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Renato Barbato

Retail

Top of the shops

From the merchants of the Middle Ages to today’s leading fashion brands and specialist shops, Italians have long excelled in the art of retail. We share some of our favourites.

  • Issue #142
  • 6 min read
Top of the shops
Fashion

Brolly good

For 152 years, Maglia Francesco has been using the same methods to make exquisitely detailed umbrellas, passing the skills and the family traditions down through five generations.

  • Issue #18
  • 3 min read
Brolly good
Business

Signs of the times

You may not know its name, but you use its designs weekly. Italian company Solari revolutionised train and airport information boards in the 1950s and continues to innovate with modern technology.

  • Issue #13
  • 6 min read
Signs of the times

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