Khare Flags Rising Counterfeit Goods, Expiry Tampering
Nidhi Khare highlights expiry tampering and counterfeit goods as a major challenge, pointing to large-scale fake listings and the need for stricter monitoring.
FMCG
Food
E-commerce & Marketplaces
CCPA Issue Notice To Six Ecom Firms Over Drone Jammers
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- February 20, 2026
CCPA issues notices to six platforms over online listings of drone and GPS jammers, seeking import licences, approvals and buyer details.
E-commerce & Marketplaces
Consumer Helpline Facilitates Rs 52 Cr Refunds In Ecommerce, Travel
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- February 18, 2026
India’s National Consumer Helpline resolved over 79,000 complaints, highlighting rising disputes in ecommerce and quick commerce sectors.
E-commerce & Marketplaces
Electronics
CCPA Fines Ecom Platforms Over Illegal Walkie-Talkies
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- January 16, 2026
CCPA penalises eight e-commerce platforms Rs 44 lakh for selling unauthorised walkie-talkies, citing telecom and consumer law violations.
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 […]