Martin Newman

Listed on Retail Week’s top 50 etail Power List for the last 4 years, Martin is one of the most influential players in online and multi channel retailing, and judges the PayPal etail awards in the UK, and the online retail awards of Australia and chairs numerous events including Retail Week’s eCommerce summit.

He is also globally renowned as a thought leader in eCommerce and multi channel retail, and he delivers keynotes and best practice presentations around the World as well as being a regular contributor to various industry titles including Retail Week, Power Retail and Drapers.

With over 25 years of multi channel experience, Martin has had responsibility for the P&L and delivering solid growth and profitability for a number of high profile brands and he has owned direct mail, eCommerce, kiosks/instore ordering and call centre channels for a number of brands including Harrods, Burberry, Intersport and Ted Baker.

He has had hands on responsibility for the full value chain of eCommerce and multi channel from the technology to marketing and from day – to –day trading to supply chain and logistics.

He has also held various Interim Director of eCommerce roles for brands including Thomas Pink, Ben Sherman and Pentland Brands (Speedo, Kickers).

Now as CEO of Practicology, a leading global strategic eCommerce and multi channel consulting practice, within 4 years of trading, he has grown the business to have 25 full time employees, a profitable 7-figure turnover, a global footprint with offices in London and Australia, as well as clients in the US and EU, he has a list of household name clients including House of Fraser, Ted Baker, adidas, Nike, Co-op, Thomas Pink, National Geographic, Kathmandu and Wilkinson.

Martin is also on the advisory board of Wiggle and Breast Cancer Care and is a non executive director of Conviviality Retail PLC.