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GICS Core

GICS Core is the top-level perspective within the Sector Intelligence of the G11 General Industry Compass System. This level is deliberately set at a distance and provides an overarching view of the central structures of the global economy.

The focus of GICS Core as the TIER 1 level of the G11 General Industry Compass System is on broadly defined economic sectors as stable organizational units. Instead of detailed subdivisions, the focus is on classifying economic activities into a few, sustainable categories that serve as a long-term frame of reference. The helicopter perspective of GICS Core opens up space for fundamental questions: How do weights shift between sectors? Which structures characterize entire sectors across economic cycles? And which sectoral dependencies only become visible from a distance?

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The focus of GICS Core as the TIER 1 level of the G11 General Industry Compass System is on broadly defined economic sectors as stable classification units. Instead of detailed subdivisions, the aim is to classify economic activities into a few viable categories that serve as a long-term frame of reference.

The helicopter perspective of GICS Core opens up space for fundamental questions:

How do weights shift between sectors?
What structures shape entire industries across economic cycles?
And which sectoral dependencies only become visible from a distance?

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The consumer staples sector brings together companies that manufacture, distribute or provide everyday consumer goods. The focus is on products and services that are in demand regardless of the economy, trends or consumer mood because they cover basic needs. Consumer Staples is a supply and demand sector. The companies grouped here are closely linked to people's everyday lives. Their products are consumed regularly, are firmly embedded in routines and are characterized by comparatively constant demand. Growth is generated less through fashion or innovation than through reach, availability and reliability. The sector is characterized by its defensive structure. Fluctuations in the economy or financial markets usually have a weaker impact, as the consumption of basic goods is rarely completely postponed. Stability, economies of scale, efficient supply chains and brand trust play a greater role than rapid product cycles or technological upheavals. Consumer Staples operates at the interface between production, retail and consumption. Companies in this sector have to combine global procurement, processing, logistics and distribution while taking local markets and price sensitivities into account. Efficiency and reliability are key success factors. At the same time, the sector is by no means static. Changes in eating habits, health awareness, sustainability requirements or distribution channels have a long-term impact on product portfolios and business models. However, these adjustments are usually gradual and evolutionary. Within GICS Eleven, Consumer Staples forms the demand-side counterpart to Utilities. While Utilities ensures supply from an infrastructural perspective, Consumer Staples stands for the continuous supply of consumers. The sector serves as a stable frame of reference for topics relating to basic consumption, everyday markets and defensive market structures.

The content of the GICS Consumer Staples information portal is aimed at anyone who deals with consumer-related and supply-related topics in a structured manner, either professionally or for their own interest. Anyone who follows developments relating to everyday consumer goods, stable areas of demand, supply chains, brand structures or market-shaping suppliers will find clearly focused access here. The targeted bundling of news, market movements and relevant information at sectoral level creates a clear overall picture of what is important in the consumer staples environment - without having to search for a long time. For journalists, research units, market observers, media players and professional market participants, this approach enables direct access to content that would otherwise be scattered across numerous sources. Developments can be recorded, categorized and processed more quickly without first having to establish the appropriate context. For investors - from institutional players and family offices to specialized market participants - sectoral aggregation also creates tangible added value. It helps to better classify demand structures, pricing power and structural changes within stable consumer markets and to filter information flows in a targeted manner. Private investors benefit in particular as they receive consumer-related information in a concentrated form, which is otherwise often fragmented or difficult to access. The focus on thematic relevance facilitates access to a defensive market environment without the need for specialist knowledge. Regardless of perspective or experience, the key benefits are time savings, information consolidation and the consistent reduction of noise. GICS Consumer Staples thus creates a structured environment in which relevant consumer and supply information becomes visible more quickly, easier to categorize and can be used in a more targeted manner.

Typical users of GICS Consumer Staples are interested in stable demand and predictable consumption patterns. They observe brands, price structures and supply chains from a defensive point of view. What is relevant is where consumption functions reliably regardless of the economic situation.

GICS Consumer Staples is aimed at players who shape, secure or professionally support markets for everyday needs. It is aimed at advertisers, agencies, manufacturers, platforms and service providers from areas such as basic supplies, branded goods, retail and distribution - where reliability, reach and continuity set the economic pace. For agencies and communication service providers, GICS Consumer Staples offers an environment in which content is not overshadowed by trend volatility, but is placed objectively and in a strong context. Product innovations, brand positioning, studies or sustainability initiatives have an impact here because they meet an audience that actively evaluates stability, price structures and supply chains. Product manufacturers, retailers and platform providers find a focused space in GICS Consumer Staples for offers that are geared towards predictable demand and broad market penetration. Whether brand management, product range strategies, logistics solutions or data-based sales models - visibility is created where consumption is reliable, comparable and scalable. At the same time, the portal addresses industry information services, specialist media, market analysts, stock market letters as well as trade fair and congress organizers, whose content thrives on topicality and classification. Announcements, publications and events reach an audience that takes a structural rather than speculative view of consumer goods markets.

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GICS Core acts as a strategic thinking space within the General Industry Compass system. The perspective provides orientation without simplifying and creates a common basis on which further perspectives - such as Trending or Microsectors - can be built upon in a targeted manner.

GICS Core is deliberately designed as an introductory and reference level.
The perspective is aimed at users who initially want to get their bearings, grasp interrelationships and understand sectoral structures in a broader economic context without committing to detailed analyses at an early stage.

As an organizing framework, GICS Core is particularly suitable:

as a conceptual haven of peace within the GICS family,
as a common reference level for cross-references to in-depth content,
as well as a conceptual starting point for further perspectives such as GICS Trending or GICS Microsectors.

The level thus serves less for operational analysis and more for strategic classification - it creates an overview, promotes systemic thinking and lays the foundation for in-depth discussion along downstream perspectives.

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