Columbia Sportswear Company

Columbia Sportswear Company together with its subsidiaries designs sources markets and distributes outdoor active and everyday lifestyle apparel footwear accessories and equipment in the United States Latin America the Asia Pacific Europe the Middle East Africa and Canada. The company provides apparel accessories and equipment for mountaineering climbing skiing and snowboarding trail and camp enthusiasts. It also offers footwear products that include lightweight hiking boots trail running shoes rugged cold weather boots for activities on snow and ice sandals and shoes for use in water activities and function-first fashion footwear and casual shoes for lifestyle wear. The company sells its products under the Columbia Mountain Hardwear SOREL and prAna brand names through the company owned network of branded and outlet retail stores brand-specific e-commerce sites and concession-based arrangements with third-parties at branded outlet and shop-in-shop retail locations as well as through independently operated specialty outdoor and sporting goods stores sporting goods chains department store chains internet retailers and international distributors. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Portland Oregon.