CCPA Fines Ecom Platforms Over Illegal Walkie-Talkies
CCPA penalises eight e-commerce platforms Rs 44 lakh for selling unauthorised walkie-talkies, citing telecom and consumer law violations.
E-commerce & Marketplaces
Electronics
Food & Beverage.
FSSAI Moves to Pull Misleading ORS Drinks From Shelves
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- November 24, 2025
FSSAI has instructed states to remove mislabelled ORS drinks from retail and online platforms, citing continued violations of its labelling rules.
E-commerce & Marketplaces
Govt Confirms 26 Online Marketplaces Free Of Dark Patterns
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- November 21, 2025
Twenty-six leading e-commerce companies, including Zepto, Zomato, Flipkart and JioMart, have declared their platforms free of dark patterns under 2023 regulations.
Consumer
consumer
Economy
Centre Developing ‘eMaap’ To Ensure Fair Trade, Consumer Protection
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- December 4, 2024
By creating a centralised database, the portal eliminates the need for stakeholders to register on multiple State Portals, fostering ease of doing business and transparency in trade practices
Brands
Companies
Government
National
News
Ecommerce Platforms Must Remove Bournvita, Others From “Health Drinks” Category
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- April 13, 2024
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued a directive to all ecommerce platforms to remove Bournvita and similar drinks from the “Health Drinks” category following an inquiry by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). The commission, constituted under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005, concluded that there […]
Brands
Companies
Food & Beverage.
Government
Health
News
Maharashtra FDA Cracks Down On McDonald’s For Alleged Mislabeling Of Cheese Products
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- February 24, 2024
The Maharashtra FDA has pushed down on fast food giant McDonald’s, accusing it of a cheesy fraud involving the use of replacements in burgers and nuggets instead of real cheese. It has suspended the licence of a McDonald’s restaurant in Ahmednagar, forcing the business to remove the term “cheese” from a variety of goods. The […]
Brands
Companies
News
Amazon Sued For Misleading Customers To Higher-Priced Products In “Buy Box”
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- February 10, 2024
Amazon.com was sued in a proposed class action in the United States, claiming the online retailer of breaking a consumer protection statute by guiding hundreds of millions of customers to higher-priced products to collect additional fees. According to a complaint filed on Thursday in federal court in Seattle, Amazon’s algorithm for determining what to display in […]
Brands
Companies
Feature
National
News
States
Ayodhya Becomes Economic Powerhouse Amid Ram Mandir Consecration
- by Amisha Sharma
- January 22, 2024
Since the declaration of Ram Mandir’s consecration ceremony, Ayodhya has emerged as the nation’s spiritual heart and a thriving economic powerhouse. The city does not just seem inviting to devotees but also to the businesses following them. Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the traders’ body last week stated that the business worth Rs 1 […]
Brands
Companies
International
News
Retail
Carrefour Slashes PepsiCo From Shelves Over Price Hikes
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- January 6, 2024
Carrefour, a global supermarket chain with a significant presence in more than 30 countries, has decided to stop selling several PepsiCo products in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. According to a report by Mauro Orru and Jennifer Maloney, published in The Wall Street Journal, the move comes as a protest against what Carrefour deems as […]
Finance
Government
National
News
RBI Extends Deadline For New Penal Charges Regime Till 1 April 2024
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- January 5, 2024
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the deadline for the implementation of a new penal charges regime by three months from 1 January 2024 to 1 April 2024. This extension applies to new loans, while existing loans must be switched to the new penal regime by 30 June 2024. It is important to […]