Regulators worldwide are piling pressure on retail compliance teams, focusing on global supply chains, rapidly changing sanctions and tariffs rules, sustainability, and digital commerce. High-profile cyberattacks have increased concerns about data security and identity verification. Large retailers are also pushing commercial and legal requirements further down their supply chains.  

Ruth Prickett graduated from Cambridge University with a BA hons in History and has specialized in business and finance journalism for the past 20 years. She was editor of Financial Management, the magazine...