Italian-based Benneton Group has launched a program titled Green B that brings together all the sustainability initiatives of the company’s brands, including United Colors of Benetton, Undercolors, and Sisley, under one umbrella. The group stated it would work on energy efficiency throughout its supply chain and retail locations, waste...
Apr 23, 2021
Yesterday, Edizione Srl, holding company of the Benetton family, decided to donate three million euros to support the projects and urgent needs of four hospital institutes-as a concrete contribution to the emergency resulting from the epidemiological spread of Covid-19 in Italy. According to an official press statement, the donation will go to...
Mar 12, 2020
Benetton Group Srl has said in a statement that in March 2019, Ugo Giorcelli will join the company as its new General Staff Manager, responsible for administration and finance, taxes, IT, HR-organization, centralised purchasing and general services. With a degree in business and economics from Milan’s Università Cattolica, Giorcelli, the company...
Dec 18, 2018
Benetton Group S.R.L. has announced that following board of directors' Monday meeting, Luciano Benetton has been appointed as the company’s Executive Chairman. After handing over his responsibilities to the founder, the company added, Francesco Gori, Benetton Group’s Chairman since May 2016, will remain a director on the board and will soon be...
Feb 1, 2018
Benetton Group has not been able to recover from losses since last two years and the trend continued in 2016 as well. The Italian group reported a loss of 81 million euros (94 million dollars) against 46 million euros (53 million dollars), the company posted last year, says a Modaes report. The company's sales declined 8 percent to 1.38 billion...
Jul 26, 2017
In a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Benetton Group, the appointment of Tommaso Bruso as Chief Operating Officer (COO) was announced yesterday. The board also granted the Chairman, Francesco Gori, power over core staff matters. During the meeting, the board accepted resignation of Chief Executive Officer Marco Airoldi. The company added...
Apr 6, 2017
The Benetton Group’s has appointed James McArthur as Director on its board. The decision was taken at a board meeting held under the Chairmanship of Francesco Gori. The company said, McArthur holds long international experience in the industries ranging from fashion, luxury to retail. He has been CEO of several leading luxury and retail...
Mar 3, 2017
Global fashion retailer Benetton Group has acquired their full estate of Benetton Korea as part of their focus and relaunch program. The Group's new strategy includes reorganizing and restructuring their global operations to increase growth potential and competitiveness of their two brands United Colors of Benetton and Sisley. Benetton is...
Jun 15, 2016
2015 consolidated revenues at Benetton amounted to 1,529 million euros (1,738 million dollars), down 1.2 percent from the previous year. Meanwhile, during the shareholders’ meeting, the company appointed Francesco Gori non-executive Chairman of the board. Reports improved results The indirect sales channel, which suffered from years of sharp...
May 10, 2016
The Benetton Group’s UnHate Foundation has launched a positive news website in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Public Information to challenge the world’s predominantly negative news cycle. The platform, UnHate News, will only publish news that people “like to see” in order to create a community of young people who actively...
Mar 3, 2014
Benetton Group is looking to reorganize its company structure, which means that the Italian fashion group may be split up into three separate divisions. According to the Italian newspaper Repubblica, Alessandro Benetton, chairman of Benetton Group, is ready to create a new group of management for the company. Last year Alessandro commissioned...
Nov 26, 2013
