The trade organisations and SMAC partners


SMAC is organised in partnership with the following trade organisations:
CRÉAPLUS,CRÉALLIANCE,CRÉATUS.
 
CRÉAPLUS  
A professional body that was created as by merging A.D.B.A. (Fine Arts Association / Association Dessin Beaux Arts, founded in 1934) and HOBBY PLUS (Association for the development of creative leisure activities). Its members (more than 350 distributors and manufacturers) are chiefly from:
>> Fine arts
>> Craft and hobby goods
>> Framing
>> Picture
>> Needlecraft
>> Family and Novelty stationery
>> Post cards and Greeting cards
>> Party goods

Between the operations conducted by Creaplus:
>>Newsletter about trends of market dispatched every quarter
>> Structural market study (trends by distribution circuits, by range of products) see
>> Marketing study "Discover the French consumer of creative leisures" see
On February 23rd, 2006, the MIDEIF, a founder member of the SMAC, joined forces with Créaplus, the trade association for artistic manual activities.  
 
CRÉALLIANCE

Association for the Promotion for Textiles Arts and Creative Leisure activities. Created in 1989, its purpose is to promote and encourage all activities relating to needlecraft and fabric.
   
CRÉATUS


Academy for Professional Training around creative activities, Créatus proposes:
>> Workshops conducted by specialists in every activity.
>> A better knowledge about creative products and the way to use it perfectly: presentation, use, examples.
>> A certified training: after a final test participants
are graduated by Créatus.

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