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30 Jun

Thirty Italian Brands to Show at Miami’s Cabana Show

Italian brands are taking the U.S. market by storm this summer. The Italian Trade Agency, in collaboration with Confindustria and Confindustria Moda, the principal association representing manufacturing and repair corporations in Italy, will likely be bringing 30 brands to the Cabana Show in Miami in early July as a part of a nationwide intiative called Inspr Italia. This follows the organization’s sizable presence on the Chicago Collective men’s show in February and the Los Angeles women’s market in March. After Miami, the Italian road show will move to the Dallas Men’s Market at the tip of July and back to Chicago the primary week in August. Each the Miami and Dallas shows, where 20 brands will participate, represent recent markets for the...
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13 Jun

Italian Photographer Paolo Di Paolo Dies at 98

MILAN — The well-respected Italian photographer Paolo Di Paolo died Monday at age 98 in his hometown of Larino, within the country’s central region of Molise. His daughter Silvia confirmed that he “has arrived at the tip of his extraordinary life and left us this morning.” Further details on the explanation for death weren't disclosed. The municipality of Larino shared a commemorative message on Facebook defining him as a “maestro,” an illustrious citizen of the town and “a precious a part of the history of Italian photography.” The statement read that a farewell function might be hosted Tuesday morning at the town’s San Francesco church. Born in 1925, Di Paolo moved to Rome at an early age and shortly became one in every of...
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2 May

Sales of Italian Leather Rise; Concentrate on Interiors

MILAN — Italy’s leather industry is anticipated to report an increase in turnover of about 7.3 percent in 2022 to 4.5 billion euros, boosted by a 5 to 7 percent increase in sales to the interiors segment, in line with preliminary estimates by UNIC, Italy’s Tanners’ Association. In a document sent to WWD on Tuesday, UNIC said exports of Italian-made leathers to the U.S. rose by 2 percent in 2022 in comparison with 2021, while exports to France led gains, rising 33 percent last yr, followed by Spain, up 25 percent, and Portugal, up 20 percent. Exports to the U.S. were still down 4 percent in comparison with pre-COVID-19 2019 levels. Production volumes of Italian leather fell by 2.6...
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28 Mar

Italian Design Brands On Track for IPO, Profits Surge

MILAN — Italian Design Brands, one in all the nation’s largest high-end furniture and design holdings, confirmed Tuesday that its initial public offering will go ahead as planned throughout the first half of the yr, market conditions permitting.  Established in 2015 by Private Equity Partners and a select group of investors through an organization called Investindesign, the Milan-based company plans to list its shares on the Euronext exchange and maybe the Star segment of the Milan Stock Exchange, its chairman and chief executive officer Andrea Sasso told WWD in an announcement.“IDB’s listing project on Euronext Milan and, if the conditions are right, on the Star segment, stays valid and confirmed for the primary half of this yr, market conditions permitting,” Sasso said....
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