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    Columbia has announced it will be the equipment partner of...

    2015-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Columbia has announced it will be the equipment partner of The Mud Day in 2015. The Mud Day is an obstacle course organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), which organises the Tour de France and other competitions. In 2014, its second year, it lasted nine days and covered six French ...

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    Starting next year, Columbia Sportswear will be the new partner...

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Starting next year, Columbia Sportswear will be the new partner of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) through three of its brands: Columbia, Mountain Hardwear and Montrail. Taking the place of The North Face after many years, it will outfit all the participants in the races with shoes and ...

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    Columbia Sportswear has adopted Centerstone Technologies' Ivendix online B2B platform...

    2014-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear has adopted Centerstone Technologies' Ivendix online B2B platform to service its European dealers with its Columbia, Sorel and Mountain Hardwear brands. The new platform will be launched with the spring/summer 2015 reorder season. With more than 35,000 users, Centerstone claims that its secure, multi-lingual, multi-currency ordering platform is ...

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    Columbia Sportswear has revealed that it has signed a broad...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear has revealed that it has signed a broad apparel licensing partnership with the Dallas Cowboys, a professional American football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). Columbia will provide Cowboys-branded sportswear, outerwear and accessories for men, women and kids. The deal, which extends through early 2018, marks Columbia's ...

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    Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted...

    2014-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted a preliminary injunction against Geox, authorizing the seizure of certain Amphibiox branded shoes in Italy because they are likely to have infringed a patent held by its OutDry Technologies subsidiary for waterproof and breathable footwear. Similar legal action is pending ...

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    Columbia Sportswear said that by raising over $123,000 in 2013...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear said that by raising over $123,000 in 2013 alone, its overall donation from its Tested Tough in Pink Collection exceeded $1 million. Since 2007 the U.S.-based outdoor company, in collaboration with participating retailers, has helped the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) provide thousands of free mammograms and early ...

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    Columbia will be the official outfitter of a special expedition...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Columbia will be the official outfitter of a special expedition organized to publicize the comfort of Sweet Bed Ibis, a new generation of beds used in Accor's Ibis chain of budget hotels. An adventurer, Aaron Chervenak, will be shown taking “the ultimate sleep” on one of these beds at the ...

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    Columbia Sportswear has filed a lawsuit against Seirus Innovative Accessories...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear has filed a lawsuit against Seirus Innovative Accessories for infringement on its patent for its insulating Omni Heat reflective material. In the lawsuit it filed in Seattle at the beginning of December, Columbia accused Utah-based Seirus of selling gloves with a heat-reflecting material and bearing a wavy ornamental ...

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    Columbia Sportswear denies a report that it has prevailed in...

    2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear denies a report that it has prevailed in a dispute against Fibretronic, a company in Hong Kong that it sued last Sept. 16 for damages of $9.4 million in the U.S. Distict Court of Oregon. The case is still pending. The company told the court in its complaint ...