All Columbia articles – Page 2

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    The international outdoor footwear market 2021

    2022-10-31T10:35:00Z

    This exclusive, yearly analysis includes the market size as well as revenues, market shares and growth for the leading outdoor footwear brands for 2021 and 2020.

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    NPD Q1 report sees U.S. footwear industry slowing down and market shifting towards new brands

    2022-04-29T10:30:00Z

    Consulting firm NPD has released its latest figures for the first quarter of 2022 of the U.S. footwear market. Both the footwear industry’s sales and the revenue declined year-over-year in Q1. Sales were down 3 percent, unit sales were down 12 percent, while average prices were up 11 percent. Compared ...

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    Strong results for Columbia, driven by DTC

    2022-02-04T16:08:00Z

    Despite persistent supply chain disruptions that negatively impacted its wholesale revenues, Columbia Sportswear reported impressive fourth-quarter results on the strength of its Direct-To-Consumer and e-commerce businesses and an improvement of 1.6 percentage points in the gross margin to 52.2 percent, as higher freight costs were more than offset by a ...

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    International sports apparel market 2020

    2021-10-23T15:14:00Z

    This chart shows the revenues, growth and market share of the top 26 sports apparel brands in 2020 vs. 2019. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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    Columbia publishes 2020 sustainability report

    2021-07-30T06:11:00Z

    In its 2020 sustainability report, Portland-based Columbia Sportswear Company (CSC) reveals details on the success made within its four brands Columbia, Mountain Hardwear, Sorel and Prana in terms of CSR topics and sustainability. The group responded to the challenges by Covid-19 with a “Catastrophic Paid Leave” in the U.S. and ...

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    Sporting goods stocks jumped by 26.65% in Q2

    2021-07-02T16:49:00Z

    The average share price of the sporting goods sector grew by 26.65 percent between March 31 and June 30, accelerating from the 10.9 percent growth recorded in the first three months of this year. As usual, the public companies in this sector scored much better than all the major stock ...

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    Sports stocks rose by 10.8% in Q3

    2020-10-01T17:07:00Z

    The sporting goods sector confirmed its resilience in the third quarter of 2020 with an average increase of 10.8 percent in the public companies’ share price between June 30 and Sept. 30. Comparatively, two relatively bullish American indexes, the Dow Jones 30 and the S&P 500, posted gains of only ...

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    More backing for “Black Lives Matter”

    2020-06-05T17:20:00Z

    Doubling up on its “For once, don’t do it” message one week ago on Twitter to protest the murder on May 25 of George Floyd, Nike announced that it will donate $40 million over the next four years to “organizations focused on social justice, education and addressing racial inequality in ...

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    Columbia’s results are hit by Covid-19

    2020-05-02T07:57:00Z

    After a brilliant financial year in 2019, Columbia Sportswear did not have a great start to 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Its net profits stood at just $0.2 million, down from $74.2 million for the year-ago quarter, while sales dropped by 13 percent to $568.2 million because of the ...

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    Arc'teryx is opening its first lifestyle store at the Metrotown...

    2019-12-24T00:00:00Z

    Arc'teryx is opening its first lifestyle store at the Metrotown Mall of Burnaby, British Columbia in Canada

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    Another set of record results for Columbia

    2019-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear is having a vintage year, scoring record results for the past two quarters. Revenues rose by 14 percent in the third quarter ended on Sept. 30 to $906.8 million, while net income improved by 19 percent to $119.3 million – both all-time records for the group. The gross ...

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    A stellar year for Columbia

    2019-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear managed to pull off record results for 2018, while making substantial investments in demand creation and other strategic priorities. The growth was broad-based across its brand portfolio and geographic regions, with improvements in both the wholesale and direct-to-consumer (DTC) distribution channels.In the seasonally important fourth quarter, the company's ...

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    Buoyant European demand for Columbia

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear has met robust demand in Europe, the Middle East in Africa (EMEA) in the third quarter, with a regional sales increase of 15 percent in constant currencies.The increase has helped the U.S. outdoor company to report a sales increase of 1 percent to $747.4 million for the quarter. ...

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    Affected by U.S. retail caution, Columbia rises in Europe

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    After a small decline in turnover and net income for the third quarter, Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its sales guidance for the full year, estimating that sales should increase by about 4 percent, including less than one percentage point of negative impact from currency exchange rates.The group's sales dipped by ...