. announced plans to open its first U.S. facility, a prepreg factory, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The state’s Department of Economic & Community Development (TNECD) disclosed that the company’s $3.8 million investment would create 26 jobs.  Neither Microtex Composites nor TNECD revealed an expected...

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If in record-breaking 2024 for Italian sparkling wines, the great protagonist, as it has happened for years, was the Prosecco world (as we explained here), all Italian sparkling wine movement grows. And Piedmont is not an exception, with the small, but increasingly more ambitious denomination of Alta Langa Docg, which has also launched innovations...

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Coffee is a serious matter… Yet, it’s still a victim of many myths and misconceptions that we aim to dispel here. Here’s a small guide dedicated to the black beverage... 1. Coffee is only bitterLet’s get this straight right away—it’s not true. Coffee is a drink that includes bitterness in its flavour profile, but it’s not exclusive to it. Most coff...

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In 2014, with little fanfare, the Nizza appellation in the Asti region of Monferrato in Piedmont was created, giving this Barbera d’Asti sub-area its own, high-quality Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) appellation. It’s now been ten years since this happened, but wine moves slowly — finally, people are starting to talk about t...

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