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Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
January 29, 2026

Slovakia’s E‑Commerce Rulebook in 2026

What the new sales-records regime changes, and what remains non‑negotiable in consumer protection, pricing and online contracting. Slovakia is the kind of market that looks simple on a map and complex in the checkout....

Fiscalization, POS Compliance

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...

E-Invoicing & Tax Technology, Fiscalization, POS Compliance

By Darko Pavic
January 26, 2026

OECD Is Quietly Rewiring Retail Compliance — What Retailers and POS Vendors Should Watch in 2026

A practical, international lens on why “standards” from Paris end up reshaping checkout, invoicing and audit trails worldwide. A checkout used to be the end of a story: the customer pays, a receipt prints,...

AI, Retail Technology

By Darko Pavic
January 24, 2026

Your AI Assistant Is Lying to You — Unless Your Retail Data Looks Like This (1,803 EuroShop Exhibitors, Proof Inside)

I wanted to learn what “AI-ready data” really means in practice, so I built an enrichment pipeline from scratch and stress‑tested it on the EuroShop 2026 exhibitor list. Here’s what broke, what I changed,...

AI, Future of Retail, Retail Technology

By Darko Pavic
January 24, 2026

From Raw Retail Data to Agentic AI

Why this matters (and why it’s suddenly urgent) Retail leaders don’t need more AI demos. They need AI that survives contact with reality: promotions that stack, returns without receipts, offline stores, marketplace taxes, and...

Retail Technology

By Darko Pavic
January 15, 2026

The Substack Revolution: Why Retail Giants and Celebs Are Ditching Social Media for Owned Audiences in 2026

If you've followed my journey, you know I'm all about transparency, innovation, and cutting through the noise. That's exactly why I fell in love with Substack. No algorithms burying your posts, no fleeting trends...

E-Invoicing & Tax Technology, POS Compliance, Retail Technology

By Darko Pavic
January 13, 2026

China Just Turned Platforms Into Tax Infrastructure

China is building a “data-first” tax system. Platforms are the new tax rails. China’s tax story for 2025–2026 is not just “more enforcement.” It is a structural upgrade: turning the country’s biggest digital platforms...

Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
January 10, 2026

Mexico’s Fiscalization System

What Retailers and POS/E-commerce Vendors Must Get Right Before Launch Mexico is not a “fiscal printer” country. It is an online fiscalization market built around electronic tax documents and real-time (or near-real-time) validation. If...

By Darko Pavic
January 7, 2026

Why Substack Feels Like the Most “Grown-Up” Platform on the Internet Right Now

I’ve decided to move all my newsletters to Substack and use it much more heavily going forward. I expected a cleaner publishing workflow. What I didn’t expect was how different the platform feels—how quickly...

Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
December 26, 2025

Slovakia’s eKasa Reset in 2026: A Practical Guide for Retailers and POS Vendors

Starting 1 January 2026, Slovakia will switch to a new legal framework for sales recording: Act No. 384/2025 Coll. on Sales Records. In plain terms, it is a “reset” of how the country expects...