Columbia Sportswear Company Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Segment Information (Schedule Of Segment Information) (Details)

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Segment Information (Schedule Of Segment Information) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 GeographicSegments	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments	4us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Net sales to unrelated entities	$ 478,982,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 424,084,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Income (loss) from operations	44,122,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	35,451,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest income, net	377,000	239,000
Related party interest expense on note payable	(274,000)us-gaap_InterestExpenseRelatedParty	(210,000)us-gaap_InterestExpenseRelatedParty
Other non-operating income (expense)	(2,196,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(356,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income tax	42,029,000	35,124,000
United States [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	283,760,000	241,189,000
Income (loss) from operations	52,816,000	44,171,000
LAAP [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	113,062,000	116,813,000
Income (loss) from operations	15,352,000	17,234,000
EMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	47,825,000	39,140,000
Income (loss) from operations	1,365,000	(3,526,000)
Canada [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales to unrelated entities	34,335,000	26,942,000
Income (loss) from operations	6,300,000	3,399,000
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income (loss) from operations	75,833,000	61,278,000
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Unallocated corporate expenses	$ (31,711,000)	$ (25,827,000)

- Definition

Sum of operating profit and nonoperating income or expense before Income or Loss from equity method investments, income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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