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While the general population is becoming increasingly more comfortable purchasing high-value items online, a brick-and-mortar retail presence is still highly important when it comes to the luxury watch market. In addition to providing buyers with the opportunity to experience how watches actually wear on their wrists, boutiques also serve as the pu...

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Cheeses from small-scale producers across the Alps are prized for their artisanal techniques and the unpolluted mountain pastures their livestock graze on. Their cheeses reflect the unique flavors that their flocks acquire from foraging on diverse pastures-including plant species in full bloom. These upland cheeses have different characteristics th...

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Italian cuisine is known worldwide for its authentic and traditional products. However, in recent years, the Italian-sounding phenomenon has posed a threat to genuine Italian goods. It’s not uncommon to see “Italian” items, complete with Italian names and symbols, but with nothing Italian about them. Just to give you an example, an Austrian-Chinese...

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In any Italian drinking establishment, you're bound to see bottles of red, green, black, and white sambuca behind the bar. A neutral grain alcohol infused with star anise, sugar, and elderberry essential oils, sambuca is commonly served straight up with three coffee beans floating atop the shot. Far from being a simple garnish, the beans have addit...

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Fiat is preparing to revamp its brand in the US. The Italian automaker is bringing its top-selling electric car, the Fiat 500e, back to the US in an attempt to take on Tesla and the booming EV market. With Fiat sales diminishing to nearly nothing over the past several years, analysts believe an affordable and unique EV, like the new 500e, can help...

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Confindustria, the General Confederation of Italian Industry, is bringing Leonardo da Vinci to the United States in the occasion of the inauguration of an office in Washington D.C. The initiative is part of the project Confindustria in the world, which has already seen the opening of offices in Kiev and Singapore and aims to extende the Italian Ind...

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Ferrero wants to woo shoppers in the United States — the world’s top chocolate consumer — to build its Kinder brand. The maker of Nutella has already expanded Kinder sales in the United States to more than $500 million in the past five years, Catherine Bertrac, a senior vice president in charge of the brand in North America, said. It now wants to t...

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Italianfood.net, the international project of the Food Publishing Group, is back in the game at Summer Fancy Food Show to present the Italian Food Awards USA 2023. The awarding ceremony, now in its fifth edition, will take place on June 26 at 4pm in New York at the Big Idea Stage area during the trade show. About 35 Italian companies in the f&b sec...

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Carnival Cruise Line will introduce its first luxury boutiques on the Carnival Venezia, an Italian-style ship that will be named in New York on June 14. In partnership with Starboard Cruise Services, the ship will feature a mix of brands. In recognition of Italy's masquerade balls, Venezia Masquerade Accessories will sell a collection of feather bo...

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Armani has chosen World Environment Day to announce the start of the Apulia Regenerative Cotton Project, an initiative aimed at reintroducing cotton cultivation in the region of Puglia, in southern Italy, using an environmentally friendly agroforestry system. To launch this experimental initiative, the Italian fashion group has partnered with the S...

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