Retail
Stores, online storefronts and loyalty programmes protected from the inside and the outside.
The issues clients bring us.
- Inventory shrinkage and staff theft
- Vendor kickbacks in buying
- Loyalty and gift-card fraud
- Fake online stores
- POSH and store-staff conduct
What we do about them.
- Shrinkage investigations
- Buying-team conflict-of-interest reviews
- Online impersonation takedowns
- Store audits
- Speak-up helplines for store staff
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The numbers behind the risk.
One of the world's largest retail markets, moving online fast, and heavily counterfeited.
Regulatory and market updates
- Counterfeits move online
The 2025 ASPA–CRISIL survey found online platforms accounted for 53% of counterfeit purchases, and 74% of consumers believe the problem worsened.Source: The Week, on the ASPA–CRISIL State of Counterfeiting in India 2025 report
- Quick commerce dominates e-grocery
Quick commerce now accounts for 70–75% of e-grocery orders, up from 35% in 2022.Source: IBEF
- DPDP obligations for retailers
Consent, notice and breach notification obligations under the DPDP Rules apply from May 2027.Source: Hogan Lovells
A luxury and re-export hub where e-commerce is approaching a fifth of retail.
Regulatory and market updates
- Trade-based money laundering in focus
The 2025 AML law's tougher penalties and wider scope reach high-value goods traders and re-exporters.Source: Hadef & Partners
- 05FMCGThe most counterfeited category, sold through the most complex channels.
- 05Consumer DurablesElectronics and appliances where spurious parts and fake service centres erode trust.
Platforms referenced: Whistle SentinelIP Octopus M1
Sources
- IBEF, Retail Industry in India, Updated Sep 2026.
- IBEF, FMCG Industry in India, Updated Sep 2026.
- The Week, on the ASPA–CRISIL State of Counterfeiting in India 2025 report, 35% of Indians encountered fake products in one year; online platforms account for 53% of purchases, Mar 2026.
- Hogan Lovells, India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 brought into force, Nov 2025.
- WAM, on the EZDubai–Euromonitor report, UAE e-commerce market size reaches AED42.2 billion in 2025, Sep 2026.
- Gulf News, citing Dubai DET, Dubai tourism hits record as 19.59m international visitors arrive in 2025, Feb 2026.
- Hadef & Partners, A new era for AML/CTF/PF in the UAE: Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025, Oct 2025.