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Company Profile
Columbia Sportswear Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, sourcing, marketing, and distribution of outdoor apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada. It provides outerwear products to protect the wearer from the harsher inclement weather for men, women, and youth under Columbia and Mountain Hardwear brands- and sportswear products for men, women, and youth under Columbia and Mountain Hardwear brands to be worn as a layering system with its outerwear and footwear products during fall and winter outdoor activities, such as hiking, fishing, trail running, and water sports. The company also offers footwear products, including lightweight hiking boots, trail running shoes, rugged cold weather boots, sandals, and casual shoes for men and women under Columbia, Sorel, and Montrail brands, as well as for youth under the Columbia and Sorel brands. In addition, it provides accessories and equipment comprising bags, packs, headwear, scarves, and gloves under the Columbia brand, as well as technically-advanced tents, sleeping systems, backpacks, headwear, and gloves under the Mountain Hardwear brand for mountaineering, ultralight backpacking, and camping. The company sells its products through wholesale distribution channels, independent distributors, its direct-to-consumer channels, and licensees, as well as online to independent distributors and consumers. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 41 outlet retail stores and 8 branded retail stores in the United States- 40 branded retail stores and 13 outlet retail stores in Japan and Korea- 7 outlet retail stores and 3 branded retail stores in various locations in Western Europe- and 2 outlet retail stores in Canada. Columbia Sportswear Company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
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