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Benetton Turkey Cancels Sokhumi Store Plans
Original at Civil Georgia
• Thu, May 28
Turkish arm of Italian clothing retailer Benetton has revoked plans to open a store in Sokhumi, capital of breakaway Abkhazia, Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet, reported. The plans have triggered Tbilisi's protest as the move was viewed as a violation of ...
Struggle for the Abkhazian bridgehead
Original at PanARMENIAN.Net
• Thu, May 28
Armenia Tbilisi requires that the Turkish arm of Italian clothing retailer Benetton observe the Georgian law. “We are not against the activities of any commercial firm on the occupied territories, if it complies with the Georgian law on occupied territories,” ...
Benetton stores close in Tbilisi
Original at PanARMENIAN.Net
• Thu, May 28
The management of the Benetton Georgia has sent a letter of protest to the colleagues in turkey, in which they urge them to change the decision. Tbilisi stores of the United Colors of Benetton will be closed until the Benetton Turkey changes the ...
Italy, Spain and the 8000m peaks by Nives Meroi and Edurne Pasaban
Original at Planetmountain
• Wed, May 27
Italy My name is Ismael Santos, I'm Spanish and a former professional basketball player (Real Madrid, Benetton Treviso). I've been living in Italy for 10 years where I discovered my passion for mountaineering which in turn has become my profession. ...
Cool Cut
Original at Expressindia.com
• Tue, May 26
India It's pan India and the winning Tee makes it to the shelves of United Colors of Benetton and Cotton Council outlets. Log on to www.allaboutcotton.com or email designs to teezine09@gmail.com. Like Minissha says, “it should be wild and whacky!” Got it?
Benetton Türkiye, Abhazya'da kimseyi kırmayacak duruş arıyor
Original at Hürriyet
• Tue, May 26
Yeni pazarlara yönelen Benetton Türkiye, geçtğimiz günlerde Gürcistan'ın kuzeybatısında yer alan Abhazya'nın başkenti Sohum'da, 100 metrekarelik bir mağaza açmıştı. Mağazada United Colors of Benetton ve Benetton 012 ürünleri satışa sunulmuştu. ...
Politics dressed as fashion
Original at russiatoday.com
• Tue, May 26
Russia All four Benetton stores in Tbilisi have shut their doors as part of a staff protest against the Italian fashion firm's decision to open a branch in Abkhazia, the Interfax news agency reports. "We are ready to lose money, but avoid the precedent of a ...
Dragons to face Calvisano in Heineken Cup play-off
Original at Irish Independent
• Mon, May 25
• 3 related articles
Ireland Calvisano finished third in the Italian Super 10 after losing their semi final against Benetton Treviso. Dragons were the worst-placed Welsh side in the Magners League but qualify for this play-off as they finished above bottom-placed Connacht.
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Premium kidswear cos eye big growth
Original at Economic Times
• Sun, May 24
India With spends on kidswear showing no signs of letting up, even major players in the premium kidswear segment like Gini and Jony and United Colors of Benetton are eyeing growth of 10-40%, while at the same time, going in for significant expansion. ...
"Boom" sets off nonstop party from Black Eyed Peas
Original at Reuters
• Fri, May 22
Chilling out in a small, sparsely furnished room at Center Staging in Burbank, California, she and fellow members of the multiracial group -- Will.i.am, Taboo and apl.de.ap -- resemble a live version of a United Colors of Benetton ad. ...
Most Read Articles
Original at Indian Express
• Wed, May 20
India At Lacoste, there'sa pretty line-up in comfortable lengths but if you are looking for cutesy (read itsy-bitsy) numbers, then check out Esprit and United Colors of Benetton that are stocking up on many options. “Shorts in varying lengths are in and I ...
Studio Cowi's vision for Tehran
Original at Construction Week Online
• Wed, May 20
United Arab Emirates by Jeff Roberts May 20, 2009 At the time of writing, 1200km away from Architect's offices in Dubai, United Colors of Benetton is holding a design competition for what will become the newest representation of the brand in Tehran. ...
Siena a valanga su Pesaro
Original at La Repubblica
• Tue, May 19
Italy Comincia bene anche la Benetton che fa valere il fattore campo e supera 85-77 la Virtus Bologna ROMA - Va a Siena e Treviso gara-1 dei quarti di finale dei playoff di Serie A. Montepaschi e Benetton fanno valere il fattore campo e superano ...
F1 : 2009 Monaco - Force India - Formula 1 preview - Team Q&A's
Original at F1SA
• Mon, May 18
UK The Italian has finished on the podium twice, in 1998 with Jordan (2nd) and 2000 with Benetton (3rd). He has also picked up two 5th places (1999 - Benetton, 2002 - Jordan) and was 4th in 2007 with Renault. Adrian is the current F3 lap record holder in ...
Touting Good Works, Marketers Make Stars Of Those They Help
Original at Forbes
• Thu, May 14
NY The United Colors of Benetton touts its global "Africa Works" program in an ad campaign that features Senegalese entrepreneurs who successfully started their own businesses, from fishing to tailoring. In its ads, Benetton includes the logo of Birima, ...
Factory outlets become central to retailers' strategies in India
Original at SmartBrief
• Thu, May 14
DC United Colors of Benetton and other retailers in India are making factory outlets a priority as they try to move excess stock and court price-conscious consumers. While many retailers have reined in their plans for expanding high-street locations, ...
Profits down at Italy's Benetton
Original at BBC News
• Mon, May 11
UK Italian clothing retailer Benetton has reported a 38% fall in first-quarter profits, after being hit by a drop in demand and unfavourable exchange rates. Benetton reported a net profit of 18m euros ($24.5m; £16m) for the January to March period, ...
BENETTON GROUP: Weekly News
Original at ITNews
• Mon, May 11
Italy Report of Benetton Group. During the week update notes on the Group were published by Deutsche Bank, Jp Morgan, Cheuvreux, UBS and Citigroup.On Thursday May 07th UCB and Sisley Fall/Winter 09 collections were presented to the press in Helsinki. ...
New-housing price index out, Monday
Original at business.theglobeandmail.com
• Fri, May 8
Canada Benetton Group SpA reports. Analysts expect nil profit, compared with share profit of 16 euro cents (25 cents) the previous year. Playboy Enterprises Inc. reports. A first-quarter loss of 18 cents (US) per share is expected, down from a 9 cent loss the ...
Basket: Benetton ingaggia Kalampokis
Original at ANSA
• Tue, May 5
Italy ANSA) - TREVISO, 5 MAG - La Benetton Basket ha tesserato fino alla fine della stagione il giocatore greco Ioannis Kalampokis, guardia, 30 anni, 1.95 di altezza. Kalampokis ha appena disputato la stagione in campionato ed Eurolega nel Panionios Atene. ...
Federici Gelato Poses Fresh Temptation to the Pious
Original at Adrants
• Mon, May 4
MA Still, Federici's clearly learned something valuable from United Colors of Benetton: no publicity is bad publicity, particularly where nun-on-priest action is concerned. (The aforementioned parked this bad-boy on a billboard outside the Vatican just a ...
Benetton shareholders approve financial statements
Original at FashionUnited
• Thu, Apr 23
• 15 related articles
Netherlands The Benetton Group shareholders' meeting, chaired by Luciano Benetton, approved the 2008 financial statements and the payment to Shareholders of a dividend totalling 48 million euro, equivalent to 0.28 euro per share (0.40 euro per share in the ...
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New winger for Saracens
Original at Sportbox
• Wed, Apr 15
BBC Sport UK On Monday, Sarries announced the arrivals of Michael Horak, Richard Skuse and Kevin Barrett from Benetton Treviso, London Irish and Exeter respectively. Meanwhile, on Tuesday they announced a deal to sign Italy prop forward Carlos Nieto from ...
Single in the City Episode Fifteen: The Pillow Fight
Original at Synapse
• Tue, Apr 14
CA - Mark Anthony Maningas It was cross-section worthy of a United Colors of Benetton advertisement: a young Japanese couple, the girl with a Hello Kitty pillow, and the guy with a plain white pillow, with no pillow covers; a group of middle aged friends with their ...
Trio to join Saracens for new campaign
Original at Saracens
• Mon, Apr 13
Sportbox UK Experienced full back Horak signs from Benetton Treviso but it was while with London Irish that the 31-year-old won international honours with England. And Venter explained that the former Leicester Tigers full back’s experience and 132 Guinness ...
Economy could limit coaching options
Original at Yahoo! Sports
• Thu, Apr 9
Messina replaced D’Antoni as the coach of Benetton Treviso. “Kiki will try to do something unorthodox,” one peer insisted. Philadelphia 76ers: All indications are that the Sixers plan to stay with interim coach Tony DiLeo. The bigger issue for them is ...
Sisley Fall/Winter 2009/10 Collection
Original at South Asian Women's Forum
• Mon, Apr 6
India Here is a preview of Benetton's Sisley Fall/Winter 2009/10 collection. The collection is classified under three categories: Violently Happy, Cyber Zen and Golden Age. Photo Credit: Benetton April 06, 2009, (Sawf News) - Here is a preview of Benetton's ...
BENETTON GROUP: Weekly News
Original at ITNews
• Mon, Apr 6
Italy Events On Tuesday April 07th in Paris, UCB, Undercolors and Sisley FW09 collections will be presented to the press.Benetton Annual General Meeting for the approval of 2008 Financial Statement will be held on April 20th. The relative documents are ...
BENETTON GROUP: News della settimana
Original at ITNews
• Mon, Apr 6
Italy Eventi Martedì 07 aprile a Parigi verranno presentate alla stampa le collezioni AI09 di UCB, Undercolors e Sisley. Lunedì 20 aprile si terrà l'Assemblea degli azionisti per l'approvazione del bilancio 2008. I relativi documenti sono disponibili sul ...
Leeds swoop for Wentzel
Original at google.com
• Thu, Apr 2
Official Lions Rugby The 29-year-old joined Leicester from Italian club Benetton Treviso in 2007, featuring in last season's Premiership final against Wasps at Twickenham. Former Leicester star and current Leeds head coach Neil Back hailed Wentzel's capture. ...
Ecorazzi Gives Benetton Group A Big Thumbs Up For Fur-Free Decision!
Original at Ecorazzi
• Wed, Apr 1
NY Our buddy ol’ pals over at the HSUS just sent word that the Benetton Group will no longer sell products with animal fur, making it the latest international fashion giant to say “no” to some of the worst kinds of animal cruelty. This puts Benetton in ...
Is Tunis the New Dubai on the Mediterranean?
Original at Middle East Times
• Wed, Mar 25
Egypt There are certainly many similarities between Dubai in its heyday and Tunisia now; for example, Italian clothing giant, the Benetton Group, announced that it would be put further investment into its operations in Tunisia, reminiscent of the flood of ...
Papaloukas, CSKA set new playoff records
Original at Euroleague
• Tue, Mar 24
Spain Papaloukas also came within one assist of the all-time single-game record, 14, which still belongs to Tyus Edney, who had that many in a regular season victory by Benetton Treviso over Olympiacos 89-102 on February 5, 2004. ...
Knocked-up knockout
Original at Canada.com
• Wed, Mar 18
Canada In the past five years, the world's top clothing retailers -- H&M, Old Navy, Benetton, Gap -- have introduced maternity wear to their fashion lines. If you need a pair of expandable jeans, they're out there -- provided your idea of maternity fashion ...
Bulgari CFO Planning To Move To Benetton - Source
Original at Wall Street Journal
• Tue, Mar 17
• 4 related articles
MI) Chief Financial Officer Alberto Nathansohn is planning to move to Benetton Group SpA (BEN.MI), a person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday. Benetton could make the announcement along with its 2008 full-year earnings ...
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Call to slow march of the Dubai mall giants
Original at thenational.ae
• Fri, Mar 13
United Arab Emirates But Tania Teagco, the manager of United Colors of Benetton at the shopping centre, said traffic was trickling through her store and most customers were just looking. “Of the 15 people who came in today, maybe about five of them were buyers,” she said. ...
More TV Ads Project Images of Racial Harmony - BlackNews.com
Original at blacknews.com
• Mon, Mar 9
Karl Carter, chief executive of the Atlanta marketing agency GTM Inc. (Guerrilla Tactics Media), calls this the "Benetton Approach" since it echoes a 1980s campaign by United Colors of Benetton that pictured interracial close-ups, such as a white woman ...
BENETTON GROUP: Weekly News
Original at ITNews
• Mon, Mar 9
Italy An audio webcast/call will follow in the afternoon at 04:00pm CET (10:00am EST); further details will be available on the web site www.benettongroup.com/investors NewsflowOn Friday March 13th, Fall/Winter 09 UCB Kid and Sisley Young collections will be ...
Tunisia’s job crisis sparks dissent
Original at thenational.ae
• Thu, Mar 5
United Arab Emirates Armed with a contract from the Italian clothing company Benetton, he opened a factory last month making clothes for export. “It’sa viable project, so I decided to get involved as soon as I heard about it,” Mr Zeitouni said. Young women bend over a line ...
Local rugby round-up in Berkshire
Original at Wokingham Times
• Fri, Feb 20
UK Vilk took over from Simon Amor last season as England’s Sevens captain, but an opportunity to play for Benetton Treviso in Italy took him away from Ben Ryan’s side for the first two tournaments of the season. He said: “It was very strange and it was ...
Benetton aims for the heart with special Valentine's day discount - Business Intelligence Middle East
Original at bi-me.com
• Thu, Feb 12
Business Intelligence Middle East (press release), United Arab Emirates - The United Colors of Benetton, the prestigious fashion brand, is joining in the Valentine’s day celebrations by offering its customers the chance to win ...
Benetton store torched in IranOriginal at Straits Times
• Wed, Dec 31
TEHERAN - A BRANCH of Italian clothing retailer Benetton was set on fire in Iran amid angry protests against the Israeli onslaught on the Hamas-ruled Gaza, ... GAZA: BENETTON STORE BURNED IN TEHRAN IN PROTEST Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
I Benetton a caccia d’oro in Sudamerica
Original at L'Espresso
• Fri, Dec 12
Il Sole 24 Ore Italy - Dec 12, 2008 I Benetton vanno a caccia d’oro in Sudamerica. Il gruppo di Ponzano scommette sulla ricerca mineraria in una regione «con alto potencial de descubrimiento», ... Benetton sulla pista di Eldorado Il Sole 24 Ore all 5 news articles
Leicester Tigers team to face Perpignan on Saturday
Original at Leicester Tigers
• Thu, Dec 4
• 2 related articles
TVNZ UK - Dec 5, 2008 Tigers top Pool 3 following wins over the Ospreys and Benetton Treviso going into the back-to-back clashes with Perpignan. A limited number of tickets ... Tigers news: White back for Cup clash Leicester Mercury all 272 news articles
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SFist Goes Union Square Window Shopping for You
Original at SFist
• Wed, Dec 3
By Brock Keeling After a few drinks at Otis (yes, Otis) the other night, local photographer Darwin Bell and SFist stumbled around Union Square to capture images of the holiday windows now trying to grab your attention and your cash. And except for a clumsy Benetton window, most of them are festive and shiny...
Wonkette : Obama Picks Some Nobody For Treasury
Original at Wonkette
• Fri, Nov 21
Like he’s arranging a United Colors of Benetton shoot or something. SelfDeprecatingFed says at 4:04 pm, November 21st, 2008. - Reply. Coulda told ya this 3 weeks ago. Geithner has been acting all secretarial for months. ...
Jaime L.'s Review Of United Colors of Benetton (5/5) on Yelp.com
Original at Yelp
• Mon, Jul 21
By Jeremy S. on Yelp I came in here a few months ago to get a sundress--and had no idea United Colors of Benetton even existed. I mean, I looked in, thought to myself, "Hey! Looks like they have sundresses!" and walk in.…
Benetton Sisley Fall / Winter 2008 / 2009 Collection
Original at South Asian Women's Forum
• Sun, Jun 15
India - June 16, 2008 (Sawf News) - Benetton's Sisley range represents cutting-edge styles in tune with the international fashion mood. Perfectly in harmony with ...
Undercolors of Benetton 'Knit & Dry' swimwear - South Asian Women's Forum
Original at South Asian Women's Forum
• Fri, Apr 18
Undercolors of Benetton 'Knit & Dry' swimwear India - Apr 18, 2008 Dresses and accessories complete the range. The new swimwear for summer 2008 will be on sale in selected Undercolors of Benetton stores from May.
Fabrica - Gli Occhi ApertiOriginal at we make money not art
• Wed, Jun 13
By Regine For COLORS Notebook, Fabrica collaborated with Reporters Without Borders and sent blank 30 000 notebooks to people whose voice is never heard: Chinese prisoners, South African children, Canadian priests, astronauts, disabled persons, artists and ordinary people the chance to exp...