Columbia Sportswear 1999 Annual Report Download - page 5

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Columbia
Sportswear
Promotes Evans to
General Manager
of its Direct
European Division
January 12, 1999
Outdoor industry leader
Columbia Sportswear
Company announced today
that it has promoted John
Evans to general manager
of its direct European oper-
ations.
Columbia
Sportswear Hits
the Road Again
With Popular MTV
Docu-Drama
January 19, 1999
Oregon-based outerwear
manufacturer Columbia
Sportswear Company
announced its continued
role as the sole apparel sup-
plier to Music Television’s
highly-rated docu-drama
“Road Rules.”
Columbia Sportswear
Opens Newly Expanded
Rivergate Distribution
Center – Expansion
Marks Continued
Growth, Commitment
to Customer Service
April 8, 1999
Columbia Sportswear Company
(Nasdaq: COLM), a global leader
in the active outdoor apparel and
footwear industry, today
announced that it completed a
major expansion and renovation to
its international distribution center
in Portland’s Rivergate Industrial
District.
Columbia Sportswear
Reports Solid 1999 First
Quarter Results
April 27, 1999
Columbia Sportswear Company
(Nasdaq: COLM) today
announced net sales of $89.2 mil-
lion for its first quarter ended
March 31, 1999, an increase of
19.1 percent over the $74.9 mil-
lion of net sales for the same peri-
od of last year.
Columbia
Sportswear Named
REI’s 1998 Vendor
Partner of the Year
June 7, 1999
In a special ceremony at its
headquarters in Portland,
Ore., Columbia Sportswear
Company (Nasdaq:
COLM) today received
from Recreational
Equipment, Inc. (REI) the
international outdoor retail-
er’s coveted Vendor
Partner of the Year Award
for 1998.
Columbia Sportswear
and NBC Team Up for
Olympic Games
June 9, 1999
Oregon outerwear giant Columbia
Sportswear Company (Nasdaq:
COLM) announced today that it
has inked a deal with the NBC
Olympic Unit to be an apparel
supplier to the network’s Olympic
broadcast team for the upcoming
Olympic Games.
Columbia Sportswear
Retains The Beanstalk
Group To Develop
Strategic Licensing
Program
June 30, 1999
Columbia Sportswear Company,
maker of high quality active out-
door apparel and footwear, today
announced that it has signed an
agreement with licensing agency
The Beanstalk Group to develop a
strategy to license the Columbia
name across a broad range of relat-
ed categories.
Columbia
Sportswear
Company Reports
Solid 1999 Second
Quarter Results
July 27, 1999
Columbia Sportswear
Company (Nasdaq:
COLM) today announced
net sales of $71.4 million
for its second quarter
ended June 30, 1999, an
increase of 6.3 percent over
the $67.2 million of net
sales for the same period of
last year.
Columbia
Sportswear Signs
License Agreement
With Crescent
Hosiery
July 27, 1999
International outdoor
apparel and footwear manu-
facturer Columbia
Sportswear Company
(Nasdaq: COLM) today
announced it has entered
into a license agreement
with Crescent Hosiery
Mills, Inc. to produce
men’s, women’s and chil-
dren’s socks.
Columbia Sportswear
Sponsors Discovery
Channel Eco-Challenge
October 6, 1999
International outdoor apparel and
footwear brand Columbia
Sportswear Company (Nasdaq:
COLM) today announced it has
signed a sponsorship agreement
with The Discovery Channel to
become the Official Promotional
Clothing Supplier for the 1999
Eco-Challenge.
Columbia
Sportswear
Company Reports
Record Results for
Third Quarter –
Spring 2000
Orders Up Over
40%
October 26, 1999
Columbia Sportswear
Company (Nasdaq:
COLM) today announced
record net sales of $187.6
million for its third quarter
ended September 30, 1999,
an increase of 7.8% over net
sales of $174.0 million for
the same period of last year.
Columbia Sportswear
Ships Millionth Pair
Of Bugabootoos™
November 11, 1999
Today Columbia Sportswear
Company (Nasdaq: COLM)
shipped its millionth pair of
Bugabootoos™, the
Company’s best-selling
inclement weather boot. Since
its fall 1993 debut, the product
has revolutionized the winter
boot (often called the pac
boot) market as the first
anatomically correct, value-
priced inclement weather boot.
Columbia Sportswear
Company Reports
Record Results for
Fourth Quarter and
Fiscal Year 1999
February 1, 2000
Columbia Sportswear
Company (Nasdaq: COLM), a
global leader in the active out-
door apparel industry, today
announced record net sales of
$122.3 million for the fourth
quarter ended December 31,
1999, an increase of 10.0%
over net sales of $111.2 mil-
lion for the same period of
1998.
Columbia Sportswear
Announces Intent to
Open London Office
December 3, 1999
Columbia Sportswear Company
(COLM: Nasdaq), a global leader
in the active outdoor apparel and
footwear industry, announced that
it is opening a London office to
directly manage the development
of Columbia’s brand in the United
Kingdom.
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