Question: Does the company disclose the ownership structures (or business models) of its brands, subsidiaries, and other businesses?
Answer:
Yes
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Walk Free
2019
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updated over 3 years ago by Alice

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- "We design, source, market, and distribute outdoor and active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment for use in a wide range of outdoor and active lifestyle activities under four primary brands: Columbia®, SOREL®, Mountain Hardwear®, and prAna®. We operate worldwide through our consolidated subsidiaries in Europe, Korea, Japan, and Canada, our China joint venture, and sales to independent international distributors who operate within the EMEA and LAAP regions."

- "We seek to establish and maintain long-term relationships with key manufacturing partners who share our values. We manage our supply chain from a global and regional perspective and adjust as needed to changes in the global production environment, including political risks, factory capacity, import limitations and costs, raw material costs, availability and cost of labor, and transportation costs."

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"In 2019, we maintained eight manufacturing liaison offices in seven Asia Pacific countries.Personnel in these manufacturing liaison offices are responsible for overseeing production at our contract manufacturers. We believe that having employees physically located in these regions enhances our ability to monitor factories for compliance with our policies, procedures and standards related to labor practices."

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"We recognize our industry’s supply chain has a risk of human trafficking in the form of foreign migrant workers. To confirm our commitment and accountability to address this issue, in we have signed on to the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) & Fair Labor Association (FLA)"

Alice.....2020-10-15 20:31:29 UTC