It was January, 1946.  Irvin Alper and his younger brother Arnold were fresh out of the Army and looking for work.  With a few hundred dollars borrowed from family they started Alpers' Jobbing Company in St. Louis, MO.  Alpers' Jobbing bought Army Surplus goods at government auctions and sold those items to the Army Surplus retail stores that were popping up all over the United States.

Over the next several years the Alper brothers started specializing in footwear.  The had relationships with several of the world's largest footwear manufacturers and resold over-stocked items as well as factory seconds to Army Surplus and independent shoe stores all over the world.

By 1996  Alpers' Jobbing had gone almost full circle and was selling Police and Military footwear to Army Surplus Stores and Uniform Stores.  It was at that time that Arnold's son, Matt first brought up the idea of selling their products over the internet.  Irvin Alper's reaction was "You will never be able to sell a pair of shoes over the internet!"  Matt went out and registered the name CopShoes.com^® anyway.

That was when things really took off.  By October, 2004 CopShoes.com ^® was accounting for half of Alpers' Jobbing Company's sales.  Sadly, Irvin Alper passed away in his sleep (at age 85) that October.  Matt and his sister Pam Gold bought out their other sister and their cousins and moved the business to San Antonio, TX where they both were living.

What's in a name???

MetBoots.com is the newest website in our growing family of websites.  MetBoots is short for Metatarsal Boots.  A Metatarsal Protective boot is used whenever there is a risk of heavy object being dropped on the foot.  MetBoots.com specializes in all types of occupational footwear  including safety toe, heat resistant, slip resistant or any other type of protective footwear our customer may need.