How to Use consumer goods in a Sentence

consumer goods

plural noun

• To economists, higher wages and higher prices for consumer goods are two sides of the same coin, and a spurt of inflation creates both winners and losers.
  — New York Times, 6 Nov. 2021
• Chinese consumers kept feeling richer and richer, spurring them to spend freely on consumer goods, an emblem of the fastest ascent in world history.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2021
• What's happening: Companies that make consumer goods are announcing price increases left and right.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 24 Oct. 2021
• Officials have warned that the supply chain crisis, which has led to massive price increases on consumer goods, could last through the first half of 2022.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
• The result has been accelerating prices for a broad range of consumer goods, from food, heating oil and patio furniture to paints, chemicals and window blinds.
  — Christopher Rugaber, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
• As people were stuck at home and stopped spending their discretionary income on restaurants, entertainment, and other services, more money was spent on food and consumer goods.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
• All kinds of consumer goods are sold during Singles Day sales, from big ticket electronics, to daily food items and clothing, including luxury wear.
  — Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 2 Nov. 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
• The index measures the change in prices for consumer goods and services.
  — Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2021
• 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
• Prices are up sharply for a broad spectrum of consumer goods and services.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021
• Worker’s wages, meanwhile, have not risen to keep up with the higher prices of consumer goods.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2021
• The rising cost of consumer goods is a chief reason for the increase, Foster said.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 1 July 2024
• Rising prices are mainly due to the rising prices of consumer goods.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
• That number tracks the cost of consumer goods from food and housing to vehicles.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], 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
• But the average price of consumer goods rose by 0.8%, wiping out these earnings gains.
  — Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 11 Dec. 2021
• If a 60% tax on imports went into effect, prices of consumer goods in our nation would rise sharply.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2024
• The agency also has broad oversight of a swath of consumer goods, including cosmetics, electronic cigarettes and most foods.
  — Aleccia Washington, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
• As a result, hefty new tariffs could cause prices for a range of consumer goods, from everyday items such as groceries to less frequent purchases like furniture, to rise, according to the analysis from Third Way, a left-leaning think tank.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024