Benetton completed the signing of triple world champion Nelson Piquet, on a rumored incentive based contract of $ 100, 000 per point scored following 2 disappointing years at Lotus, meaning he had to score points to actually be paid.

In autumn 2011, Benetton launched its new worldwide communication campaign, an invite to the leaders and citizens of the world to combat the “ culture of hatred ” and creates the UNHATE Foundation.

PETA launched a boycott campaign against Benetton for buying wool from farmers who practiced mulesing.

In 2000, the Benetton Group featured several inmates on Oregon's death row in a controversial, anti-death penalty ad campaign.

In 2005, five years after his resignation from Benetton following the controversy surrounding the death row campaign, he sparked controversy again with his photographs for an advertising campaign for the men's clothing brand ' Ra-Re '.

* Benetton Pieta in AIDS campaign

* Benetton's 1988 " United Superstars of Benetton " print and billboard campaign, paired with Julius Caesar

Benetton Group S. p. A. () is a global fashion brand, based in Treviso, Italy.

Benetton Group is listed in Milan.

In 1965, the entity known as the " Benetton Group " is formed.

Benetton Group has sponsored the Treviso rugby, basketball and volleyball teams for many years, underlining close links with its origins and its city, through a vision of sport that is both competitive and social.

The Benetton team is best known for its success with Michael Schumacher, who accounts for 19 of the team's 27 career victories and their 2 drivers ' championships.

Cortina is home to some of the most prestigious names in fashion, including Bulgari, Benetton, Gucci and Geox, and various artisan shops, antiquarians, and craft stores.

This communne it is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of Santiago, with the most of the world's luxury boutiques are located on Vitacura, which include: Louis Vuitton, Adidas, Armani, Tommy Hilfiger, United Colors of Benetton, Nike, Zara, Swarovski, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ermenegildo Zegna and many more.

The league is based on regionalised / provincial representation of the participating nations, except for Benetton Treviso which represents the city of Treviso itself.

The city is home to the headquarters of clothing retailer Benetton, appliance maker De ' Longhi, and bicycle maker Pinarello.

Treviso is home to several notable Italian sport teams, thanks to the presence of the Benetton family, who owns and sponsors:

Oliviero Toscani ( born 1942 ) is an Italian photographer, best-known worldwide for designing controversial advertising campaigns for Italian brand Benetton, from 1982 to 2000.

The record on the shorter Indy layout is 38. 032 seconds, set by Scott Mansell with a Benetton B197 during the 2004 EuroBOSS season.

David Pender Richards CBE ( b. 3 June 1952, Britain ) is the chairman of Prodrive and Aston Martin, and a former team principal of the BAR and Benetton Formula One motor racing teams.

Lack of advertisement is also in contrast to direct competitors such as Uniqlo and United Colors of Benetton.

Thierry Marc Boutsen ( born 13 July 1957 in Brussels, Belgium ) is a former racing driver who raced for the Arrows, Benetton, Williams, Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One.

The company is owned by the Benetton family and is the sporting label of the clothes manufacturer.

Rory Byrne ( born 10 January 1944, Pretoria, South Africa ) is a South African engineer and car designer, most famous for being the chief designer at the Benetton and Scuderia Ferrari Formula One teams.

Sarahyba has appeared in every edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 2005 to 2010 and is currently contracted under H & M, Spiegel and Benetton.

As of 2006, the mall has undergone extensive renovations and now is home to two H & M stores, VERO MODA, JACK & JONES, StyleXChange, Diesel, Rudsak, Harry Rosen, Buffalo, Le Château, Michael Kors, Stuart Weitzman Benetton, Zara, Mexx, Guess and many more.

* Benetton Treviso – Founded in 1932, it competed in Italian domestic leagues before joining what is now known as Pro12.

" In the advertising business, this combination of frightening, gory and / or offensive advertising material is known as " shockvertising " and is often considered to have been pioneered by Benetton, the Italian clothing retailers which created the line United Colors of Benetton, and its advertisements in the late 1980s ( see Benetton below ).

The Benetton Group “ seeks to contribute to the creation of a new culture against hate ”.

With Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell all desperately trying to sign for Williams, Patrese's position looked to be under threat and he signed for Benetton before the end of the year.

Avon, Estee Lauder, Benetton, and Tonka Toy Co. all stopped testing products on animals, the Pentagon stopped shooting pigs and goats in wounds tests, and a slaughterhouse in Texas was closed down.

The DFR became available to all customers in 1989, with the Benetton team also using this engine until the 1989 French Grand Prix.

During the 2nd Qualifying session at Monza, Gerhard Berger's Benetton B186-BMW was speed trapped fastest of all cars at, while team mate Teo Fabi was second having been clocked at on the long front straight.

Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen ( Benetton B187 ) chased the leaders hard all race to be rewarded with fourth place ahead of the Brabham BT56 of Italian Riccardo Patrese.

Benetton and Williams drivers dominated the field, victorious in all but one race, the Canadian GP won by Jean Alesi in a Ferrari.

Jean Alesi, Johnny Herbert ( Benetton Renault ) and David Coulthard ( Williams Renault ) all won their first races in F1.

There was one new team in the shape of the Italian Forti outfit, whilst the Benetton, McLaren, Footwork, Jordan, Pacific, Ligier and Sauber teams had all changed their engine suppliers in the course of the off-season.

Benetton has faced criticism from Mapuche organizations, over its purchase of traditional Mapuche lands in Patagonia.

Following Richards ' departure, Rocco Benetton managed the team for three years until its sale to Renault.

Benetton Team had a British licence from 1986 to 1995 and an Italian licence from 1996 to 2001, thus becoming the first, and up until 2011 the only, constructor to officially change its nationality.

* Michael Schumacher-started with Benetton at the 1991 Italian Grand Prix and would win Drivers ' World Championship titles in the and seasons for the team as well as helping the team win its first Constructors Championship in 1995 before moving to Ferrari in.

More than 20 % of its funding comes from private groups, such as Sanofi-Aventis (€ 400, 000, 10 % of its budget ), François Pinault, the Fondation de France, the Open Society Institute of George Soros, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, Benetton, or the Center for a Free Cuba ( which donated € 64, 000 in 2002 ).

In 2000, Renault announced its plans to return to Formula One with the purchase of the Benetton Formula team.

Benetton Treviso was selected for its long history after the project of a second Italian regional team, Praetorians Roma, failed.

It also allowed the Benetton team to secure third in the Constructors ' Championship over Williams, equaling its best finish from.

Bernard Dudot, Renault Sport's Chief Engineer, said that he believed Benetton was less well-prepared than Williams, as the former team had changed its engine supplier to Renault, whereas Williams had been in partnership with the company since.

The Williams team had also completed 2, 500 miles of testing with its FW17 chassis, significantly more than Benetton ; the team had encountered some reliability problems with its own B195 chassis.

* Larrousse took the numbers 19 and 20, which Benetton and its predecessor Toleman had used since 1984.

It was only after the team's new sponsor Benetton purchased Spirit Racing and transferred its Pirelli contract to Toleman did the team return, initially with only one entry.

During the 1970s, Benetton Treviso won the Italian Cup for the first time in its history during the 1970 season, and it 1978, sponsored by Metalcrom, won the Italian premiership once again.

The Benetton Group has come under particular scrutiny for the use of shock advertisements in its campaigns, leading to public outrage and consumer complaints.

Benetton ’ s advertisements have featured images of portions of men ’ s and women ’ s bodies with tattoos that say “ HIV Positive ”, a Black woman breastfeeding a White infant ( which could be celebrated as a championing image of racial diversity or raising awareness of racial issues yet was also denounced for its historical connotations when Black women, during slavery, were often required to become caretakers for White children ), a priest and a nun leaning to kiss each other, as well as a group of real death row inmates ( alluding to issues concerning capital punishment ).

Other shocking advertisements released by Benetton include an image of a duck covered in oil ( addressing issues of oil spillage and the cleanliness of oceans ), a man dying of AIDS, a soldier holding a human bone, as well as a newborn infant still attached to its umbilical cord, which " was intended as an anthem to life, but was one of the most censured visuals in the history of Benetton ads.