Carrefour will expand the use of blockchain technology to trace textile products. The supermarket chain has been a member of IBM Food Trust since 2018 and has a series of exclusive branded food products implemented on the network.
The expansion to textile will be the first non-food product trialed for blockchain traceability by Carrefour, but will use the same technology.
Initially, the textile expansion will trace 450 products in France and Spain from Carrefour’s TEX line of bed linen and baby bodysuits. TEX is Carrefour’s exclusive textile brand. The company created an extension called Tex BIO that produces home textiles and baby clothes from 100% certified organic cotton. The goal is to implement blockchain across all Tex BIO products’ supply chains.
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