Consumer and Retail?

Struggling to understand the difference between C and R in the consumer and retail groups. What’s the difference between consumer and retail?

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Consumer - think consumer products. food and beverage, alcoholic, health and presonal care products, etc.

Retail - gocery retail such as supermarkets and hypermarkets, specialty retail such as apparel, footwear, electronics etc.

Lines get blurry for sub-sectors like restaurants

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