This playbook provides guidance to retailers, solution providers and system integrators preparing retail POS host and backend systems for the adoption of GS1-compliant 2D barcodes
The latest version (currently version 1.0.1) is always available at https://ref.gs1.org/sme-guidance/2d-retail-systems-playbook/. Permanent links to specific versions are listed below.
- Version 1.0.0
- Published 11 March 2026
- https://ref.gs1.org/sme-guidance/2d-retail-systems-playbook/1.0.0/
- See also https://ref.gs1.org/sme-guidance/2d-playbook/
- Version 1.0.1
- Published 28 May 2026
- https://ref.gs1.org/sme-guidance/2d-retail-systems-playbook/1.0.1/
- See also https://ref.gs1.org/sme-guidance/2d-playbook/