Il Successo nelle Mani

Manual work is suffering a crisis of vocation. This is happening due to poor fascination the artisans are able to exercise on boys & girls in the delicate moment of the choice of their career. Italian luxury association Altagamma Foundation initiated a project for the development and promotion of manual labor, called “Success on your … Read more

Best Student cities in 2012

Best places to study 2012 Paris topped the inaugural Best Student Cities table, which ranks cities according to measures taken from “public information, population sizes, number of educational establishments and their quality, as judged by the QS World University Rankings. London emerged as the world’s second best study city, followed by Boston, Melbourne, Vienna and … Read more

Moderate growth for the high end segment in 2012 according to top international retailers

During the Opening Ceremony of February edition of Milano Unica International Textile Fair, Executive Director of the Altagamma Foundation, Italy’s luxury goods trade association, Armando Branchini, presented the forecasts on the sales trends of personal high end products as formulated by the top management of the biggest luxury retailers in the world. According to Chairman … Read more

Cavalli CEO: To keep prices at acceptable levels is key. Shoppers want value for money

Altagamma, Italy’s luxury goods trade association, said in a February statement that it expected the global sector to grow modestly in 2012 on the back of strong consumption in Asia and better prepared businesses. Gianluca Brozzetti, Chief executive of Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sees a difficult 2012 year for luxury industry in Europe. “The … Read more

Beautyfood by Moschino

Beautyfood atmosphere or the nature’s simple beauty by Moschino CheapandChic Beautyfood, is the slogan and concept of the Moschino CheapAndChic spring/summer 2012 collection launched with a touring event in New York City, London, the city chosen for the upcoming Moschino CheapAndChic fashion show, as well as boutiques in Milan, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Asia. “To … Read more

2012 will be the year in which Yoox gathers the fruit

Yoox CEO Federico Marchetti Expects Profitability to Increase in 2012 Italian internet mail order luxury retailer Yoox expects profitability to Increase in 2012. Yoox climbed 8.6 percent, the most in more than eight months, in Milan trading on Feb. 9 after reporting a 36 percent increase in 2011 revenue that exceeded analysts’ estimates. North America … Read more