about martin newman

Speaker | Educator | Author | Advisor  
Martin Newman is a renowned speaker, educator, and author, dedicated to driving positive change for consumers and brands. With over 40 years of experience in leading retail operations and a bestselling book on customer experience, he brings trusted industry expertise to your event.
Martin Newman speaking at events

Expertise

Media

Martin appears regularly on BBC TV and Radio, on Sky, ITV, Channel 5 and a host of other media channels such as LBC, The Times and FT to discuss consumer issues relating to the retail, travel, CPG, hospitality, automotive and financial services sectors.

Speaking

Martin's reputation as a captivating speaker in the realms of customer experience and customer centricity is unmatched. He has graced the stages of prestigious global events, captivating audiences with his insightful keynotes and strategic sessions.

Acknowledgements

Amongst Martin’s many accolades, he has been featured in various industry leader lists, including Retail Week’s top 50 eTail Power List five years in a row. He has also been named consecutively in the Retail Insiders top 100 Retail Movers & Shakers list, as well as the British Vogue Online Fashion 100 and Top 50 Retail Influencers 2022 and 2023.

Judge

Martin judges numerous industry awards such as the World Retail Awards, the Customer Experience Awards, the Retail Insider Awards, the RTIH awards, the PayPal eTail Awards, the Online Retail Awards of Australia and the Great British Entrepreneur awards.

Martin Newman
Martin Newman speaking at events

Educator

Through his collaboration with the Oxford Professional Education Group, Martin educates and empowers businesses worldwide with his online Mini MBA in Customer Centricity. Additionally, he conducts bespoke workshops and strategy days and offers an in-house MBA in a day.

Author

Martin's profound knowledge and insights have led him to become an acclaimed author. He has penned two influential books, "100 Practical Ways to Improve Customer Experience” and "The Power of Customer Experience", offering invaluable guidance to businesses striving to enhance their customer-centric strategies.

Advisor

Martin is a trusted board advisor and member for esteemed brands such as The Scout Store, The Mayborn Group, In Kind Direct, Wiggle, White Stuff, Afterpay, Marketplacer and a Trustee of In Kind Direct.

What is Customer Centricity?

Customer Centricity is more than simply ensuring a good customer experience. It is putting the customer at the heart of all that you do. It touches every part of the business and everyone from the CEO to the Front line. Customer centric businesses start by ensuring they create a great employee experience, creating an environment and culture for them to thrive.

They understand that just transacting with customers is not enough and that they need to become service providers, leveraging technology to empower customers, to deliver the end-to-end experience they require. By doing this and by demonstrating genuine purpose, and the right values, by being truly diverse and inclusive and by walking the talk on social responsibility, any business can begin to build a more emotional connection with its customers and, in doing so, start to turn them into fans of the brand. Customer centric brands also obsess with turning data into actionable insight, and they do this by measuring what really matters.

Martin Newman speaking at events

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"Incredibly engaging (and humorous) keynote!Thank you for an outstanding presentation. You captivated the audience and provided a real practical step-by-step guide to putting the customer at the heart of a multichannel business. We’ve had great feedback – real great content – and appreciate you joining us. Cannot stress how worthwhile you were. 100% recommend booking for CX focused keynote presentations."

The Retail Week

“Martin joined our management team last week for our annual two day strategy review. He is truly an expert on customer centricity in a multichannel environment. He stretched us and challenged us through engaging presentations as well as helped us articulate key strategies with a focus on digital and customer centricity.”

Xavier Simonet

CEO and Managing Director, Kathmandu

“Martin was the opening keynote speaker at Metapack’s annual Delivery Conference, TDC Global 2020. He delivered a great presentation on the roadmap to customer centricity, focussing the audience on a key theme for the day – the importance of putting consumers’ expectations and experience front and centre of their business’s strategy to drive customer engagement . His passion for the subject and energy on stage saw him rate as one of the top speakers of the day.”

Joanna McDonough

Event Director, Metapack

What People Says

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Explore testimonials from clients, partners, and attendees who have experienced the impact of Martin's expertise in customer-centric leadership, retail innovation, and business transformation.

Mark Fenton

Itau

“Martin’s knowledge and experience in the retail space makes him a thought leader. His business knowledge and professional delivery style made the event a winner.”

Joanna McDonough

Event Director, Metapack

“Martin was the opening keynote speaker at Metapack’s annual Delivery Conference, TDC Global 2020. He delivered a great presentation on the roadmap to customer centricity, focussing the audience on a key theme for the day – the importance of putting consumers’ expectations and experience front and centre of their business’s strategy to drive customer engagement . His passion for the subject and energy on stage saw him rate as one of the top speakers of the day.”

Retail Week

“Incredibly engaging (and humorous) keynote!Thank you for an outstanding presentation. You captivated the audience and provided a real practical step-by-step guide to putting the customer at the heart of a multichannel business. We’ve had great feedback – real great content – and appreciate you joining us. Cannot stress how worthwhile you were. 100% recommend booking for CX focused keynote presentations.”

Xavier Simonet

CEO and Managing Director, Kathmandu

“Martin joined our management team last week for our annual two day strategy review. He is truly an expert on customer centricity in a multichannel environment. He stretched us and challenged us through engaging presentations as well as helped us articulate key strategies with a focus on digital and customer centricity.”

Jeremy Metson

Head of Business Development,
Knight Frank

“Martin joined our client management conference as keynote speaker on customer centricity. His focus on purpose, inclusivity and return on involvement brought a totally different perspective to our focus on key corporate clients”.

Amalia Brightley-Gillott

Managing Director, Family Business Place

“Martin was booked to speak about how brands can better understand consumer behaviour at our national conference but the Coronavirus lockdown meant we pivoted to an online Virtual Summit instead. Whilst some people struggle to have an impact on screen, Martin's keynote presentation was fun, engaging and incredibly thought-provoking. Our audience valued his real, practical advice backed by hot-off-the-press research and data. At a time when businesses need to truly wow their customers, I would recommend Martin to speak at any event - either live or online.”

Nadine Neatrour

eCommerce Director, Revolution Beauty

“Martin is the most dedicated customer focused professional I know. A man with a mission his energy is infectious. Martin is a consummate professional, motivational leader, market visionary and true customer champion. A veteran of the retail landscape, his passion to do right by the customer is inspirational and his thought leadership in this area will undoubtedly pave the way for companies and retailers to truly understand ‘how’ to be Customer First and sustain their long term business profitability.”

Rizwan Rajpoot

Digital Retailing, Al-Futtaim

"The first word that comes to mind when I think of Martin – Inspirational!  He is a leader who personifies customer centricity and is able to articulate it in practical, common sense ways that very few people are able to, yet everyone who interacts with him can easily digest. A leader who is able to engineer the most complex business plans through putting the customer right into the centre of them and help organisations build a customer first culture and  business models.  If you are looking to build a sustainable business that is future proof ready, designed for the customer of today and tomorrow, Martin is unquestionably the man you want with you every step of the way!"

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