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France, Switzerland, United States, Germany and China were the top five countries for Italian footwear exports in the first nine months of 2022, according to the latest data from Confindustria Moda Study Centre for Assocalzaturifici, the national association representing Italian shoemakers. By country, footwear exports to the United States in the f...

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Brunello Cucinelli’s namesake label could soon reach the billion-dollar mark. The Italian fashion brand hit €919.5 million in sales by the end of 2022, a 29.1 percent increase compared to the year before, according to Vogue Business. And the company may have more celebrations on the horizon: Strong market demand for the label’s offerings could now...

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Pininfarina is no stranger to visual experiments that may or may not become actual vehicles. At CES this year, the Italian design firm and coachbuilder's design touches could be found throughout the transportation area with design collaborations that explore the ways people might move around tomorrow or the day after. Two previously unveiled vehicl...

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Omnia Leather, a custom leather stationary and motion upholstery manufacturer, has appointed Shannon Del Vecchio as vice president of sales. Most recently, Del Vecchio was vice president of sales for Natuzzi Editions for the U.S. and Mexico, where she led the company’s leather business in North America for the past seven years. In addition, Del Vec...

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There's no doubt that Italy has been a giant in the automotive industry for decades. From Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati to Alfa Romeo and Fiat, Italy has produced some of the most iconic cars ever made. However, because the '70s generation of cars from these brands got stereotyped as unreliable, many people believe that there weren't many reli...

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Alfa Romeo is eager to improve customer satisfaction and the quality of vehicles it sells in the United States as it looks to grow its presence in the market. The Italian car manufacturer will ditch all of its combustion-powered models in the United States by 2027 and while it wants to boost sales, it is focusing on much more than that, vice presid...

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Moto Morini, an iconic Italian motorcycle brand, has announced its entrance into the American market. With the addition of the U.S., Moto Morini further increases its rapidly growing global presence, which includes operations in Italy, India and Asia. Moto Morini, with European headquarters in Milan, Italy, was founded in 1937 by the famed motorcyc...

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Milan, today known for its robust role in finance and fashion, was once defined by blocks of manufacturing warehouses on its outskirts. Many of those factories are now museums. A former gin distillery became Fondazione Prada, a contemporary art museum from the namesake fashion house, founded in 1995 in the southeast Porta Romana area. A gas turbine...

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The metaverse, a 3D immersive world that is the combination of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), will soon be a digital space where Fiat sells its cars to North American customers. The company's Fiat Metaverse Store made its North American premiere at the CES trade show today. Fiat is already employing the technology in Europe. It la...

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Even with today's inflation, $125 grand seems like a ton of money for a luxury compact SUV. It may make fabulous Italian music and dance down a twisty road better than Beyoncé, but our expectations for the range-topping, Nettuno-V-6-powered 2023 Maserati Grecale Trofeo proved too high to earn it a trofeo (or finalist berth) at our 2023 SUV of the Y...

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