{"id":72439,"date":"2016-09-09T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-8-14-july\/"},"modified":"2016-09-09T11:02:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T09:02:08","slug":"week-8-14-july","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-8-14-july\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of 8 \u2013 14 July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economy<\/strong> \u2013 There have been several reports this week about companies choosing to invest in Italy over the next few months.  At least, that is what Keith Breslauer, the MD of London\u2019s Patron Capital Partners \u2013 that deals mostly in restructuring and undervalued assets –  told Bloomberg <\/em>on 12 July (Italy Beats Brexit as Private-Equity Strategy, Patron Says<\/a>)<\/span>. The very next day, the same agency wrote about another company, this time American, interested in the Italian market, namely Starbucks and its decision to invest in  Princi<\/strong>, thereby increasing its  involvement in the catering industry (Starbucks Invests in Italian Bakery as Reliance on Food Grows<\/a>)<\/span>. In other coffee news, reported by Reuters<\/em> on 12 July, costing 74.5 million Euros, Portugal\u2019s Nutricafes Euros, has just made the Massimo Zanetti<\/strong> beverage group even bigger (Italian coffee group Massimo Zanetti buys Portuguese Nutricafes<\/a>)<\/span>. It was the luxury sector that got the attention of  Spanish financial daily Expansion <\/em>in  an article, on 11 July, describing a visit to the Marcolin <\/strong>factory  where some 14 million frames for spectacles by some of the world\u2019s leading fashion houses are made each year (As\u00ed se trabaja en Marcolin, la f\u00e1brica italiana de donde salen las gafas de lujo<\/a>)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Milan\u2019s Stock Exchange also made the news when ENAV<\/strong> became the first air traffic control agency in Europe to be listed, as reported in two German papers on 8 July: the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/em> (Italien bringt Flugsicherung an die B\u00f6rse<\/a>)<\/span> and Handelsblatt<\/em>, (Italien bringt Flugsicherung in Startposition<\/a>)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Culture<\/strong> \u2013 Books took up most of the cultural news this week, with Le Monde<\/em> writing, on 13 July, about Primo Levi<\/strong> and his book, \u201cLa tregua\u201d – The Truce – (Primo Levi, ma\u00eetre du savoir-revivre<\/a>*) and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/em> on 11 July about Prof. Francesco Traniello\u2019s <\/strong>work exploring the history of Italy  (Zeugnis des Beichvaters<\/a>)<\/span>. Cinema also got a mention however, with an account in the 9 July Edition of Le Monde<\/em>, of the de La Rochelle Film Festival and its celebration of  Alberto Sordi<\/strong> (Le festival de La Rochelle c\u00e9l\u00e8bre le jeu de bascule d\u2019Alberto Sordi<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Fashion & Design<\/strong> \u2013 These two sectors continue to pique much attention in the world\u2019s press and on 10 July, the  Financial Times<\/em> described the Dolce & Gabbana<\/strong> fashion show staged in the streets of Naples (Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda Naples show report<\/a>*), whereas on 8 July, the New York Times<\/em> wrote about the latest Fendi<\/strong> collections presented against the backdrop of the Trevi Fountain in Rome (Fendi\u2019s Dolce Vita<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Some of the sector\u2019s high profile protagonists also got a mention: the recent appointment of   Marco Gobbetti<\/strong> as CEO for Burberry was the focus of an article in the  Financial Times <\/em>on 11 July (Burberry hires Gobbetti as new CEO from C\u00e9line<\/a>*), whilst for Expansion<\/em>, on 8 July, it was  the secrets of success according to designer Fabio Novembre <\/strong>that was of interest (Fabio Novembre, el arquitecto que se inspira en las curvas femeninas<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tourism<\/strong> \u2013 It was the luxury end of Italian vacations that attracted the most attention in this week\u2019s international papers.  On 8 July, the  Financial Times<\/em>,  visited the  Lamborghini Museum, <\/strong>recently renovated in honor of the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of the first \u201csupercar\u201d (Postcard from\u2026\u2018Motor Valley\u2019<\/a>*). A day earlier, it was the Palazzo Dona Sangiantoffetti –  a \u201cgem\u201d of a property in Venice \u2013 on sale for 10 million Euros that featured in the Real Estate section of the  New York Times<\/em>  (Saving a (Relatively) Tiny Gem in Venice<\/a>)<\/span>, whilst on 8 July, the same paper was in a chic district of Milan<\/strong> to review the Hotel LaGare, located just a stone\u2019s throw from Milan\u2019s Central Station (In Fashionable Milan, a Hotel Dressed in (What Else?) Black.<\/a>)<\/span>*. A few days later, on 12 July, the Wall Street<\/em> Journal<\/em> featured New York\u2019s Mayor, Bill de Blasio\u2019s plans to holiday in Italy, just as he has every year since his appointment  (New York City Mayor Plans Vacation in Italy<\/a>)<\/span>.  Germany\u2019s Die Welt<\/em>, on the other hand, ran a piece on 11 July about a more relaxed type of vacation in the Salento<\/strong> ( 11 luglio –  Der Salento ist Italien wie aus dem Bilderbuch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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