USA: Columbia Agrees Leather Coat Licensing Deal
Leading outerwear producer Columbia Sportswear Co announced on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Excelled Leather Corp for the design, manufacture and marketing of leather coats.
The Oregon-based company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal but said in a news release it plans to launch the coats in a select number of stores for the 2002 holiday season, with a larger product launch scheduled for fall 2003.