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Some of the best hires our portfolio has made were people outside of the consumer goods industry who were eager to get their hands dirty and didn't view any task as beneath them.
—Dayton Miller, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
In addition, a strike could hamper shipments of products such as bananas, manufacturing components and plywood, interrupting the flow both of consumer goods and industrial parts for factories.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
Higher prices put households under pressure The consumer price index, a key inflation measure that tracks average prices across a broad basket of consumer goods and services, increased 2.5% in August relative to a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
If a strike does proceed, the flow of consumer goods, components for factories and certain vehicles would seize up, disrupting auto supply chains and other manufacturing networks in election battleground states.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1901, in the meaning defined above
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“Consumer goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20goods. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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