The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life. When it comes to business, the pandemic has particularly been harsh. While sale and profit graphs depicted a sharp dip for some sectors, other sectors faced an exponential rise in customer demand, owing to the nature of products. Items of daily use, hygiene, and other retail products were sold more during the pandemic-led lockdown. While this had a positive impact on profits in retail industries, at the same time, it opened a can of worms with legal implications and compliance issues. Much like the pandemic, the legal issues it brought were also complex. This paper attempts to critically discuss the major compliance issues in retail contracts inter alia other allied and ancillary legal challenges faced by the retail business. The paper will also attempt to present recommendations for effective compliance of legal standards for the ease of business while also assessing the post-pandemic challenges and combatting mechanisms. Since the pandemic did not affect all sectors homogenously, this paper will delineate the impacts on food and non-food sectors.