02/03/2012 02:20 pm

LIM College Students Creating DHL Couture

As New York braces itself for the whirlwind Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week that begins next week, DHL’s helping local visual merchandising students get their foot in the fashion door.

Partnering with LIM College this season, DHL’s sponsoring an unusual competition that has students creating couture out of shipping and packaging materials – a task not unlike that assigned Berlin-designer Michalsky several years back, resulting in a unique new perspective on the uses of tarpaulins and packing tape.

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02/01/2012 08:37 am

Berlin, Berlin!

Still feeling its way around as Germany’s fashion capital, Berlin celebrated its tenth season as host to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week with its most packed schedule yet.

With more than 70 shows in four days, Berlin bustled with fashion in January, bringing the city out of its post-Christmas doldrums with a fantastic display of color and style. Big name German design was on display at both the Hugo Boss and Michael Michalsky shows.

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01/30/2012 10:08 am

Champ19ns Trophy Tour to kick off in Delhi

As the Official Logistics Partner of Manchester United, DHL is well-trained and ready to play a key logistics role behind the scenes as the 2011 English Premier League Champion’s Trophy goes on a four-month global tour.

At Old Trafford on May 22, 2011, Manchester United were crowned Champion of the English Premier League for a record-breaking 19th time, finally breaking Liverpool’s long-held record. To celebrate this historic moment, England’s most popular football club is taking the coveted Barclays Premier League trophy on a world tour that kicks off on February 4 in the northern Indian and football-crazy metropolis of Delhi.

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01/26/2012 02:16 pm

Volvo Ocean Race Leg 3 update

As the second stage of Leg 3 develops, all six boats are fighting for supremacy as they head into the Strait of Malacca.

As this report goes to be published, the lead for Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race has changed hands three times in the past 12 hours while the sailors execute navigation strategies in the race to reach the Chinese island of Sanya.

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01/23/2012 02:00 pm

Michalsky Stylenite 2012: Spectacular

As one of Berlin's biggest designers, Michael Michalsky's presentations are the highlight of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin – and the Winter 2012 Michalsky Stylenite show proved no exception.

Berlin's iconic Tempodrom, usually reserved for concerts and circuses, created an unusual backdrop for a unique fashion experience that had guests enraptured from the moment they stepped out onto the red carpet.

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01/16/2012 09:49 am

Fashion to Lust After: MICHALSKY STYLENITE 2012!

As the Official Logistic Partner for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin and exclusive partner to MICHALSKY fashion house, DHL brings high fashion to clients around the world – including you.

Berlin is all abuzz as the city prepares for Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2012 shows. Catwalks are being rolled out, stages lit, haute couture delivered.

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01/12/2012 09:44 am

PUMA wins Shore Crew Award for Leg 2

DHL recognizes PUMA’s exceptional behind-the-scenes efforts during leg 2 of the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race

DHL presented Team PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG with the second-ever awarded DHL Shore Crew Award at the first-ever Race Village on Abu Dhabi’s Corniche Breakwater. The crew overcame many obstacles and the media team was singled out for some innovative work that attracted considerable media attention in Abu Dhabi, the race’s first-ever Middle East stopover.

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01/09/2012 09:05 am

Volvo Ocean Race - Steering clear of pirates

DHL uses its logistics know-how to keep Volvo Ocean Race teams safe from pirates in the Indian Ocean

The coast of Somalia is a virtual ‘no go’ zone for sailors in the Indian Ocean because of the ever present risk of piracy. This well-organized and highly lucrative business continues to grow with a record 1,181 seafarers kidnapped by pirates in 2010.

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01/05/2012 10:31 am

Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 wrap

The second Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race has come to an end in Abu Dhabi, 25 days, and many adventures, after the fleet left Cape Town in December.

Leg 2 was broken into two chapters to accommodate a special Stealth Zone designed by the race organizers to protect the racers from the infamous pirates that operate in a wide area off the Horn of Africa.

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12/21/2011 02:24 pm

Sneak Preview: DHL Partnerships in 2012

2012 looks to be another heart-pounding year for DHL. With the new Manchester United partnership just launched, a fast-paced Formula 1 racing season on tap, and the unpredictable round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race already in mid-stream, there’s lots in store for DHL partnerships this year.

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