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Eider (brand)

K2 group brand

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ120718804 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eider is a French brand that specialises makes sports garments for mountaineering and ice climbing.

History

Eider was founded in 1962. Eider became a subsidiary of Lafuma in June 2008. Eider, along with Lafuma, made advancements in the South Korean sports equipment market since 2009.

The Millet Group sold Eider to the South Korean group K2 in January 2020.

Editorial summary

“Eider (brand)” enters the record as k2 group brand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Eider, brand and group can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962, 2008, 2009, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1962. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Eider, brand and group.
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Why this record matters

“Eider (brand)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Eider, brand and group provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q120718804. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1962, 2008, 2009 and 2020.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Eider (brand)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.