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consumer good

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consumer good (plural consumer goods)

  1. (business, marketing, chiefly in the plural) Goods that are meant to be sold to consumers or end-users.
    Synonym: consumption goods
    Coordinate term: capital goods
    fast-moving consumer goods
    At a shopping mall, one can purchase all kinds of consumer goods.
    The basket of consumer goods in the United States Consumer Price Index has changed little this year.
    • 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:
      This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.

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