MERIDIANI
Italia Casalino is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in retail and business management. Currently serving as Direttore generale at MERIDIANI since November 2024, Italia previously held the position of General Manager Maxalto at B&B Italia from January 2023 to October 2024. Prior to this, Italia worked at Natuzzi as Global Retail Director overseeing 546 directly operated and franchised stores. A notable tenure at Luxottica included roles as Retail Project Director and Ray-Ban Business Director for the Americas, where responsibility extended to profitability and expansion across various retail channels. Italia's career also features significant experience at Indesit Company, where a variety of marketing and managerial roles were undertaken. Education includes an MBA focused on the economic development of the service sector from the Tagliacarne Institute in Rome and a degree in Business and Administration from Università degli Studi di Bari.
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MERIDIANI
Meridiani was born in 1996 from a simple yet passionate idea of Laura Ferraro Crosti, wife of Renato Crosti, founder of the company: to design, manufacture and distribute a new home collection. After researches driven by passion and expertise the first collection was born in spring 1996 and it was entirely manufactured in Italy. It was the result of the enthusiasm and collaboration between Laura and the designer Andrea Parisio, art director of the brand. In 2016 the company joined IDB – Italian Design Brands S.p.A. with the goal of strengthening an already important presence of its brand on international markets and developing synergies in innovative areas through digital transformation processes, shared commercial strategies and new distribution channels, among which the contract sector. The Meridiani sales network is currently present in more than fifty Countries with flagship Stores in Milan, Rome, Paris, Miami, London, Singapore, Munich, Amsterdam and Moscow.