Columbia Sportswear Company Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Segment Information (Schedule of Segment Information) (Details)

Segment Information (Schedule of Segment Information) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	$ 2,100,590us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 1,684,996us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 1,669,563us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Income (loss) from operations	198,844us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	131,794us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	133,528us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest income (expense), net	1,004	503	379
Interest expense on note payable to related party	1,053us-gaap_InterestExpenseRelatedParty	0us-gaap_InterestExpenseRelatedParty	0us-gaap_InterestExpenseRelatedParty
Other non-operating expense	(274)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(871)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	0us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	198,521	131,426	133,907
Income tax (expense) benefit	(56,662)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(37,823)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(34,048)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Depreciation and amortization expense	54,017	40,871	40,892
Accounts receivable, net	344,390us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	306,878us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Inventories	384,650us-gaap_InventoryNet	329,228us-gaap_InventoryNet
Property, plant and equipment, net	291,563us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	279,373us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
United States [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	1,198,405	971,321	946,710
Income (loss) from operations	229,784	168,395	146,779
Interest income (expense), net	4,804	4,501	5,121
Income tax (expense) benefit	(40,431)	(28,629)	(21,961)
Depreciation and amortization expense	25,736	17,413	18,726
Accounts receivable, net	144,841	121,081
Inventories	219,043	178,167
LAAP [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	491,648	354,345	377,545
Income (loss) from operations	66,810	55,147	70,230
Interest income (expense), net	(138)	(162)	(1,097)
Income tax (expense) benefit	(14,062)	(11,135)	(13,792)
Depreciation and amortization expense	4,750	4,203	4,281
Accounts receivable, net	93,006	80,257
Inventories	103,351	99,915
EMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	259,163	240,702	230,624
Income (loss) from operations	12,667	(3,554)	674
Interest income (expense), net	(661)	(556)	293
Income tax (expense) benefit	678	2,959	1,527
Depreciation and amortization expense	2,550	4,129	4,153
Accounts receivable, net	43,527	51,912
Inventories	37,803	28,307
Canada [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	151,374	118,628	114,684
Income (loss) from operations	22,784	13,818	12,666
Interest income (expense), net	(3,001)	(3,280)	(3,938)
Income tax (expense) benefit	(2,847)	(1,018)	178
Depreciation and amortization expense	3,463	2,915	1,761
Accounts receivable, net	63,016	53,628
Inventories	24,453	22,839
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income (loss) from operations	332,045	233,806	230,349
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Unallocated corporate expense	(133,201)	(102,012)	(96,821)
Depreciation and amortization expense	17,518	12,211	11,971
Apparel, Accessories And Equipment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	1,676,192	1,374,598	1,347,005
Footwear [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	424,398	310,398	322,558
UNITED STATES
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	214,565	194,223
CANADA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	36,415	42,356
All Other Countries [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	$ 40,583	$ 42,794