A militant union is escalating an unusual wave of strikes in the city of Prato — Italy's so-called textile capital — where ...

A Chinese couple allegedly tied to Chinese Triad gangs and a turf war over the lucrative textile industry were assassinated in Rome Monday night, Italian Carabinieri said in a statement.

Second stop in our account of Tuscany, Prato. The key word is: enterprise. Since ancient times Prato has been a land of entrepreneurs and artisans, a city that built its economic history thanks first ...

Biancalani Textile Machinery announced its subscription to the Textile Lovers programme dedicated to companies that support the Museo del Tessuto in Prato (the Textile Museum of Prato) and share its ...

Mercurial Marco Wong won a term as councillor of Prato, a city with a large Chinese population thanks to its textile industry – now he has gone back to writing graphic fiction of one form or other ...

David Pendleton makes and sells blankets, bags and pillows from recycled wool, but he has to source the fabric from India. He and others say it's time that changed.

And the man is being honoured with an exhibition, opening this week, in the Tuscan city of Prato, one of the beating hearts of Italy’s textile industry.