Darko Pavic – Darko Pavic – Global Retail & Fiscalization Expert

Retail

By Darko Pavic
March 5, 2026

The Story of Fiscal Middleware, And How a New Industry Was Born

If you work in retail technology long enough, you learn a simple truth: compliance never stays still. It evolves with politics, with economics, with the way governments collect tax, and with the way consumers...

Business, Fiscalization, Retail, Retail Concepts, Tax

By Darko Pavic
March 4, 2026

Why Pricing Fiscalization “Per POS” Doesn’t Make Sense. In 2026, What Even Is a POS?

Many retailers and POS software vendors ask us: “Can we pay a fixed monthly fee per POS instead of per transaction?” I understand the request. Fixed fees feel predictable. But for fiscalization, pricing “per...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
February 26, 2026

Italy’s New Checkout Rule: When Payments Must Match Fiscal Receipts

Why the Revenue Agency’s POS–cash register linkage turns reconciliation into law, and what retailers should do now. Retail has always lived on a fragile promise: the moment money changes hands, the paperwork must tell...

Retail, Technology

By Darko Pavic
February 23, 2026

From Apps to Agents: A Possible Future of Software (Seen Through Retail and the Point of Sale)

An analysis of a five-step evolution story - and why the POS is a perfect stress test for it. Most predictions about software are made from the comfort of a laptop. Retail is different....

Technology

By Darko Pavic
February 22, 2026

I Built “AI” in 2001 – Now the World Needs It Again

In 2001, I built something that would clearly could be called “AI” today — but from the symbolic, expert-systems era, not today’s deep-learning era. The timing feels almost ironic, because many of the problems...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
February 20, 2026

Compliance in Global Retail: The 2026 Overview

If you want to understand why compliance has become a board-level retail topic, start with an overview. Global retailers are no longer managing “rules.” They are managing systems of proof: proof of correct tax...

Fiscalization, Retail, Tax, VAT

By Darko Pavic
February 18, 2026

France Is Auditing Your POS Now – Here’s How

Why France’s evolving fiscalization and e-invoicing agenda is changing how retailers design POS, data, and compliance. In France, a tax audit is no longer a hunt for missing invoices. In retail, the real “ledger”...

Business, Retail

By Darko Pavic
February 17, 2026

When Marketplaces Become Merchants: How U.S. and EU Law Is Pulling Platforms Closer to Product Responsibility

Counterfeits, unsafe goods, missing certifications: the legal trend is not “platform neutrality,” it’s accountability by control. Estée Lauder’s February 2026 lawsuit against Walmart over allegedly counterfeit fragrances is more than a brand-protection headline. It...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
February 12, 2026

Europe’s €3 parcel duty is small on paper — and disruptive in practice

On 11 February 2026, Council of the European Union formally approved a new set of customs duty rules aimed at one specific phenomenon: the explosive rise of low-value parcels entering the European Union through...

Business, Retail, Tax

By Darko Pavic
February 7, 2026

The Tax Shockwave Coming for Retail: More Data, More Control, More Risk

When people talk about innovation in tax, they often jump straight to AI. But the more important shift is quieter and more structural: tax is moving from periodic reporting to continuous visibility. In retail,...