Darko Pavic – Darko Pavic – Global Retail & Fiscalization Expert

Business, 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...

Retail

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...

Retail

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...

Business, Technology

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...

Technology

By Darko Pavic
December 24, 2025

Vibe Coding as a Weekend Experiment

How I built a working retail‑news app without coding skills—and what it taught me about APIs, PWAs, and shipping speed On a Saturday morning I set myself a small, slightly unfair challenge: could I...

Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
December 21, 2025

Hungary’s Next Retail Shock Isn’t a New Tax, It’s a New Receipt

On a busy weekday in Budapest, the receipt is usually the least interesting part of the checkout moment. A small strip of paper, handed over without drama, then forgotten in a pocket. Hungary is...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
December 18, 2025

Retail in 2026 Will Feel Less Like a Transaction, and More Like a Relationship

December tends to do something to retail leaders. The calendar slows down just enough for the questions to get louder. What happened this year? Why did everything feel so intense? And what, exactly, is...

Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
December 12, 2025

The Dark Side of Fiscalization

In most industries, vendors talk about being “customer centric.”In fiscalization, that is not enough. If you are responsible for a retailer’s compliance, you must also be neutral – financially, technologically and politically. Without that...

Business, Technology, VAT

By Darko Pavic
December 6, 2025

Taiwan’s New VAT Rules for Influencers: Why This Is More Than “Just Taxing Income”

At first glance, Taiwan’s new tax rules for social media content creators look almost boring. The headline message seems obvious: “influencers must pay tax.” But that has been true in theory almost everywhere for...