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Current Trends in Italy's Food Retail Market

Published On - October 26, 2017

Mary Ravenna Inside Track, Retail, Retail InformationTags: Italian, Retail

Current Trends in Italy’s Food Retail Market

So how do Italians buy food, really? If you’re thinking of food markets in every town, brimming with people buying organic meat and vegetables directly from farmers, you may be in for a partial disappointment. In today’s Italy, most people buy their food at the supermarket. That’s not to say t...

Published On - September 27, 2012

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Italian

The Huffington Post, Now in Italian

American news aggregation and blogging giant The Huffington Post expanded into Italy this week, with an Italian-language edition featuring custom content. In a post on the main Huffington Post website, Arianna Huffington wrote that the company’s desire to expand into Italy came from a deep app...

Published On - May 17, 2012

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: English, Italian

Italian University To Go English-Only

The Politecnico di Milano, an Italian university that’s known throughout the world for its architectural and engineering programs, just made a surprising announcement: starting in 2014, most degree programs will be offered in English only. No Italian. Why would an Italian school move to an Eng...

Published On - June 3, 2011

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: American, Italian

Jersey Shore goes to Italy

For two years, MTV’s reality show Jersey Shore has been offending Italian-American advocacy groups (and intelligent life-forms in general) with its portrayal of a group of young Italian-American adults chosen primarily for their addiction to tanning salons, ability to consume large amounts of ...

Published On - May 9, 2011

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: German, Italian

German Trail Signs Cause Controversy

In this bilingual region, tensions over language have been there forever and the struggle over train signs in the Dolomite Mountains is once again the proof....

Published On - April 27, 2011

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Italian

Mistranslation Confuses Italian Youth

A language translation error in the Italian edition of a Catholic book aimed at young people made it look like the Vatican had changed its mind about birth control, reversing centuries of church policy. The book had to be temporarily pulled from the shelves while the publishers corrected the error, ...