Case Study: Comerso achieves scalable zero-waste mobile barcode scanning and reduces hardware costs with Anyline's SDK

Comerso Partners with Anyline to Launch Zero-Waste Barcode Scanning App

Comerso, a platform that connects retailers with charities and waste-management organizations to enable zero‑waste retailing, faced a scaling challenge: while barcode identification of unsold and out‑of‑date products worked, the reliance on costly single‑purpose 2D laser scanners and slow onboarding limited adoption. To address this, Comerso integrated Anyline’s mobile barcode scanning SDK into a new BYOD app to deliver enterprise‑grade scanning on retailers’ own smartphones.

By embedding Anyline’s SDK, Comerso enabled retailers to remarket near‑expiry products directly from their mobiles, dramatically lowering the barrier to entry, eliminating single‑use scanner and maintenance costs, and improving scalability and profitability. Anyline’s solution helped Comerso expand its service to more retailers, support legal and CSR obligations, and contribute to reducing food waste (a driver of global GHG emissions), with further joint innovations planned.

Comerso

Pierre-Yves Pasquier

Chief Executive Officer