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Consumer cyclical companies and projects

Explore consumer-facing companies across retail, media, travel, leisure, clothing, automotive products and household goods. Use Orbitrum's industry groups to narrow your research and discover the evaluations available for each project.

Projects in Consumer Cyclicals

452 projects

Spectrum BrandsSpectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. operates as a branded consumer products and home essentials company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific regions. The company operates through three segments: Home and Personal Care (HPC); Global Pet Care (GPC); and Home and Garden (H&G). The Home and Personal Care segment provides home appliances under the Black & Decker, Russell Hobbs, George Foreman, PowerXL, Emeril Legasse, Copper Chef, Juiceman, and Breadman brands; and personal care products under the Remington brand. The GPC segment provides Rawhide chews, dog and cat clean-up, training, health and grooming products, small animal food and care products, rawhide-free dog and cat treats, and wet and dry pet food for dogs and cats under the Good'n'Fun, DreamBone, Good Boy, SmartBones, IAMS, EUKANUBA, Nature's Miracle, FURminator, Dingo, 8IN1, Better Belly, Meowee!, and Wild Harvest brands. This segment also offers aquarium kits, stand-alone tanks, and aquatics equipment and consumables under the Tetra, Marineland, Instant Ocean, GloFish, and OmegaSea brands. The H&G segment provides outdoor insect and weed control solutions, and animal repellents under the Spectracide, Garden Safe, Liquid Fence, and EcoLogic brands; household pest control solutions under the Hot Shot and Black Flag brands; household surface cleaning, maintenance, and restoration products, including bottled liquids, mops, wipes, and markers under the Rejuvenate brand; and personal-use pesticides and insect repellent products under the Cutter and Repel brands. It sells its products through retailers, e-commerce and online retailers, wholesalers, and distributors. Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is based in Middleton, Wisconsin.Web2

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About this sector

Consumer Cyclicals includes specialty and diversified retail, media and publishing, hotels and entertainment, apparel, leisure products, automobiles, household goods and homebuilding-related supplies. These categories describe different parts of the consumer economy; they do not imply identical customers or business models.

How to compare projects

Begin with what the company sells and how it reaches customers. A retailer, a manufacturer and a leisure operator can appear in the same sector while offering very different research contexts. Compare the specific activity and the author's reasoning, not just the sector label.

Projects follow the categories assigned in the Orbitrum application. This collection supports research and discovery; it is not an investment ranking.

Industry definitions

Media & Publishing (1,053)

Media and publishing businesses.

Specialty Retailers (890)

Retailers classified around specialized product categories.

Hotels & Entertainment Services (1,234)

Hotel operators and entertainment-service businesses.

Textiles & Apparel (1,469)

Companies involved in textiles or apparel.

Leisure Products (237)

Companies supplying leisure products.

Automobiles & Auto Parts (1,236)

Automobile and automotive-parts businesses.

Household Goods (452)

Companies supplying household goods.

Homebuilding & Construction Supplies (656)

Homebuilding businesses and suppliers of construction-related products.

Diversified Retail (256)

Retail businesses classified as diversified retailers.

Questions to guide your research

  • What product or experience does the company sell?
  • How does it reach customers, according to its profile and published research?
  • Which demand or operating assumptions are discussed in the evaluation?

Questions about this sector

Which retail companies belong in this collection?

The application includes Specialty Retailers and Diversified Retail under Consumer Cyclicals. Food & Drug Retailing is represented separately under Consumer Non-Cyclicals.

Where can I see an expert's view of a consumer company?

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