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Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company® has grown from a small
family-owned hat distributorship to one of the world's largest outerwear brands
and the leading seller of skiwear in the United States. Columbia's extensive
product line includes a wide variety of outerwear, sportswear, rugged footwear
and accessories. Developing innovative products that are functional yet stylish
and offer great value is what we do.
At the head of our company are 77 year-old matriarch Gert Boyle, Chairman of the
Board, and her son, Tim Boyle, President and CEO. Columbia's history starts with
Gert's parents, Paul and Marie Lamfrom, in 1937 when they fled Germany. They
bought a small hat distributorship in Portland, Oregon, and named it Columbia
Hat Company, after the river bordering the city. Soon frustrated by poor
deliveries from suppliers, the Lamfroms decided to start manufacturing products
themselves.
In 1948, Gert married college sweetheart Neal Boyle, who joined the family
business and later took the helm of the growing company. When Neal suddenly died
of a heart attack in 1970, Gert enlisted help from Tim, then a college senior,
and together they led Columbia from near bankruptcy.
After that it wasn't long before business really started to take off. Columbia
was one of the first to make jackets from waterproof/breathable fabric. We
introduced the breakthrough technology called the Columbia Interchange System®
where a shell and liner combine for multiple wearing options. In the early 80s,
then 60 year-old Gert began her role as "Mother Boyle" in our
successful and popular advertising campaign. And in 1998 the company went
public, and Columbia moved into a new era as a world leader in the active
outdoor apparel industry.
Today, Columbia Sportswear employs more than 1,000 people around the world and
distributes and sells products in more than 30 countries and to over 10,000
retailers. You'll find our flagship store in downtown Portland, Oregon with
other retail stores currently in Nagoya, Japan; and two in Sydney, Australia. We
also have eight outlet stores: two in Portland; and one each in Bend, Oregon;
Lincoln City, Oregon; Birch Run, Michigan; Medford, Minnesota; Lancaster,
Pennsylvania; and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Columbia Sportswear 2001 All Rights Reserved
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