consumer goods

plural noun

: goods that directly satisfy human wants

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Cascale, which was previously known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, said the acquisition will allow the organization to expand beyond apparel to the wider consumer goods industry. Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 19 Sep. 2025 Sweeping rules on packaging and recycling are reconfiguring supply chains for consumer goods. Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 Many consumer goods companies, such as Hindustan Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive and Mars Wrigley, are also reportedly looking to cut prices. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025 That’s another bit of positive news for consumer prices since basically all food, clothing and other consumer goods are transported from factories to market via ships, planes, trucks, and trains which run some variant of Diesel fuel. David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for consumer goods

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of consumer goods was in 1901

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“Consumer goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20goods. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.

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consumer goods

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