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Columbia Sportswear Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 8/6/20, at 4:05pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1050797-20-51   ·   File #:  0-23939

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/06/20  Columbia Sportswear Co.           10-Q        6/30/20   72:9.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.09M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    105K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations     HTML     64K 
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive  HTML     50K 
                Income                                                           
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive  HTML     25K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows     HTML    111K 
19: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     94K 
                Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity                      
20: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     22K 
                Parenthetical                                                    
21: R10         Basis Of Presentation And Organization              HTML     43K 
22: R11         Revenues                                            HTML    170K 
23: R12         Intangible Assets, Net                              HTML     56K 
24: R13         Short Term Borrowings and Credit Lines              HTML     29K 
25: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     24K 
26: R15         Product Warranty                                    HTML     45K 
27: R16         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     22K 
28: R17         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     23K 
29: R18         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     41K 
30: R19         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     47K 
31: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML    119K 
32: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML     81K 
33: R22         Financial Instruments And Risk Management           HTML    108K 
34: R23         Fair Value Measures                                 HTML    191K 
35: R24         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     24K 
36: R25         Basis Of Presentation And Organization Estimates    HTML     48K 
                and Assumptions (Policies)                                       
37: R26         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML    167K 
38: R27         Intangible Assets, Net (Tables)                     HTML     59K 
39: R28         Product Warranty (Tables)                           HTML     45K 
40: R29         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     39K 
41: R30         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     46K 
42: R31         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML    118K 
43: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     79K 
44: R33         Financial Instruments And Risk Management (Tables)  HTML    103K 
45: R34         Fair Value Measures (Tables)                        HTML    184K 
46: R35         Revenues (Details)                                  HTML     64K 
47: R36         Intangible Assets, Net (Summary Of Identifiable     HTML     41K 
                Intangible Assets) (Details)                                     
48: R37         Intangible Assets, Net (Details)                    HTML     23K 
49: R38         Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill Schedule of     HTML     31K 
                Estimated Five Year Amortization Expense (Details)               
50: R39         Short Term Borrowings and Credit Lines (Details)    HTML    121K 
51: R40         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     30K 
52: R41         Product Warranty (Reconciliation Of Product         HTML     29K 
                Warranties) (Details)                                            
53: R42         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     29K 
54: R43         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     38K 
55: R44         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary Of Stock-Based    HTML     29K 
                Compensation Expense) (Details)                                  
56: R45         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule Of Weighted      HTML     24K 
                Average Assumptions) (Details)                                   
57: R46         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule Of Weighted      HTML     24K 
                Average Assumptions For Restricted Stock Units)                  
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         Earnings Per Share (Narrative) (Details)            HTML     26K 
59: R48         Earnings Per Share (Reconciliation Of Common        HTML     41K 
                Shares Used In Denominator For Computing Basic And               
                Diluted EPS) (Details)                                           
60: R49         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)    HTML     52K 
61: R50         Segment Information Concentration (Details)         HTML     33K 
62: R51         Segment Information (Schedule Of Segment            HTML     51K 
                Information) (Details)                                           
63: R52         Financial Instruments And Risk Management           HTML     28K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
64: R53         Financial Instruments And Risk Management (Gross    HTML     30K 
                Notional Amount Of Outstanding Derivative                        
                Instruments) (Details)                                           
65: R54         Financial Instruments And Risk Management (Balance  HTML     38K 
                Sheet Classification And Fair Value Of Derivative                
                Instruments) (Details)                                           
66: R55         Financial Instruments And Risk Management (Effect   HTML     42K 
                And Classification Of Derivative Instruments)                    
                (Details)                                                        
67: R56         Fair Value Measures (Assets And Liabilities         HTML    118K 
                Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis)                     
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     31K 
70: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    130K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- colm-20200630_htm                   XML   3.12M 
69: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     87K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- colm-20200630_pre              XML    755K 
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72: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001050797-20-000051-xbrl      Zip    310K

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