Aa a particularly favoured area for business travel, the Vosges are not short of useful addresses, whether it be a question of taking advantage of the attractive offers from the direct sales shops or learning about the techniques used by production units of varying sizes. The factory visits open to people from the Vosges and to holidaymakers remain very popular, year after year. And the fields in which businesses operate are extremely varied: from the textiles business to the bottling of mineral waters (www.vittel.fr, www.contrex.fr), not forgetting paper making (www.norskeskog.com/golbey, www.clairefontaine.fr), glassware, the production of sweets, clogs, cheese, and brandies, or the manufacture of bottles, furniture, cutlery…

Currently, craftsmen are glad to show people their creative genius: this is the case in the textiles field, still very much in evidence, particularly with respect to table settings, but also damask household linen, towelling and furnishing fabrics. In the area surrounding Gérardmer, no fewer than five companies which have won themselves a wide-ranging reputation, worldwide for some, have direct sales shops for people who are looking for bargains: Anne de Solène, François Hans, Garnier Thiébaut, Le Jacquard Français, Linvosges.