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Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending

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As consumers prioritize holistic retail purchases, beauty, health and wellness are increasingly converging into one category and one consumer budget.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XLV Health Care Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of health-care companies

  • XBI SPDR S&P Biotech

    A fund of biotechnology companies

  • UNH UnitedHealth

    A large health insurer

  • JNJ Johnson & Johnson

    A large health-care company

  • LLY Eli Lilly

    A large drug maker

  • PFE Pfizer

    A large drug maker

  • EMC GLOBAL X EMERGING MARKETS GREAT CONSUMER ETF

    GA selected EMC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

  • IYC ISHARES U.S. CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF

    GA selected IYC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

  • IYK ISHARES U.S. CONSUMER STAPLES ETF

    GA selected IYK as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

  • KXI ISHARES GLOBAL CONSUMER STAPLES ETF

    GA selected KXI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
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LLY———————
PFE———————
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IYC———————
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KXI———————

Price since this story was published: Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC)

Since the first closing price after “Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending,” Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC) is -8.76%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.89% over the same days, a -7.87% difference versus the market.

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Who gains and who loses around Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC)

Companies mentioned with this story

  • EMC Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf

    For “Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending,” Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected EMC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • IYC Ishares U.S. Consumer Discretionary Etf

    Ishares U.S. Consumer Discretionary Etf (IYC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 18 Sep 2026 story “Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending.” Reason on file: GA selected IYC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • IYK Ishares U.S. Consumer Staples Etf

    For “Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending,” Ishares U.S. Consumer Staples Etf (IYK) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected IYK as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • KXI Ishares Global Consumer Staples Etf

    For “Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending,” Ishares Global Consumer Staples Etf (KXI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected KXI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • TMED T Rowe Price Health Care ETF

    T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 18 Sep 2026 story “Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending.” Reason on file: GA selected TMED as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: health. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • WOOF Petco Health & Wellness

    In “Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending,” Petco Health & Wellness (WOOF) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected WOOF as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: wellness, health. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC)

“Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending” (18 Sep 2026) reaches Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC) through this story.

Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC) is on the page because GA selected EMC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

A second company, Ishares U.S. Consumer Discretionary Etf (IYC), is listed for a different reason: GA selected IYC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: consumers. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

The price range for Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC), and the dates in the story

EMC traded between 35.03 and 38.41 across 12 sessions. The latest close on file is 35.03. IYC traded between 94.09 and 100.29 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 99.46. IYK traded between 70.55 and 77.60 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 76.73.

A simple score for Global X Emerging Markets Great Consumer Etf (EMC)

100 out of 100

“Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending” scores 100 out of 100. The score uses 6 linked companies.