PARABOOT

Access: Between Moirans and Saint Marcellin, on RN 92.

History: Late nineteenth century. It all starts in Izeaux, a small village at the foot of Vercors… Rémy-Alexis Richard, born in 1878 in a family of modest farmers, is a cutting worker at Chevron, one of the 20 shoe workshops that then animated the Iserese village. These workshops work in subcontracting for merchants in the city, buy leather, break it and bring them together home by farmers' families, the surrounding hills, before setting them (nail or sewing) on wooden or leather soles. Rémy-Alexis Richard quickly realized that big city donors earn more money than their own boss. He decided to try his luck and go up to Paris with the drawings of his own models. It is a question of selling them as a "factory agent". And that works! He made his first shoes, for large customers in Paris, by the Izeaux workshops, including the one he just left. In 1908, he began hiring his own staff. Then it's the rise we know. Paraboot is synonymous with shoes made in France, high-end and hand-held. Paraboot is the world leader in Norwegian sesu. The company celebrated its 100 years in 2008. Family 100% family. Fourth generation at the head of the company.

Specifications: Paraboot produces 90% of its production in its Izeaux workshops, in Isère, with every year, 300,000 pairs of shoes made in France. Hand-held shoes. Leather and/or natural rubber soles. French manufacture.

Products: Men and women footwear: samples, series purposes, aspect defects and manufacturing. Small leather leather, belts, shoe accessories and shoe maintenance.

Benefits: Items less than 30% less than 50% reduction.

Futed: Store located in one of the manufacturing sites. Everything is presented in the store. Boxes of boxes.