Columbia Sportswear Promotes Sandquist to General Manager of Sportswear; Announces Additional Changes.Business Editors PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 International outdoor apparel and footwear manufacturer Columbia Sportswear Columbia Sportswear Company NASDAQ: COLM is a United States company that manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear. Founded in 1938 by the late Paul Lamfrom, father of present chairperson Gert Boyle, the company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Company(R) (Nasdaq:COLM COLM Column COLM Colorado National Monument (US National Park Service) COLM Committee On Lay Ministry ) today announced the promotion of Mark Sandquist to general manager of sportswear merchandising. For the past six years Sandquist served as the men's sportswear merchandise manager. Columbia also announced the promotion of Sherrie Curtin to merchandise manager of both men's and women's sportswear. Curtin previously managed the women's category for the Company. "Columbia's sportswear division is one of the Company's fastest-growing parts of the business in terms of both sales and profitability," said Bob Masin, general merchandising manager. "Both Mark and Sherrie have been instrumental in building this portion of our business, and their leadership and expertise will play a crucial role in the continued success of our sportswear category." In addition, the management of Columbia's Performance GRT GRT Great GRT Glimcher Realty Trust GRT Grand River Transit (Waterloo, Canada) GRT General Relativity Theory GRT Group Rapid Transit GRT Gruppo per le Relazioni Transculturali sportswear category has been assigned to Dave Robinson For the baseball player, see . Richard David Robinson (born May 3, 1941 in Mount Holly, New Jersey) is a former professional American Football player in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins. , general manager of hunting, fishing and accessories. Columbia's GRT apparel is designed for rugged trekking, traveling and training, and is the Company's most technical category of sportswear. "Through his development of Columbia's Performance Fishing Gear (PFG PFG Principal Financial Group PFG Performance Food Group (Richmond, VA) PFG Pinnacle Financial Group PFG Plasma Flood Gun PFG Planning for Growth PFG Pasty Faced Geek PFG Perfluoroguanidine ), Dave has demonstrated a tremendous skill for combining technical fabrics and features with functional apparel." Masin said. "Under the leadership of Mark, Sherrie and Dave, Columbia will have the best offering of functional, technical sportswear in the industry." Founded in 1938 in Portland, Ore., Columbia Sportswear Company is a global leader in the design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of active outdoor apparel and footwear. As one of the largest outerwear manufacturers in the world and the leading seller of skiwear ski·wear n. Clothing appropriate for various types of skiing. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the Company has developed an international reputation for quality, performance, functionality and value. To learn more about Columbia Sportswear, please visit the Company's Web site at www.columbia.com |
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