How to Use hard goods in a Sentence

hard goods

plural noun
  • Unlike hard goods, soft goods are fine to borrow.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That’s why trade today is much more than a straightforward exchange of hard goods.
    — Michael L. Corbat, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Exclusions apply to hard goods and new collection and sale items.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2020
  • About one-third of sales are expected to come from hard goods like bikes, tents, and camping cookware, and the rest from footwear and clothing.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 June 2021
  • That’s fleece, that’s T-shirts, that’s creepers and onesies—everything except hard goods and headwear.
    — Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Like so much of the outdoor industry, sales of snow hard goods are predicated on a seasonal cycle of emerging products.
    — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Some are likely to combine, others may diversify to include furniture and other hard goods.
    — Walter Loeb, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • This all signifies a shift of Slinger from just a hard goods brand into a connected sports technology company.
    — Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • This means manufacturers that were struggling to meet demand for hard goods are now seeing their warehouses fill up with them, resulting in lower prices.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The last two decades have been hard on department stores, however, with shifts in consumers’ tastes for hard goods and shoppers’ ever-growing attraction to buying online.
    — Roger Vincent Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Today, in the Information age, many companies no longer produce hard goods or have manufacturing lines.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
  • That deal, which has yet to close, is consistent with plans to change many of its stores to smaller footprint locations emphasizing appliances, lawn and garden, tools and other hard goods.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Hobie rep Trevor Erickson, who for 20 years has been the retail shop’s hard goods buyer, talked about the strategy of finding just the right mix of products.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Like any die-hard good old boy, Kirk ignored his doctor’s advice and took to the hills in Gem County, Idaho in 1967.
    — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
  • The price of many hard goods, such as computers and sports equipment, also fell slightly, suggesting that at least some of the global supply-chain problems that have driven up prices over the past couple years are, at last, being fixed.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2022
  • After closing hundreds of locations in recent years, Sears plans to open three smaller stores in May in an attempt to reclaim shoppers by selling tools, appliances and other hard goods.
    — Suzanne Kapner, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2019
  • Speaking of golf, the PGA Tour Superstore registered strong sales for Father’s Day, in apparel and hard goods.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
  • The competition included businesses from a variety of areas, including food and hard goods manufacturing, as well as technology and healthcare.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The competition includes businesses from a variety of areas, including food and hard goods manufacturing, as well as technology and healthcare, according to a news release.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 26 July 2021
  • The project started with hard goods, anchoring the collaboration on the court with a Pro Staff and Ultra racket, each designed differently, and then moved to on-court performance apparel and lifestyle products.
    — Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Sales of vintage film cameras have steadily increased since 2015, and the coronavirus pandemic sustained the boom in popularity, according to Dawn Block, eBay’s vice president of hard goods and collectibles.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022

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