Retail

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....

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,...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
February 3, 2026

Shopify’s POS Hub Is a Small Box With a Big Message: Cloud Retail Still Needs an Edge

In Shopify’s January 2026 “retail release roundup,” the first announcement is not a new AI feature or a new analytics dashboard. It’s hardware: POS Hub, a compact device meant to sit at the checkout...

Fiscalization, Retail, VAT

By Darko Pavic
January 29, 2026

Bosnia’s Next Fiscalization System Won’t Live in the Cash Register

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has moved a long-discussed fiscalization overhaul from “eventually” to “now.” In late January 2026, the Parliament’s House of Peoples adopted the Law on Fiscalization of Transactions, and the...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
January 28, 2026

The POS Industry Is Finally Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Fiscal Compliance Can’t Live Inside the Register Foreve

Retail technology is having one of those rare “architecture moments,” when a product announcement quietly reveals a much bigger shift in how the industry will operate for the next decade. Aptos’ latest press release...