Question: Millet is a French-based company, specializing in outdoor equipment such as backpacks and sleeping bags, owned by which organization, their earning comparisons to United States-based companies such as Columbia Sportswear and Timberland LLC, an American manufacturer and retailer of outdoors wear, with a focus on footwear?
Context: Kelty is a manufacturer of high-end backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags owned by Exxel Outdoors, LLC.  The business is based in Boulder, Colorado. Macpac Wilderness Equipment is a brand specialising in outdoor recreational equipment.  It is best known for camping and travel equipment including backpacks, sleeping bags and technical clothing.  Macpac was originally a New Zealand company, but is now 90% owned by Champ Ventures (since January 2016) with Alex Brandon as CEO.  Macpac was founded by Bruce McIntrye in 1973. Timberland LLC is an American manufacturer and retailer of outdoors wear, with a focus on footwear.  It is owned by VF Corporation.  Timberland footwear is marketed towards people intending outdoor use.  The company also sells apparel, such as clothes, watches, glasses, sunglasses and leather goods. GoLite was an outdoor equipment and clothing manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado.  It was founded in 1998 by the couple Kim and Demetri "Coup" Coupounas in the wake of the ultralight backpacking movement.  GoLite designed and manufactured light and ultra-light clothing, footwear, backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, hydration packs, and accessories.  GoLite products are used for backpacking, hiking, thru-hiking, adventure racing, trail running, mountaineering, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and alpinism. Lafuma is a French based company that specializes in outdoor equipment and clothing, such as backpacks, sleeping bags, and footwear.  They also offer a wide variety of other equipment, earning comparisons to United States-based companies such as Patagonia and Columbia Sportswear.  Group brands include Eider, Millet and Oxbow.  The Lafuma clothing brands have been personified by sport personalities and recently by the French actor and stuntman Karl E. Landler. A dry bag is a type of flexible container which seals in a watertight manner.  Dry bags are often used in kayaking, canoeing, rafting, and other outdoor activities where sensitive items would otherwise get wet as well as extreme sports such as skiing and snowboarding.  Dry bags are used to protect electronics from water.  As well, they are used to prevent sleeping bags and spare clothing from getting wet, as in a camping context, wet sleeping bags or spare clothing could post a risk to a camper's safety, due to the poor insulative qualities of wet clothing or sleeping bags. Mountain Hardwear, founded in 1993, is a California (USA) -based company that manufactures high-tech outdoor clothing, backpacks, sleeping bags, tents, and gloves.  Columbia Sportswear purchased Mountain Hardwear in 2003.  The company is headquartered in Richmond, California. Eureka!  Tent Company is an American company that sells Eureka!  brand products to the outdoor recreation, rental, special events and military markets by Johnson Outdoors Inc., a global outdoor recreation company.  The brand, part of Johnson Outdoors’ Outdoor Equipment group, is headquartered in Binghamton, New York.  Johnson Outdoors is based in Racine, Wisconsin.  Products marketed under the Eureka!  brand include tents, canopies, sleeping bags, camp mats, camp furniture and outdoor living shelters. Millet is a French-based company specializing in outdoor equipment such as backpacks and sleeping bags, owned by Lafuma.  They also offer a wide variety of other equipment, earning comparisons to United States-based companies such as Timberland and Columbia Sportswear. The North Face, Inc. is an American outdoor product company specializing in outerwear, fleece, coats, shirts, footwear, and equipment such as backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags.
Answer: Lafuma