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The Tuscan villa that inspired the story of Pinocchio is up for sale for 10.5 million euros. The villa near Sesto Fiorentino, a small town in the West of Florence, is said to have inspired The Adventures of Pinocchio written by Carlo Collodi in 1883.
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Salvatore Ferragamo, one of the world’s most renowned luxury brands, announces the reopening of its women’s flagship store on via Montenapoleone, Milan, following a complete refit with an entirely new concept.
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GE Oil & Gas today announced it will establish its new global headquarters in London. Florence will remain the global headquarters for GE Oil & Gas Turbomachinery Products & Services, a more than $6 billion business and a key manufacturing and engineering site for the production of centrifugal compressors and gas turbines.
Read morePitti Uomo 84 is redrawing the map of contemporary menswear and of the fair itself, focusing even more on the products and looks that are leading today’s markets.
Read moreFiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne visits Tuscan capital for a meeting of the Florentine chapter of the national industry group Confindustria.
Read moreFlorentine historic fashion maison Gucci said it has made a bid of 13 million euros for the troubled Tuscan ceramics producer Richard Ginori.
Read moreChianti Classico sales up 10% in 2012, thanks mainly to exports. An upward trend that’s consolidated after somewhat smaller growth in 2011 (+4% from 2010). The United States, Germany and Canada are, in order, the Black Rooster’s biggest markets.
Read moreSalvatore Ferragamo SPA, parent company of the Salvatore Ferragamo Group, one of the global leaders in the luxury sector, released the Group’s Preliminary Consolidated Revenue1 figures for the fiscal year 2012, which amount to 1,153 million Euros up by 17 % vs. FY 2011. All product categories delivered a strong increase in Revenues.
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A new award for one of the ladies of Tuscan and national cuisine: Annie Feolde, soul of award-winning Enoteca Pinchiorri, obtained by Nonino Prize jury – chaired by VS Naipaul, Nobel Prize for Literature 2001 – special Nonino Aur Risit of 2013, along with Gualtiero Marchesi and Ezio Santin.
Read morePitti Immagine Filati, the key international trade fair featuring yarns for the knitwear industry will be held at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence from 23 to 25 January 2013. The 72nd edition will be previewing yarn collections for the 2014 spring/summer season.
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