Made of warm and soft fleece, this headband, scarf, and glove set from
Columbia will keep your head, neck, and hands toasty all winter long.
The gloves feature elastic at the wrist for a comfortable fit while also
keeping the cold air outside. With several great colors to choose from,
you're sure to find the perfect set--for yourself or as a gift--to stay
warm while looking stylish during the chilly months of winter. About Columbia Sportswear
Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company
has grown from a small family-owned hat distributor to one of the
world's largest outerwear brands and the leading seller of ski-wear in
the United States. Columbia's extensive product line includes a wide
variety of outerwear, sportswear, rugged footwear and accessories.
Columbia specializes in developing innovative products that are
functional yet stylish and offer great value. Eighty-year-old matriarch
Gert Boyle, Chairman of the Board, and her son, Tim Boyle, President and
CEO, lead the company.
Columbia's history starts with Gert's parents, Paul and Marie Lamfrom,
when they fled Germany in 1937. They bought a small hat distributorship
in Portland, Oregon, and named it Columbia Hat Company, after the river
bordering the city. Soon frustrated by poor deliveries from suppliers,
the Lamfroms decided to start manufacturing products themselves. In 1948,
Gert married college sweetheart Neal Boyle, who joined the family
business and later took the helm of the growing company. When Neal
suddenly died of a heart attack in 1970, Gert enlisted help from Tim,
then a college senior. After that, it wasn't long before business really
started to take off. Columbia was one of the first companies to make
jackets from waterproof/breathable fabric. They introduced the
breakthrough technology called the Columbia Interchange System, in which
a shell and liner combine for multiple wearing options. In the early
1980s, then 60-year-old Gert began her role as "Mother Boyle" in
Columbia's successful and popular advertising campaign.
The company went public in 1998 and moved into a new era as a world
leader in the active outdoor apparel industry. Today, Columbia
Sportswear employs more than 1,800 people around the world and
distributes and sells products in more than 50 countries and to more
than 12,000 retailers internationally.
