The past weeks have been deeply worrying for museums, galleries, other cultural sites and attractions and we empathise with concerns over the many uncertainties which the Covid 19 lock down has raised. It's been immensely disappointing for many cultural shops, for example one of our clients, the Priest's House Museum and Garden, Wimborne, was within days of opening its brand new shop when the lock down was enforced and a huge amount of work had been done in preparation. As we

We've been delighted to work with farm attractions over the past thee years, notably with delivering training sessions for the National Farm Attractions Network (NFAN). The most recent of these was at the excellent, family run, Rand Farm Park, Lincolnshire in mid March just prior to the Covid 19 lock down. We've been particularity pleased too to work with the highly professional team at Cotswold Farm Park, which frequently features on BBC's Countryfile. Retailing at farm attr

Bristol Museums has won the Best Range, for shops with sales under £1m, in the prestigious Association for Cultural Enterprises Awards 2020. The Bristol Tattoo Range is described by ACE as "a creative range offering the opportunity to work with artists not traditionally associated with museums, broadening M Shed's appeal and attracting new visitors." Congratulations to Bristol Museums and especially Buyer, Sophie Berry, for this well deserved win.

The shop at M Shed, Bristol was given an exciting refit in summer 2019. The fittings incorporate rough, textured reclaimed oak referencing the industrial, dockside location of the museum and the integral lighting showcases the merchandise far better than before,. The shop entry point has been opened up to improve access and the pay-point re-positioned to encourage shoppers to see more the merchandise and "shop the shop". Significant increases in conversion rate and transactio