All Winter Olympics articles
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ArticleNike’s profit plunge overshadows revenue gains in Q2
Nike’s Q2 shows modest sales but a 32 percent profit drop, fueling doubts over Hill’s strategy as shares slide 10 percent.
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ArticleOlympic flame handed to Italy
The Olympic flame for Milano Cortina 2026 was handed over in Athens and will begin its Italian relay on December 6, covering 12,000 km across 20 regions.
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ArticleYue Yuen faces margin pressure despite higher deliveries
Yue Yuen shipped more shoes but saw net profit fall 16 percent as rising wages and China’s weak retail sector hit earnings in the first nine months of 2025.
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ArticleColmar's Milan cable car pop-up for 2026 Winter Games
Italian skiwear brand Colmar has opened a pop-up store shaped like a Cortina cable car inside Milan’s Central Station, bridging fashion, sport, and travel ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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News briefsOrganizing Committee created for the French Alps 2030 Olympics
The General Assembly also voted in favor of Edgar Grospiron as its President.
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News briefsAnother prospective Olympic host throws its beret into the ring
France has bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2030, as many outlets are reporting. As with the recent bid from Switzerland, the host is no single city but, instead, a group of regions coordinating their efforts and presenting a single project. The regions in question are Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Sud/Provence-Alpes-Côte ...
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News briefsSwitzerland seeking to host a decentralized Winter Olympics
On Oct. 18, the Swiss Olympic Committee released a feasibility study to introduce a country-wide proposal to host two consecutive Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The study follows by about a week an announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as we’ve just reported, that even fewer cities have the ...
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News briefsTwo French Alpine regions eye bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
The presidents of the French regions Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Laurent Wauquiez and Renaud Muselier, have announced that they want to submit a joint bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. The announcement did not specify venues. Apart from France, Sweden has already expressed ...
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ArticleMilan-Cortina 2026 sustainable on paper only?
According to the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA), the 2026 Winter Olympics are at risk of becoming a financial and ecological fiasco. In fact, Milan-Cortina 2026 was supposed to be the first Winter Olympics truly committed to sustainability. And the IOC’s sustainability strategy also contains many ...
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News briefsSweden considers 2030 Winter Olympics bid
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) has announced that it has started “a preliminary study” to consider a potential bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. SOK acting vice president Hans von Uthmann will head the feasibility study’s steering group. The committee is planning to release an interim report ...
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News briefsAndrea Varnier set to become the new CEO of Milano Cortina 2026
Andrea Varnier is set to become the new CEO of the organizing committee of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Varnier was chosen for the role by Italy’s minister of sports, Andrea Abodi. His appointment will not be official until Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni approves it. ...
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News briefsArmani signs four-year partnership with FSI and unveils EA7 collections
With its ski and lifestyle apparel collection EA7, Giorgio Armani is partnering with the Italian winter sports federation FSI for the coming four winters as the Italian athlete’s technical outfitter. The apparel lines include ski suits, overalls, jackets, insulation pieces and leisurewear, rounded up by a range of accessories and ...
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Milano Cortina 2026 announced as the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games of all time
Four new women’s events have been added to the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, leading to a record number of women’s events. There will be 50 women’s events, up from 46 in Beijing in 2022. With 1,362 women competing, namely 47 percent of participants, Milano Cortina 2026 is set ...
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ArticleAliExpress sees global growth in demand for ski equipment thanks to Beijing Games
Retail News Asia has released new sales data from AliExpress, the online retail platform founded in 2010 and part of the Alibaba Group that enables small businesses in China and other countries to offer international products to online shoppers. The data shows growing demand for winter sports products, which AliExpress ...
