consumer services
Retail and hospitality
Consumer services are businesses that provide assistance, experiences, or labor directly to individuals rather than selling physical goods.
The sector includes hospitality, healthcare, banking, insurance, entertainment, and personal care.
She built her career in consumer services, managing a chain of hair salons.
The term often appears in economic reports distinguishing service industries from manufacturing or retail.
- supermarketsLarge retail food outlets
- fast foodSpeedy prepared meals
- movie theatersVenues screening films
- hotelsCommercial lodging establishments
- banksFinancial institutions or riversides
hair salons · streaming platforms · cable TV · pharmacies · department stores · e-commerce platforms · online marketplaces · home delivery · resorts · clinics · fitness centers · credit unions · investment firms · nail salons · hospitals · mortgage brokers · travel agencies · barbershops
- telecomwireless, cellular, telecommunications, carriers, telephone
consumer servicesbusiness services
Professional support for enterprises
business-to-business · commercial services · professional services · government services
consumer servicesmanufacturing
Industrial product creation
consumer goods · industrial production · heavy industry · agriculture · production
consumer serviceswholesale
Bulk sales to merchants
distribution · logistics · procurement · sourcing · wholesale trade
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