Wolverine World Wide (WWW) 10 Aug 222022 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Ladies and gentlemen, greetings, and welcome to the Wolverine World Wide, Inc.’s Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the conference over to Mr. Alex Wiseman, Vice President of Finance. Please go ahead sir.

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