Seventy-five trade associations will create the first associative Marketplace in Catalonia

The 75 associations, which represent more than 8,000 shops, sign an agreement in which they undertake to promote the interactive space that will allow all shops in Catalonia to make online sales.

The trade associations that promoted the slowshopping.cat portal a few weeks ago, the first directory of home shops, have continued to grow with membership from other associations and have signed an agreement in which they undertake to promote the first marketplace that serves as a solution to local trade in Catalonia.

The project they have begun to promote will be called clicat.cat , and will be the e-commerce solution tailored to commerce, services and local crafts throughout the country. The confinement, the crisis generated by covid-19 and the changes in consumer behavior have shown that for many local businesses, which had not yet opted to be digitized, have seen with good eyes the investment to be made from the associative tissue.

Cliccat.ca t, the new marketplace for Catalan commerce, will be the digital platform for thousands of neighborhood shops and market stalls. It was born as the first commercial showcase in the country where users can buy all kinds of products from a single sales platform, and thus demonstrate that shopping km0, with the value of local trade, is also possible from the internet. .

The associations promoting the project, which was born as a non-profit initiative, aim to unite the populations and associations of traders from all over Catalonia, with the clear aim of becoming the first 3.0 shopping center for local trade .

The seventy-five driving associations that have signed this agreement have expressed their desire to continue expanding the number of associations participating in the project, they want to put at the service of the largest number of shops in Catalonia what will be the future portal clicat.cat .

Currently, the signatories of this agreement are the main trade associations in Catalonia, along with entities such as: Agrupació del Comerç de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Argentona moves, Asic- Som La Garriga, Ass.Palau-solità and Plegamans, Eix La Marina, Barcelona-Cor d'Horta, Barcelona-Coreixample, Ca n'Oriac Comerç-Sabadell, Cerdanyola Comerç i Serveis, Comerç Castellar, Comerç de Valls, Comerç del Foix, Comerç Rubí, Comerços Associats de Premià, Eix comercial del Raval , L'Illa de Gavà, Associació de comerciants de Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Manlleu associació de botiguers, Agrupament de botiguers i comerciants de Moià, Negoci Empresa Mataró, Eix comercial Poblenou, Unió de comerciants de Ripollet, Sabadell Comerç Center, Sant Boi Comerç , Sant Cugat Comerç, Sants Establiments Units, Associació de comerciants de Sentmenat, Sitges comerç, Som Sant Sadurní, Comerç Associat Tremp, Ubica Arenys, Unió de botiguers de Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Viu comerç, E ix commercial Poblenou, Eix Maragall, Ajuntament de Tordera, Eix Nou Barris, Zona Alta Lleida, Girona center eix comercial, Unió de botiguers de Gavà, Unió de botiguers de Reus, Palafrugell, Tona punt de comerç i servicios, Unió botiguers de Mòra de l'Ebre, Comerç Badacentre, Xarxa Comerç Cardedeu, Ronçana Comerç Actiu, Comerç Actiu Canovelles, Eix Comercial del Clot, Eix Fort Pienc, Eix Gaudí Shopping, Eix Sagrada Família, El Tomb de Reus, Associació de comerciants de Balaguer, Ajuntament de Tarragona , Fecotur Palamós, Associació Montcada Center, Eix comercial Nou Eixample, Sant Martí Eix Comercial, Association of traders and businessmen of Alfarràs, Association of shopkeepers and traders of Olesa de Montserrat, Encantsnous Eix Comercial, Association of traders of Voltreganès, Eix Comercial Gran de Gràcia, Cunit City Council, Mont-roig del Camp City Council, Montblanc Shopkeepers' Union, Autonomous Development Agency for the Barberà Basin, Comerç d e l'Estartit, Bufalà Comerç (Badalona), Botiguers Comerciants i Professionals de Les Franqueses, Associació de comerciants d'Olot, Associació Terrassa Center, Gran Center Granollers, Associació de comerç comerç de Dalt and Fem Vila Martorell.

About clicat.cat:

The project stems from the need to implement a tailor-made e-commerce solution for local commerce, services and local crafts in Catalonia. A marketplace where you can buy in small establishments and markets in towns across the country via the internet. It is a non-profit project, an initiative open to all those associations and municipalities of Catalonia that want to join, and are the desire to work in a team, the vocation of service and the strong base of associations and businesses affiliated to the project, the main asset of the project.