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Why We Started Global Piks: The Story Behind Bangladesh’s Most Trusted Authentic Product Store
We did not start Global Piks because we saw a business opportunity. We started it because we were angry.
Living abroad in Malaysia and China, we had access to something that millions of Bangladeshis did not: real products. Walk into any official store in Kuala Lumpur or Guangzhou, pick up a CeraVe cleanser or a MAC lipstick, and you know exactly what you are getting. The formulation is right. The packaging is right. The product does what it claims to do.
Then we would visit home in Dhaka. Friends and family would show us their skincare products, their makeup, their grooming items. And time after time, what we saw broke our hearts. Fake CeraVe with the wrong texture. MAC lipsticks that bled within an hour. Hair products that caused more damage than the problem they were supposed to fix.
The worst part? These were not cheap purchases. People were paying premium prices for products that looked legitimate on the outside but contained unknown, untested, and sometimes dangerous ingredients on the inside.
The Problem Is Bigger Than Most People Realise
According to a 2026 report published by Dhaka Tribune, fake and adulterated products have infiltrated nearly every consumer sector in Bangladesh. The Daily Sun estimates that approximately 40% of the domestic market is occupied by counterfeit goods, causing the government an estimated Tk 30 billion in annual revenue losses. But the real cost is not financial. It is the health of millions of consumers who have no way of knowing whether the product they just bought is real or fake.
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) tested 34 imported cosmetics samples in a recent drive. Seventeen were adulterated, unapproved, or substandard. That is a 50% failure rate on products people are putting on their faces every day.
We could not sit with that knowledge and do nothing.
The Simple Idea That Became Global Piks
The idea was not complicated. We live in countries where official brand stores are accessible. What if we personally walked into those stores, bought the products ourselves, and shipped them directly to customers in Bangladesh?
No middlemen. No grey market distributors. No unknown supply chains. Just us, walking into an official Dior boutique or a certified CeraVe retailer, purchasing the product with our own hands, and sending it to your door with the original store bag, tags, receipt, and all.
That is Global Piks. It is not a marketplace. It is not a reseller aggregator. It is a direct pipeline from official brand stores to your home in Bangladesh.
How Our Sourcing Actually Works
Let us walk you through a real order. Say you order a Dior Lip Glow from our website. Here is exactly what happens:
Our founder walks into the official Dior boutique at a major shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur or Guangzhou. They select the exact product and shade. They pay at the counter, receive the official receipt, branded bag, tissue paper, and any promotional gifts that come with the purchase. They inspect the product for quality and packaging integrity. They carefully pack it with protective materials. It is shipped directly to Bangladesh via our established logistics channel. Within approximately 5 days, it arrives at your doorstep in Dhaka, exactly as it left the store.
No warehousing. No repackaging. No third-party handling. The product you receive is identical to what you would get if you flew to Malaysia and walked into the store yourself.
Why We Include Proof with Every Order
Trust is not something we ask for. It is something we prove. Every Global Piks order comes with the original store packaging, branded bags and tags, and where possible, the purchase receipt. We do this because we believe that in a market where trust has been systematically destroyed by counterfeiters, the only way to rebuild it is through radical transparency.
One of our customers recently wrote: 'I had been searching for authentic sources of Dior and MAC products for a long time. After a lot of research, I finally found Global Piks. I was truly amazed at how quickly my order arrived. Within just 5 days, they delivered my international products right to my doorstep. The packaging was extremely secure, and everything arrived in perfect condition. They even included official Dior gifts, which made the experience even more special.'
That is not marketing. That is the standard experience.
What We Stand For
Global Piks exists because we believe Bangladeshi consumers deserve access to the same authentic products available anywhere else in the world. Not replicas. Not inspired-by versions. Not grey market stock of uncertain origin. The real thing.
Our tagline is Shopping Beyond Boundary, and we mean it literally. Geography should not determine whether you get a genuine product or a counterfeit. Whether you live in Gulshan or Gazipur, you deserve the same quality as someone shopping in Singapore or Seoul.
This is why we do what we do. Explore our full collection at globalpiks.com.
References
- Dhaka Tribune. (2026, May 26). Crisis deepens as fake goods flood Bangladesh markets.
- Daily Sun. (2026, April 23). Counterfeit goods causing revenue loss of Tk30 billion.
- BSTI. (2026). Imported cosmetics testing drive results.
- Global Piks customer reviews. globalpiks.com.