ABSTRACT

The 2014 MSA Retail Industry Report provides benchmarks, gives insight, and enables you to make smart business decisions to maximize sales in your museum store. The report includes over 200 tables, including comparisons by geography, size, gross sales, and museum type with which to compare your own store. Tips concerning best practices in stocking, merchandising, and staffing, based on hard survey data, are provided. Information on web sales, catalogues, wholesaling, and special events are also included.

chapter |4 pages

Survey Methodology

chapter |1 pages

MSA Membership

chapter |9 pages

About the museum/institution

chapter |8 pages

About the store Store Admission

chapter |1 pages

Overall Income Data

chapter |1 pages

Stores by Sales Range

chapter |1 pages

Financial Goal

chapter |1 pages

Retail Transactions

chapter |1 pages

Cross-Product Sales

chapter |3 pages

Exhibit Sales

chapter |2 pages

Online Sales

chapter |1 pages

Wholesale Sales

chapter |1 pages

Catalog Sales

chapter |2 pages

Non-member Discounts

chapter |2 pages

Average Inventory

chapter |2 pages

Inventory ar Retail

chapter |2 pages

Busy Seasons

chapter |2 pages

Busy Days

chapter |1 pages

Store Positions

chapter |1 pages

Average Number of Employees

chapter |1 pages

Paid Employees, Full-time, Year round

chapter |1 pages

Paid Employees, Part-time, Year round

chapter |2 pages

Volunteers, Year round

chapter |1 pages

Volunteers, NOT year round

chapter |1 pages

Full-time Equivalent Staff

chapter |1 pages

Store Manager Position

chapter |2 pages

Store Manager Salary

chapter |1 pages

Store Manager Benefits

chapter |1 pages

Years as Manager

chapter |1 pages

Store Manager as Buyer

chapter |1 pages

Store Buyer Position

chapter |1 pages

Product Development Specialist Position

chapter |2 pages

Projected & Actual Sales Growth

chapter |1 pages

POS Systems

chapter |1 pages

Number of Vendors Used

chapter |1 pages

Number of Items for Sale

chapter |1 pages

Marketing Budget

chapter |3 pages

Marketing Programs