Columbia Clothing - Apparel for the outdoor enthusiast
Columbia clothing was founded in 1938. It has since then grown from a small family-owned hat business to one of the world’s largest outerwear brands and leading sellers of ski wear. Their extensive product line includes an amazing variety of outerwear, sportswear, rugged footwear and accessories. They have a policy to develop innovating products that are not only functional but stylish with great value.
Columbia clothing company was one of the first to make a waterproofing/breathable fabric jacket. They call this the “Interchange System” where a shell and a liner combine and you have the opportunity for multiple wearing options.
The men’s line of Columbia clothing includes jackets, sweaters and fleece, pants, shorts, shirts, socks, footwear and accessories such as gloves, hats, scarves and neck gaiters, sunglasses and some hunting products. Their line for women includes jackets, sweaters and fleece, pants, short, shirts, skirts and dresses, socks, footwear and accessories such as gloves and mittens, hats, scarves and neck gaiters and sunglasses and goggles. Columbia clothing also offers clothes, footwear and accessories for both boys and girls which includes jackets, sweaters and fleece, pants, shorts, shirts, sock and footwear. Along with Columbia clothing apparel, there offer a selection of backpacks such as cyberpacks, daypacks, messenger bags and slings; insulated thermal packs to keep your drinks warm or cold, drinkware, lunchpacks; and they even carry a collection of baby bags. Another addition to the Columbia clothing apparel is the wide variety of tents and sleeping bags they have to choose from.
Columbia clothing offers a very cool feature on their website. When searching in privacy from your computer, if you find something that you’re interested in such as a pair of hiking boots, if you click on the size and brand you want, it will give you the list of online retailers that carry that particular brand along with a list of local retailers in your area where you can go and purchase them directly.
Today, Columbia clothing employs more than 1800 people around the world. Their flagship stores are located in downtown Portland, Oregon, in the North West corner of the US. They are also several outlet stores in Oregon as well as Birch Run, Michigan; Medford, Minnesota; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Kenosha, Wisconsin. If none of these stores are in a convenient location for you, you may also want to check out retail stores which carry Columbia clothing. These retail stores include Bass Pro, G.I. Joes, Sports Authority, Paragon Sports, Dicks Sporting Goods, Cabelas and Ramsey Outdoor.