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 A man posing as a security guard robbed €60,000 from the flagship store of the Swedish fashion giant, H&M, in Rome after holding a shop assistant at gunpoint. https://www.thelocal.it/20131210/security-guard-robs-60k-from-romes-hm-store Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:59:00 +0100 security-guard-robs-60k-from-romes-hm-store Italians are continuing to tighten their belts amid the country's longest recession in over two decades, with two out of three, or 68 percent, cutting back on buying clothing this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20131018/style-conscious-italians-cut-back-on-fashion Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:48:00 +0200 style-conscious-italians-cut-back-on-fashion Amid controversy and angst over foreign takeovers of well-known Italian companies, the head of Italian luxury textile maker Loro Piana has argued the case for selling a family business, in an interview with AFP. https://www.thelocal.it/20131006/italian-luxury-firm-loro-piana-defends-takeover Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:51:00 +0200 italian-luxury-firm-loro-piana-defends-takeover Retail sales in Italy dipped by 0.9 percent in July compared to a year earlier, official data showed on Thursday in worse-than-expected results, with Italians spending less on clothes and fur coats. https://www.thelocal.it/20130926/italians-spend-less-on-fur-coats-amid-retail-slump Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:00:00 +0200 italians-spend-less-on-fur-coats-amid-retail-slump An ad campaign by the Italian clothing chain, Diesel, featuring a tattooed woman wearing a burqa alongside the slogan, "I am not what I appear to be" has sparked an online storm. https://www.thelocal.it/20130918/italian-clothing-chain-sparks-row-with-burqa-ad Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:34:00 +0200 italian-clothing-chain-sparks-row-with-burqa-ad 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