I agree with your assement bs... Sort of like when car companies used the name from classic muscle cars and put them on cars later on. They owned the name and figured they might as well get some more value out of it.
I doubt World Wins were ever big sellers. I doubt glove companies make their money with their top of the line gloves. I would think they make it on volume selling $49 gloves at Walmart.
In the car world, there was a phrase " people come to the dealership to look at the Corvette but drive off in a family car". People look at gloves the Pros use then buy the $49 dollar version to use in rec ball.
The high end market has expanded in recent years - probably as baby boomers got older... So my earlier statement that high end gloves isn't where the money is may be less accurate today then in the past... The key is probably forecasting sales and how many of each glove to make and put in the marketplace.