Halloween Gloves Spike Consumer Glove Sales
It’s that time of year at Gloves-Online and we have been frantically shipping orders to meet the demands for parade gloves for parade units during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. We wish all of you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday.
This is a poignant story sent to me this week about gloves, of course. This has nothing to do with the children’s white gloves which we sell but it just goes to show you how a 46 year old pair of children’s gloves can bring back to memory one of the most iconic images of […]
That’s not a typo in the headline but it does confirm to me that I am in the right business. I just wish I had my hands in the deals. The first was Michael Jackson’s flashy glove he wore during his performance at the 1983 Motown 25 (shown). It sold for $420,000 to a buyer […]
Ansell-Hawkeye Glove Company (formerly Hawkeye Glove) closed down last Thursday, May 31st. Hawkeye Glove was a primary contractor of gloves for the US Military before Ansell acquired the company in 2008 at a reported price of 10.8 million. The closure affects 22 production workers at the Fort Dodge plant and it could affect many more […]
White cotton gloves have been around for hundreds of years. In the past white gloves were considered an essential part of a person’s wardrobe. Today, white gloves continue to be used for many different purposes beyond formal occasions. In any case, being white, these gloves will get soiled or dirty so we thought it would […]
What does this glove number mean to you? Well, this week, my accounting manager (our numbers person), reminded me that we have over 2,622 Glove models in our warehouse. I smiled and reminisced about our humble beginnings when we started with a small number of white cotton gloves models over 17 years ago. Today, we […]
