consumer product

Store shelf item

A consumer product is a good manufactured for purchase and use by individuals rather than businesses—household items, electronics, clothing, food.

The term distinguishes everyday retail goods from industrial equipment or raw materials: The company shifted from defense contracts to consumer products.

Consumer product regulations focus on safety standards for items reaching the general public.

Related

batteries · bicycles · big box store · online shopping · snacks · furniture · coffee pods · cameras · electronics · shampoo · chewing gum · impulse buy · shoes · appliances · brand name · packaging design · shelf life · soap

Opposites
intended end user

consumer productindustrial equipment

Machines for manufacturing processes

industrial goods · capital equipment · trade goods · military equipment · capital goods

market type

consumer productcomponents

Constituent parts

raw materials · OEM parts

tangibility and nature

consumer productraw material

Unprocessed production input

work in progress · natural resource

Family

consumer, product, consume, consumes, consumed, consuming, consumable, consumption, consumptive

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G