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Business Acquisition (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | |||
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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May 30, 2014
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
| Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired | |||
| Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired | $ (188,467,000)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | $ 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | $ 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | |
| Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs | 3,387,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts | |||
| Goodwill | 68,594,000us-gaap_Goodwill | 14,438,000us-gaap_Goodwill | ||
| Fair value adjustment to inventory | 1,600,000colm_Fairvalueadjustmenttoinventory | |||
| prAna Living LLC [Member] | ||||
| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
| Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents |
4,946,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashAndEquivalents / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |
4,946,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashAndEquivalents / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |
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| Business Combination, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date |
53,715,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |
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| Business Combination, Earnings or Loss Acquiree since Acquisition Date |
(2,434,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationEarningsOrLossOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |
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| Amortization |
7,326,000us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |
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| Goodwill |
54,156,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |
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| Acquisition-related Costs [Member] | ||||
| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
| Amortization |
$ 3,817,000us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization / us-gaap_NonrecurringAdjustmentAxis = us-gaap_AcquisitionRelatedCostsMember |
$ 8,917,000us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization / us-gaap_NonrecurringAdjustmentAxis = us-gaap_AcquisitionRelatedCostsMember |
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- Definition
Fair value adjustment to acquisition date inventory. No definition available.
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- Definition
The aggregate amount of recurring noncash expense charged against earnings in the period to allocate the cost of assets over their estimated remaining economic lives. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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