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	Benetton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1965, the Benettons opened their first store in Belluno and the year after in Paris, with Luciano as chairman, his brother Giberto in charge of administration, their younger brother Carlo running production, and Giuliana as a chief designer.....the rest is history.
		Benetton has been known in the United States for producing a long-running series of controversial, sometimes offensive, advertisements that have caused a number of media critics to accuse the company of deliberately creating controversy in order to sell its products.
		The advertisements, entitled "United Colors of Benetton", have included images that are apparently unrelated to the clothes sold by the company, including scenes of a man dying of AIDS, panicking crowds jumping off of a sinking ship, a bloody, unwashed newborn baby, and a death row inmate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benetton (458 words)

	Benetton Formula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benetton Formula Ltd., commonly referred to simply as Benetton, was a Formula One constructor that participated from 1986 to 2001.
		The team was owned by the Benetton family who ran a worldwide chain of clothing stores of the same name.
		The Benetton team was built on the ashes of the Toleman team, who performed well in 1984 with then-beginner Ayrton Senna, but could not compete in 1985 because it had no contract with a tyre manufacturer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benetton_Formula (401 words)

	Benetton: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Benetton is known in the United States[Click link for more facts about this topic] for producing a long-running series of controversial, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Benetton basket is an italian basketball club from treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner benetton....
		Benetton rugby treviso is a italian rugby union club currently competing in super 10....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/benetton.htm (981 words)

	RFID Journal - Benetton to Tag 15 Million Items (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Benetton will be able to track clothes from the time they are produced until the time they are sold.
		Lab ID will also provide Benetton with readers that can be used on store shelves, which the company has developed over the past 15 months.
		It's not clear how long it will take Benetton to install readers in its 5,000 stores, but the retailer, which had sales of $2 billion last year, is likely to raise privacy concerns.
	www.rfidjournal.com /article/articleview/344/1/1 (846 words)

	BENETTON - THE COMPANY'S HISTORY
		Benetton had several different labels available, according to the targeted clientele : "0-12" with pullovers, trousers and shirts for children; "Merceria" with pullovers, and shirts (mainly for women; "My Market" with pullovers and shirts, "Benetton" with pullovers, trousers and shirts, "Tomato" with pullovers, trousers and shirts for juniors.
		Benetton F1, with Renault engines, came in second place in the race drivers' Championships, with Michael Schumacher behind the wheel, and won first prize in the manufacturer's event.
		Benetton operates in 120 different countries, with the United Colors of Benetton label, O12 and Sisley in textiles.
	www.museedelapub.org /pubgb/virt/mp/benetton (706 words)

	Benetton - killer ads
		While Benetton tries to improve their poor market share in the U.S., they are causing unnecessary pain and distress to the families of the innocent people killed by the men the campaign intends to "humanize".
		The state filed the lawsuit in February 2000 against Benetton and four individuals who worked on the project, alleging that they misrepresented the purpose of the interviews with the inmates and made false claims to state officials to gain access to the Potosi prison.
		Benetton, an $11 billion family-owned company, is known for its provocative ads aimed at sparking awareness of controversial social issues.
	www.prodeathpenalty.com /Benetton.htm (4112 words)

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		Luciano Benetton was born in 1945 in a small town in the north of Italy.
		With this, Benetton wanted to give a double message: On one hand, Benetton is strong enough to unify a diverse group and make all of them equal, and on the other hand it has such a big range of products and colours that it makes each person in a group different from the others.
		Benetton still is the brand that homogenizes everybody, creating a unity, but the field on which it works is now much more serious.
	www.newterritoryfuerteventura.com /deborah/benetton.htm (3523 words)

	Simon Benetton - Sculptor
		The symbiotic relationship of Simon Benetton with his chosen medium is a condition of privilege because this condition allows him to fully exercise his potential as an artist.
		His sculptures, sometimes precise and sometimes loose and serene, produced with a primitive and yet singularly refined metal, are in themselves the symbol of the substance and the evolution of the earth.
		Simon Benetton was born in Treviso on the 24th of October, 1933.
	www.calion.com /artisti/simon/simonen.htm (913 words)

	Benetton In Patagonia: United colours of land grab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Benetton Group is today the largest landowner in Argentina, with 900,000 hectares (an area equivalent to 900,000 football fields) in resource rich Patagonia.
		Benetton issued a report claiming that the estate was not to be used for cattle rearing and stated their intention to take control of the property.
		To Benetton lawyer Martin Iturburu Moneff, the dispute was not political but merely a problem of 'common delinquency,' with no legal basis for the Curiñancos actions: 'To suggest that restitution of the usurped land would restore the dignity of a family who want to make ends meet would only confuse people.
	benetton.linefeed.org /archives/000058.html (1736 words)

	BENETTON - ADVERTISING HISTORY
		Benetton conferred its' advertising campaigns to the Eldorado agency, who opted almost exclusively for a poster campaign.
		Benetton brought out a eau de toilette : "Colors", whose name was written out by hand by Bruno Suter, Eldorado's president, in yellow, red, green and blue on the rectangular bottle's four sides.
		Benetton took out a double page advert in Liberation with, a series of masculine and feminine genitals, all different ages, all different coloursÉ with the label "United Colors of Benetton".
	www.museedelapub.org /pubgb/virt/mp/benetton/pub_benetton.html (1570 words)

	The Cavalier Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While the first Benetton campaigns were fairly conventional, 1984 marked the year that former fashion and advertising photographer Oliviero Toscani was hired as creative director and introduced a new ad concept, "All the Colors in the World," which featured teenagers of different races hanging out in Benetton clothing.
		Benetton was no stranger to sanctions from the Federal Trade Commission, the same governing body that also has reprimanded advertisers such as Playboy and French Connection for its FCUK campaign.
		Benetton benefited from the eye catching, memorable ads, as "emotions being evoked by the advertisements would transfer to the brand, in this case a cutting edge, provocative brand," Kehoe said.
	www.cavalierdaily.com /CVArticle.asp?ID=14004&pid=931 (995 words)

	TAU-Benetton Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Benetton Treviso climbed to the second spot in the Group C table by beating Tau Ceramica 73-76 in Vitoria, Spain, on Wednesday night, in an intense showdown between two Final Four hopefuls.
		Benetton reacted quickly as Bulleri turned on his quickness in a 2-9 run to get his team within 49-44 after 25 minutes.
		With Benetton up 73-75 with 38 seconds left, Soragna drove and was fouled, but hit only 1 of his 2 free throws.
	www.euroleague.net /reports/report.jsp?temporada=E04&jornada=4&partido=46 (788 words)

	CorpWatch : Mapuche Lands in Patagonia Taken Over by Benetton Wool Farms
		Benetton issued a report claiming that the estate "is not to be used for cattle raising" and stated their intentions to take control of the property.
		Benetton was the center of a child labor scandal in Turkey in 1998, when several children ages 11-13 were photographed working at the Bermuda Tekstil factory in Istanbul, a textile plant that produces Benetton line clothing.
		Benetton suspended its dealings with the subcontractor after the violations were reveled by a Turkish trade union.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=9189 (1798 words)

	WowEssays.com - Benetton Group
		The Benetton USA line was specifically designed for Sears when the two companies joined last summer to introduce a new line of juniors, kids, and men’s apparel.
		The state accuses Benetton of fraudulent misrepresentation, trespass by deceit and trespass by exceeding the scope of consent.
		Benetton is used to unfavorable publicity, and for all its undoubted worthiness, the whole campaign is expressly designed to provoke outrage.
	www.wowessays.com /dbase/ad3/ler78.shtml (972 words)

	RFID Journal - Benetton Explains RFID Privacy Flap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Back on March 11, Philips Semiconductors revealed that Benetton planned to put RFID labels on all clothes produced under Benetton's core Sisley brand and track them through the supply chain to more than 5,000 stores globally.
		Benetton points out that there were a number of factual errors in the Philips release.
		But he says "we never stopped the test." He believes Benetton will go ahead with plans to tag the Sisley line if the tests are successful, albeit with more sensitivity to the need to educate consumers about the technology.
	www.rfidjournal.com /article/articleview/471/1/1 (731 words)

	Label on the outer - theage.com.au
		Benetton plans to install shelves and dressing rooms to track its clothing through 5000 shops globally.
		Benetton's Australasian office said many consumers had expressed concern at the reports.
		Benetton rejected claims it would track customers home because the chips could only be read at close range.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/21/1047749940761.html (213 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Benetton Formula Ltd.
		Clothes manufacturer Benetton entered Grand Prix racing as a sponsor for Tyrrell in 1983, at the suggestion of former racing driver Nanni Galli, who supplied the company with wool.
		Benetton wanted exposure in the United States and so Danny Sullivan was hired to drive.
		At the end of the year there was a major technical reshuffle but it made little difference and at the start of 2000 Benetton announced that it had sold the team to Renault, which decided to put Flavio Briatore back in charge.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-benet.html (1050 words)

	The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore : Shades of controversy
		For years, Benetton was synonymous with its shock campaigns dominated by startling photographs, only a small green tag by the side announcing the actual product: `United Colors of Benetton'.
		The maverick team of Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani (the creative genius behind some of the company's most notorious campaigns) was formed in the early '80s and went on to unleash a string of advertisements, claiming to promote multiculturalism and defy stereotypes.
		Not all of Benetton's explanations have been received warmly and in 2000, an ad showing prisoners on death row led to Sears offloading their clothes and Benetton subsequently offloading Toscani.
	www.hindu.com /mp/2004/11/09/stories/2004110900830100.htm (551 words)

	The Invisible Colours of Benetton - Campaign
		Benetton has failed to respect the legal requirements regarding the operation of European companies investing in developing countries which are contained in the Codes of Conduct of the European Union (Resolution 15/11/99).
		Donation by Benetton in favour of the native communities of Patagonia.
		Benetton is color blind, except when it comes to its profits.
	www.mapuche-nation.org /english/main/benetton/main/info.htm (516 words)

	Euroleague - Card Teams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Benetton finished third due to its own point difference (-12) being behind that of Efes Pilsen (-1), which defeated Cibona in the other Group G game on Wednesday.
		Benetton always seems to be have everything under control and doesn't hesitate when it comes to renovating its roster.
		From its founding in 1954 through the arrival of the Benetton family as owners in 1982, the club from Treviso was more concerned with making it to the first division than shining on a national or international scale, but things ever since have changed.
	www.euroleague.net /teams/teamCard.jsp?id=TRE (529 words)

	Benetton - F1-UK
		Benetton was set up in 1986 after Luciano Benetton bought the Toleman team which he saw as a way of promoting his chain of clothing shops.
		After a couple of years on the learning curve, Benetton became a force to be reckoned with.
		Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger failed to win a race in 1996 after the departure of Schuamcher and Herbert, and Briatore was furious with Alesi for crashing at the final race to lose second place in the Constructor's Cup to Ferrari.
	www.newsf1.free-online.co.uk /benetton.html (507 words)

	The Observer \| International \| Benetton in trouble over evicted Patagonian couple
		Italian fashion giant Benetton, a global empire selling conservative fashions with the help of taboo-busting adverts boasting of the peoples of the world united under its brand, has seen its credibility threatened by the ancestral land claims of a family of South American Indians.
		The land dispute between Benetton and the Mapuche family began during Argentina's devastating economic crisis in 2002 when Rosa Nahuelquir lost her job in a textile company in Esquel.
		Five days later the manager of Benetton's Leleque Estate denounced them in the provincial courts, saying the land was earmarked for tree planting by Compañía Tierras del Sud, a timber-producing Benetton subsidiary.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,1263810,00.html (507 words)

	Benetton - Fashion Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Benetton cater for men, women and children and most of their range is bring and colourful.
		Benetton clothing aims to be distinctive by catering in casual clothing for men, women and children, which it markets principally under the brand name United Colors of Benetton.
		Benetton is traditionally known forit's knitwear and casual clothing in a wide array of colors, featuring fashionable Italian design and projecting a youthful image.Yes, you walk into a Benetton...
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /fashion/benetton (298 words)

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		Benetton vs. Mapuche: Crónica de un día de victoria.
		To the Mapuche Indians in southern Argentina, the Italian clothing manufacturer Benetton is the newest conquistador in 10,000 years of land struggles in Patagonia.
		Today Benetton is the largest landholder in Argentina, owning 900,000 hectares (2.2 million acres) in the resource-rich region of Patagonia.
	benetton.linefeed.org (1691 words)

	About Benetton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Benetton is present in 120 countries around the world with a strong italian character whose style, quality and passion are clearly seen in its brands: the casual United Colors of Benetton, fashion oriented Sisley and the leisurewear and streetwear brands Playlife and Killer Loop.
		Established in 1965, Benetton is now controlled by Edizione Holding (a holding company wholly owned by the Benetton Family) with a 67% stake.
		Benetton has a long history of attention to ethical values and involvement in social and cultural initiatives.
	press.benettongroup.com /ben_en/about (445 words)

	Benetton
		Benetton has become one of the world's best known clothing brands since the late 1980s, largely as a result of striking and often controversial advertising campaigns which seemed to bear limited relevance to the clothes they represented.
		Instead Benetton's advertising has principally been a platform for the worldview of Luciano Benetton, a leading member of the wealthy family which, in typically Italian style, has substantial interests in numerous sectors other than fashion, which now accounts for 40% or less of the family business.
		Most recently the Benettons were instrumental in funding the takeover of Telecom Italia by tire and cable maker Pirelli.
	www.mind-advertising.com /it/benetton_it.htm (183 words)

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