Italian Design House Delivers ‘Mover’ Shuttle and More at CES
Pininfarina is no stranger to visual experiments that may or may not become actual vehicles. At CES this year, the Italian design firm and coachbuilder's design touches could be found throughout the transportation area with design collaborations that explore the ways people might move around tomorrow or the day after. Two previously unveiled vehicl...
All-New Fiat 500e Shows up at CES and in the Metaverse
Announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show last November, the return of the Fiat 500 in North America—scheduled for 2024 in electric configuration only—is reaffirmed this week at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas with a live and virtual presence. First, visitors can find the new Fiat 500e in a special Gold Rose livery in the Free2move space...
Italian innovation at CES in Las Vegas: a taste of an ecosystem expanding in the US
A biometric unlocking device that uses brainwaves, an “invisible mask” that purifies the air breathed by the wearer, and dozens of AI systems to optimise the management of energy from renewable sources, urban planning, and marketing performance. Technologies that will be the main attractions in the Italian Pavilion at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, the wor...
Italian innovation lands at CES with 51 startups showcased in Las Vegas
Promoting and supporting in the cradle of world innovation the ecosystem of an innovative and competitive country in all economic sectors: this is the goal of the Italian Pavilion of ITA, Italian Trade Agency, at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, the most important tech event in the world, scheduled for January 5-8, 2023. The Italian participation aims to get...
Shop The New Wynn Las Vegas Fendi Boutique
Wynn Las Vegas and Fendi offer luxury shopping with 1,645 square feet of ready-to-wear men's and women's collections, handbags and additional accessories. A stainless-steel wall showcases a futuristic interpretation of the Astuccio fur. The characteristic dualism and codes of the maison persist through the interior design with stainless steel cabin...
“Primo Innovare” – Innovation Italy in Seattle
The Italy of innovation and investment has been showcased in Seattle for the first time since the pandemic, with the “Primo Innovare” (First Innovate) initiative. “Primo Innovare” took place on 16 November 2022 in Seattle, the American Pacific Coast city that is home to giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing and Starbucks. Ten innovative Italian sta...
South Sound Scooters: purveyors of Italian style and fun
Fun yet functional, stylish yet sexy. You can’t get much more Italian than a Vespa. Now scooter lovers in Western Washington have the inside track when it comes to buying the latest Vespa models, thanks to South Sound Scooters in Tacoma – the state’s only official Vespa and Piaggio dealership and authorized service center. Store owner and Vespa ent...
Savory Fund acquires majority interest stake in The Sicilian Butcher with up to $30 million investment
Private equity firm Savory Fund has announced its 10th emerging brand investment — acquiring a majority interest stake in Joey Maggiore concept, The Sicilian Butcher. This is the second investment Savory Fund has made in a Maggiore brand, following the $20 million investment in Hash Kitchen in Nov. 2021. This time around, Savory Fund is allocating...
Local squeezebox company Petosa weathers a century of accordion ups and downs
JOE PETOSA JR. isn’t a particularly talkative guy — until you ask him about accordions. Then you might as well pull up a chair and sit a spell. As the third-generation owner of one of the last accordion companies in the country, Petosa can reel off the instrument’s virtues as enthusiastically as zydeco king Clifton Chenier laid down grooves on the...
Volare! The Vespa Scooter makes a comeback in the South Sound
"Sembre una vespa!" ("It looks like a wasp!") That's what Enrico Paggio said about the new motor scooter his family company built after World War 2. The Vespa scooter has come to symbolize Italian elegance, fun, and romance. Who can forget Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn scooting around Rome in "Roman Holiday?" That was 1953, but the Vespa has b...
This Venetian-Inspired Stretch Of Shops In Nevada Offers The Perfect Way To Spend An Afternoon
When you’re craving a European escape, rest assured that you don’t have to dig out your passport and hop on a plane. Nevada is home to its very own little slice of Italy hiding among the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. The Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian is a premier shopping experience that’ll make you feel as if you’ve been transported...
Fiat New 500 at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022
The Italian icon in its two versions, New 500 3+1 and the New (500)RED , is on display in the Electrification Zone, one of the four on the Stellantis stand @ CES. CES® 2022, January 5th to 8th, is the world’s pre-eminent technology event and the ideal setting to showcase Stellantis’ capabilities today and preview the future of advanced electrificat...