Wolverine is launching a collection of work, hunt, fish and casual gloves in partnership with glove maker Olympia Sports of Elmsford, New York, a company that started its business in 1941 with manufacturing gear for the U.S. military in the Second World War. Steve Workman, vice president global product at Wolverine, said that expanding the Wolverine brand into gloves is a unique opportunity and Olympia would be the right, high-quality partner for it. The gloves will retail for $30 to $120. They will be available starting in fall 2020 at retail stores and on wolverine.com.
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