The Business of Art
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Lure Consulting LLC

Management & Strategy Solutions

 

About Us

Lure Consulting LLC is a boutique consulting firm for the art world. We work with galleries, auction houses, and other businesses that service the art world. Our mission is to help you to maximize profitability, develop new and improve existing operational capabilities, and build strategies that foster sustainable growth and brand value. We offer three practice areas:

  • Short- and long-term financial and operational leadership to firms that may not be ready for a full-time CFO or COO

  • Project management including new technology implementations, supplier contract negotiations, and operational audits

  • Advice and counsel on initiatives that professionalize and optimize organizations, finances, and operations, develop new and enhance existing capabilities, and devise innovative operating and growth strategies

Our founder, Andrew Seltzer, has over 20 years experience at the world’s leading art business where he held a series of progressively senior leadership positions in sales, operations, finance, and information technology. Andrew holds an MBA in Finance and an MA in Art History from New York University, a BA in Art History from Skidmore College, and has earned the RSAD from Christie’s Education and the Royal Society of Arts.

 

Contact

☎ CONTACT

info@lureconsulting.com
+1 (917) 208-1485


Areas of Practice


Business planning & strategy

  • Collaboratively create a compelling and differentiated value proposition and operational “go-to-market” plan

  • Business and product development including new revenue models, service offerings, and strategic partnerships

  • Geographic expansion and organizational growth

  • Outsourced business analytics and data mining

  • Market research and intelligence, including competitive landscape mapping


OPERATIONAL SUPPORT & Project management

  • Financial budgeting, forecasting, and reporting

  • Brick-and-mortar and eCommerce sales management, client service, and operational fulfillment

  • Process engineering, operational improvement, and policy alignment

  • Client experience analysis and bench marking

  • New technology assessment, configuration, and delivery

  • Supplier contract evaluation, management, and negotiation


Part-Time & Interim executive leadership

  • Fixed-term and part-time CFO/COO

  • Operational and financial performance audits

  • Risk identification and mitigation

  • Reporting metrics to evaluate and reward individual and team performance

  • Assess how operational and strategic goals are achieved

  • Demonstrate brand awareness, customer conversion and retention, and revenue growth

  • Human resources including organizational design, job descriptions, and employee handbooks


 

Let's Chat.

Use the form below to contact us regarding your enquiry. To help us best service your enquiry, we recommend that you first describe the challenge you’re having before telling us what you want to achieve. You may also email or call us to make an appointment.