Miya Knights has over 25 years of experience as a retail technology analyst, editor, author, and consultant. She owns and publishes Retail Technology magazine and has co-authored two bestselling books on Amazon and Omnichannel Retail. Miya also consults for and advises various technology companies and is a member of the Retail Influencer Network, Customer Strategy Network, and KPMG Retail Think Tank. Miya regularly appears as a retail technology expert on news and current affairs television programmes, is quoted in the press, and moderates, chairs, or speaks at various industry events.
She also judges the European Retail Technology Awards by EHI, The Grocer Gold Awards, the MACH Alliance Impact Awards, the eCommerce Awards, and the B2B BOLD eCommerce Awards. The Black British Business Awards recognised her as their 2021 Arts & Media Senior Leader, while the Retail Technology Innovation Hub and RETHINK Retail acknowledged her as one of the top retail influencers in 2024 and 2025, respectively. Miya holds a Master’s in English Literature and Language from the University of Oxford.
