Fast moving consumer goods

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Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), are the products that are sold quickly at relatively low cost. Though the absolute profit made on FMCG products is relatively small, they generally sell in large quantities, so the cumulative profit on such products can be large.

FMCG products are generally replaced or fully used up over a short period of days, weeks, or months, and within one year. This contrasts with durable goods or major appliances such as kitchen appliances, which are generally replaced over a period of several years.

Some of the best known examples of Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies include Procter & Gamble, MillerCoors, HERO Group, Anheuser-Busch, Clorox, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills, H. J. Heinz, Cadbury, Reckitt Benckiser, Sara Lee, Nestlé, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft, Pepsi, Warburtons, Wilkinson, Wipro Consumer Care, Barilla Group and Mars.[citation needed]

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[edit] According to the ISIC

The retail market for FMCGs includes businesses in the following International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) (Revision 3) categories[1]

  • ISIC 5211 retail sales in non-specialized stores
  • ISIC 5219 other retail sale in non-specialized stores
  • ISIC 5220 retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialized stores
  • ISIC 5231 retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles
  • ISIC 5251 retail sale via mail order houses
  • ISIC 5252 retail sale via stalls and markets
  • ISIC 5259 whole sale goods

Supplier industries for FMCGs include 1511 meat and meat products, 1512 fish and fish products, 1513 fruit and vegetables, 1514 vegetable and animal oils and fats, 1520 dairy products, 1531 grain mill products, 1532 starches and starch products, 1533 animal feeds, 1541 bakery products, 1542 sugar, 1543 cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery, 1544 macaroni, noodles, couscous, 1549 other food products, 1551 spirits; ethyl alcohol, 1552 wines, 1553 malt liquors and malt, 1554 soft drinks, mineral waters, 1600 tobacco products, 2101 pulp, paper and paperboard, 2102 corrugated paper, containers, 2109 other articles of paper and paperboard, 2424 soap and detergents, cleaning preparations, perfumes.like the big supermarkets[2]

[edit] Fast Moving Consumer Electronics

See also: Consumerism and The Story of Stuff

A subset of FMCGs are Fast Moving Consumer Electronics which contain innovative electronic products such as mobile phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, GPS Systems, and laptop computers which are replaced more frequently than other electronic products mainly due to technology changes.[citation needed]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Aydın Çelen; Tarkan Erdoğan and Erol Taymaz (June 2005) (PDF). Fast Moving Consumer Goods Competitive Conditions and Policies. Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University. http://www.erc.metu.edu.tr/menu/series05/0503.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-09. , p.2
  2. ^ Aydın Çelen; Tarkan Erdoğan and Erol Taymaz (June 2005) (PDF). Fast Moving Consumer Goods Competitive Conditions and Policies. Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University. http://www.erc.metu.edu.tr/menu/series05/0503.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-09. , p.3-4

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