{"id":230,"date":"2008-12-05T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gloves-online.com\/thegloveguru\/welcome-introduction"},"modified":"2008-12-05T01:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T01:15:00","slug":"welcome-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloves-online.com\/thegloveguru\/2008\/12\/welcome-introduction","title":{"rendered":"Welcome &#038; Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<link rel=\"File-List\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CJoe%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"country-region\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:worddocument>   <w:view>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:punctuationkerning\/>   <w:validateagainstschemas\/>   <w:saveifxmlinval>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:ignoremixedcontent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:compatibility>    <w:breakwrappedtables\/>    <w:snaptogridincell\/>    <w:wraptextwithpunct\/>    <w:useasianbreakrules\/>    <w:dontgrowautofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:latentstyles deflockedstate=\"false\" latentstylecount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\"><\/object>  <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>  <![endif]-->\n<p>Welcome to the Glove Guru\u2019s blog.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Blog. Blog. Blog.<span style=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all I have heard for the past year.<span style=\"\">   <\/span>As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11946980767287386012\"><u>Glove Guru<\/u><\/a>, you need a blog.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>As an Internet retailer, you need a blog.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Blog. Blog. Blog.<span style=\"\">   <\/span>So, here it is The Glove Guru blog.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><o:p> <\/o:p><span style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\"><\/span>If you found me through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloves-online.com\/\">www.gloves-online.com<\/a>, you already know that this blog is associated with it.<span style=\"\">   <\/span>Gloves-online.com started in 1996 (yes, that\u2019s 1996) as a way for me to publish information about gloves for my customers.<span style=\"\">   <\/span>At the time, I owned and operated Polygenex International, Inc., the largest specialty knit glove manufacturer in the world.<span style=\"\">   <\/span>By 1998, I realized GO Gloves\u2122 was the business and manufacturing gloves in the <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:country-region st=\"on\">U.S.<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> just wasn\u2019t cutting it anymore.<span style=\"\">   <\/span>So Gloves-Online.com became an e-retailer more than 10 years ago. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\"><\/span>As I have seen the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iga-online.com\/\"><u>glove industry<\/u><\/a> change through the years (I\u2019ve got more than 30 years in the biz), I have also seen how business on the net has changed.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>So, in keeping up with those changes, I\u2019ve decided to blog.<span style=\"\">   <\/span>The purpose of this blog is to share my knowledge about gloves. 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