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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

890 projects

GameStopGameStop Corp., a specialty retailer, provides games, collectibles, and entertainment products through its stores and e-commerce platforms in United States, Australia and Europe. The company sells new and pre-owned gaming platforms; accessories, such as controllers, gaming headsets, and other peripheral devices; new and pre-owned gaming software; and in-game digital currency, digital downloadable content, and full-game downloads. It also sells collectibles comprising apparel, toys, trading cards, gadgets, and other retail products for pop culture and technology enthusiasts. The company operates stores and e-commerce sites under the GameStop, EB Games, and Micromania brands; and pop culture themed stores that sell collectibles, apparel, gadgets, electronics, toys, and other retail products under the Zing Pop Culture brand. The company was formerly known as GSC Holdings Corp. GameStop Corp. was founded in 1996 and is based in Grapevine, Texas.Web2
GapThe Gap, Inc. operates as an apparel retail company in the United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and internationally. The company offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. The company offers its products through company-operated stores, franchise stores, websites, and third-party arrangements, as well as licensing partnerships. It has franchise agreements to operate Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. The Gap, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.Web2
Gens AureaGens Aurea S.p.A. engages in the buying and selling of gold and precious metals in European countries. The company operates in four segments: gold buying, jewelry, investment in gold, and buyback. It also trades, imports, and exports metals, stones, watches, and other precious objects; costume jewelry and ornaments, both new and used, at both wholesale and retail levels; as well as the trade in leather goods and articles made of leather, hide, and synthetic materials, boutique and gift items in general, perfumery articles for both personal and home use, cosmetic products, writing articles, clothing accessories, and textile products, and related or ancillary products. Additionally, it offers consulting services, including the valuation and appraisal of gold, metals, stones, watches, and other precious objects. It sells gold and precious metals through retail stores. It operates through eight brands: OroCash, Luxury Zone, GioiaPura, Alfieri & St. John, OroCaja, Super Efectivo, Ouro Caixa, and OroCash Invest. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Osnago, Italy. Gens Aurea S.p.A. is a subsidiary of Mattina Holding SA.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?

Open the project profile and its available evaluations or analysis. The linked author profile provides access to that author's other published work.

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