How to Use consumer goods in a Sentence

consumer goods

plural noun
Definition of consumer goodsnext
  • Rising prices are mainly due to the rising prices of consumer goods.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The index measures the change in prices for consumer goods and services.
    — Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Worker’s wages, meanwhile, have not risen to keep up with the higher prices of consumer goods.
    — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2021
  • But the average price of consumer goods rose by 0.8%, wiping out these earnings gains.
    — Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 11 Dec. 2021
  • But as online sales and mail delivery of consumer goods and prescription drugs grew, the big-box stores had no reason to stay.
    — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Biden’s approach is a weak pass at a decent idea: breaking up a few corporations’ stranglehold on consumer goods.
    — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022
  • And partly, demand for many consumer goods remains so robust that strong brands have reduced the usual discounting tactics.
    — Rob Walker, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • If the situation doesn’t resolve soon, shortages of fuel, consumer goods, and even some medical supplies could sweep the region.
    — Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • This transformation at Kraft Heinz signals a broader shift in the consumer goods industry.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Cramer was fairly optimistic about the consumer goods giant and the railroad, which could benefit from its new CEO.
    — Julie Coleman, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
  • British consumer goods giant Unilever describes Nair as its first woman, first Asian and youngest chief human resources officer.
    — NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The British consumer goods company said the sale includes all of its business and four factories in Russia as well as its business in Belarus.
    — Reuters, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Crown is a global leader in designing, manufacturing, and selling consumer goods packaging products.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Whenever health officials discover traces of Salmonella on consumer goods, the products get recalled.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Dec. 2021
  • As inflation continues to push up the price of consumer goods, shoppers from higher income levels are starting to abandon their regular grocery store in favor of a new favorite: the dollar store.
    — NBC News, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The price for consumer goods and services jumped 7.9% last month and hit a new 40-year-high.
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Like all consumer goods, fair food prices have shot up this year.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2022
  • Prices for consumer goods stayed low, and drivers’ wages fell.
    — Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East are threatening flows of grain, oil and consumer goods.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The rate of inflation on a range of consumer goods has slowed markedly.
    — Peter S. Goodman Bridget Bennett, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The rising cost of consumer goods is a chief reason for the increase, Foster said.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 1 July 2024
  • That number tracks the cost of consumer goods from food and housing to vehicles.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 15 July 2022
  • Both chemicals were used to make consumer goods but were phased out of production in the 2000s.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This should be the approach for all consumer goods industries.
    — Andrew Martin, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There is some evidence that much of the price hikes for food and other consumer goods could have been avoided.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
  • It’s the latest consumer goods company to warn of the impact of rising prices.
    — Thomas Buckley, Bloomberg.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The fast-moving consumer goods segment has been FPIs’ favorite, too.
    — Quartz, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The new plastic could be used to create everything from car parts to consumer goods.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
  • This is expected to increase the prices of many consumer goods, from clothing to coffee.
    — Anna Gordon, TIME, 12 Jan. 2024
  • So just how much of an impact has inflation had on consumer goods?
    — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2022

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