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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...

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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...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
December 4, 2025

Czech Fiscalization Returns: What EET 2.0 Means for Global Retailers

When the Czech Republic abolished its electronic sales registration system (EET) in January 2023, many international retailers quietly closed the chapter on one of Europe’s more demanding online fiscal regimes. Less than three years...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
December 3, 2025

Turning Fiscalization from Burden into Advantage

Most retailers and POS vendors still talk about fiscalization the way people talk about bad weather. It is something you have to live with, something that slows you down, something that ruins your best-laid...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
November 15, 2025

New Chinese optical quantum chip, comparison with Google’s chip and what it means for retail.

Summary of the Chinese Optical Quantum Chip The article from Tom's Hardware discusses a breakthrough in Chinese quantum computing technology: an optical quantum chip developed by the Chip Hub for Integrated Photonics Xplore (CHIPX),...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
November 11, 2025

What Hungary’s New E-Receipt System (Nyugtatár) Means for Retailers and POS Solution Providers

As a retail tech enthusiast, I've been following fiscalization trends across Europe, and Hungary's evolving system stands out for its push toward full digital compliance. Today, let's dive into Nyugtatár, the Hungarian "Receipt Archive"...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
November 10, 2025

Analysis and Comparison of Visa and Mastercard’s Latest Results (Fiscal Q4 2025 for Visa; Calendar Q3 2025 for Mastercard)

Card payments are a core engine of retail, and often a true business driver. That’s why I always track the market leaders, Visa and Mastercard. Their latest numbers are especially interesting, so I took...

Retail

By Darko Pavic
October 12, 2025

Apps in ChatGPT: The Next Revolution, and What It Means for Retail

On October 6, 2025, OpenAI introduced apps inside ChatGPT, tools you can literally chat with. It sounds simple, but the idea is profound. This is a credible path to a super-app: one conversational interface...