Sergio Bucher will bring digital expertise, international experience, and brand-building credentials; all skills Debenhams have been sorely missing in recent years.

High-street retailers now vie with their round-the-clock online rivals, for whom national regulatory borders are rendered largely irrelevant. With eCommerce continuing to exert pressure on ‘bricks-and-mortar’ retailers, why hamper their ability to compete?...

Stirling... the gateway to the Highlands, this is Braveheart Country. Monuments, bridges, battlefields of historical note, we boast all these. Then we go and top it all with what must surely be the prettiest castle in Scotland. It’s magnificent!...

That something so fundamental has happened so quickly, and without very much fuss is a testament to how effectively we, as shoppers, are being sold to. And in this respect, Inverness is no slouch either with some fantastic online retail entrepreneurs doing some really interesting work...

In the second in a series of interviews with the great and the good of global retail, ThisIsRetail talks to Mark Ashman, most recently CEO of HyperCity, a pan-India hypermarket chain.

On Black Friday retailers will be aiming for a “frenzied” atmosphere. With a little help from our MD, James Logie, BBC Newsbeat has been finding out how the shops will be trying to force up sales...

In the first in a series of interviews with the great and the good of global retail, ThisIsRetail talks to Peter Dickson, Global CEO of ShakeAway, the world’s largest milkshake bar company.

Tesco has become the first global retailer to try to enter India since it allowed foreign investment in multi-brand retail last year. A brave move, you might think, but just how bold a move is it?

This week’s Retail Leadership Summit in India showed the playing field remains as level as it ever was between multinationals and Indian retailers, but that the turnstile is open.