https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Two years after the deadly collapse of a bridge in Genoa, Italy's powerful Benetton family is relinquishing control of the company that manages Italian motorways, which will be nationalised. https://www.thelocal.it/20200715/genoa-bridge-collapsecosts-italys-benetton-family-its-motorway-business Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:02:01 +0200 genoa-bridge-collapsecosts-italys-benetton-family-its-motorway-business Benetton took to the catwalk in Milan for the first time Tuesday with its debut collection by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac in a bid to revive the historic Italian brand. https://www.thelocal.it/20190220/benetton-aims-for-revival-with-milan-runway-debut Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:37:18 +0100 benetton-aims-for-revival-with-milan-runway-debut Gilberto Benetton, co-founder of the eponymous clothing brand, died on Monday at the age of 77 after an illness, the Italian group announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20181023/gilberto-benetton-dead-italy-united-colors-of-benetton Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:59:30 +0200 gilberto-benetton-dead-italy-united-colors-of-benetton Italian group Benetton on Monday named veteran fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac as artistic director of its men's and women's collections. https://www.thelocal.it/20181008/jean-charles-de-castelbajac-new-benetton-artistic-director Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:00:00 +0200 jean-charles-de-castelbajac-new-benetton-artistic-director Carlo Benetton, the youngest of the siblings behind the famed United Colors of Benetton brand, has died aged 74, the company said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180710/carlo-benetton-united-colours-founder-dead Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:19:41 +0200 carlo-benetton-united-colours-founder-dead French charity SOS Méditerranée has lashed out at Italian clothing giant Benetton over an advertising campaign featuring a photograph of migrants being rescued at sea. https://www.thelocal.it/20180620/italy-benetton-rescued-migrants-adverts Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:05:57 +0200 italy-benetton-rescued-migrants-adverts Luciano Benetton, one of the founders of the eponymous Italian clothing company, announced his return on Thursday to the helm of the struggling company. https://www.thelocal.it/20171130/luciano-benetton-founder-return Thu, 30 Nov 2017 19:03:21 +0100 luciano-benetton-founder-return Italian fashion retailer Benetton announced Friday it would pay $1.1 million into an international fund to compensate victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh two years ago in which 1,138 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/benetton-pays-11-mn-into-fund-for-rana-plaza-disaster-victims Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:02:21 +0200 benetton-pays-11-mn-into-fund-for-rana-plaza-disaster-victims Italian fashion retailer Benetton has agreed to pay into an international compensation fund for victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in which 1,138 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20150220/benetton-pays-up-over-bangladesh-factory-tragedy Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:50:00 +0100 benetton-pays-up-over-bangladesh-factory-tragedy Italian clothing giant Benetton will start producing wine from September. The company has already chosen the names for its range: Red, White and Malvasia, a type of wine that is either white or very dark, and aromatic. https://www.thelocal.it/20130731/united-wines-of-benetton Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:19:00 +0200 united-wines-of-benetton Italian fashion house Benetton said on Tuesday it would sign an agreement to improve working conditions in Bangladeshi factories after a plant there collapsed killing more than 1,100 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20130514/italys-benetton-to-sign-bangladesh-safety-deal Tue, 14 May 2013 21:03:00 +0200 italys-benetton-to-sign-bangladesh-safety-deal