Brief Exercise 13-13

Columbia Sportswear Company reported cost of goods sold of U.S. $1,252,680 thousand on its 2015 income statement. It also reported a increase in inventory of U.S. $88,987 thousand and an increase in accounts payable of U.S. $2,955 thousand. What amount of cash was paid to suppliers, assuming that the company uses a perpetual inventory system and that accounts payable relate to merchandise creditors?