In these days of accelerating costs and uncertain funding, museums need to call on all the resources available to maximize the profitability of their museum stores.

Andoniadis Retail Services helps to enhance the profitability and visitor satisfaction of museum stores of all types and sizes. We can help you increase revenue, improve the visitor experience, control costs and inventory, further the mission of the museum, avoid UBIT problems and generally put your store's best foot forward. Winner of the Museum Store Association Service Award, we have been doing this since 1992 for:

• Art, history, science, interpretive, maritime and children's museums
• Gardens, arboreta and zoos
• Historic buildings and sites
• State parks
• Libraries

Museum Store Review Program
This is our most requested service and the questionnaire that is part of the first step has been praised for its thorough and thought-provoking format. Every client that has gone through the review has reported benefiting from the process. Learn more.

Museum Store Layout and Design Services
Since 1992 we have assisted with the layout and design of museum stores throughout the United States and Canada. For new stores our work includes determining required space and best location; preparing layouts taking into consideration product adjacencies, most advantageous location for the checkout counter and foot-traffic patterns, and then helping to design or choose fixtures for general and specialized merchandising needs. We also assist with establishing criterion for lighting, flooring, electrical and connectivity needs. Very often, as part of the first step of this process, the design team goes through a very detailed checklist we have developed to make certain every significant aspect of store design has been considered. Our work on stores being remodled follows a similar pattern. Learn more.

The incremental value we bring to design projects is the breadth of experience in all aspects of museum stores that has been accumulated through our store review projects. We don't believe any other museum store consultant has worked with more museum store managers, been in as many back rooms, studied as many operations or reviewed as many inventory management programs and financial statements as we have. All this experience greatly impacts the successful planning of a museum store and assists in weaving store manager, museum management and architect ideas together.

In addition, our You Are the Store Customer Service and Selling Workshop and E-Commerce Consulting are sharply focused programs designed to enhance these areas of your retail presence. Even when all you need is just an experienced eye to critique a course of action, our General Consulting Program is available for you.

See Services to get a brief description of our programs. Or, Contact Us, tell us about your needs, and we'll respond with information about how we can be of assistance.

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What's New

New Photos: Pictures of the transformation of a tobacco barn into the Yew Dell Gardens Shop.

University of Michigan Art Museum Store.

Store Review: Denver Art Museum Store. Read the review.

Event Schedule: 2010 Seminar, Workshop, Consultation and Meeting dates. Learn more.

New Article: Best Practices for Staffing Structures.

APGA corporate profile: View the Andoniadis Retail Services profile.

APGA Garden Store Promotion.

Welcome new clients:
• Museum of the Great Plains
• University of Michigan Natural History Exhibits Museum
• Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum
View our list of clients.

Why choose Andoniadis Retail Services? See new testimonials.

Coming Soon: Museum Retailing: A Handbook of Strategies for Success, a book of articles written by Andrew Andoniadis.