How to Use hard goods in a Sentence

hard goods

plural noun
  • About one-third of sales are expected to come from hard goods like bikes, tents, and camping cookware, and the rest from footwear and clothing.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 June 2021
  • That’s why trade today is much more than a straightforward exchange of hard goods.
    Michael L. Corbat, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Like any die-hard good old boy, Kirk ignored his doctor’s advice and took to the hills in Gem County, Idaho in 1967.
    Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
  • That’s fleece, that’s T-shirts, that’s creepers and onesies—everything except hard goods and headwear.
    Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Like so much of the outdoor industry, sales of snow hard goods are predicated on a seasonal cycle of emerging products.
    Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2020
  • This all signifies a shift of Slinger from just a hard goods brand into a connected sports technology company.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The last two decades have been hard on department stores, however, with shifts in consumers’ tastes for hard goods and shoppers’ ever-growing attraction to buying online.
    Roger Vincent Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2020
  • That deal, which has yet to close, is consistent with plans to change many of its stores to smaller footprint locations emphasizing appliances, lawn and garden, tools and other hard goods.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
  • After closing hundreds of locations in recent years, Sears plans to open three smaller stores in May in an attempt to reclaim shoppers by selling tools, appliances and other hard goods.
    Suzanne Kapner, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2019
  • Some are likely to combine, others may diversify to include furniture and other hard goods.
    Walter Loeb, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Today, in the Information age, many companies no longer produce hard goods or have manufacturing lines.
    Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The project started with hard goods, anchoring the collaboration on the court with a Pro Staff and Ultra racket, each designed differently, and then moved to on-court performance apparel and lifestyle products.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The competition includes businesses from a variety of areas, including food and hard goods manufacturing, as well as technology and healthcare, according to a news release.
    Cameron Fields, cleveland, 26 July 2021
  • The competition included businesses from a variety of areas, including food and hard goods manufacturing, as well as technology and healthcare.
    Cameron Fields, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2021

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