11.   That makes the business less prone to economic cycles than paper companies that sell commodity paper products to packaging and box makers, analysts said.

12.   The steep price reflects the growing pressure on Hewlett-Packard as computer hardware becomes more and more like a commodity product with low profit margins.

13.   The telephone is a commodity product, made by legions of companies that compete fiercely on price.

14.   Then it relies on big marketing campaigns to convince consumers that a razor is not a commodity product and that a Gillette razor is well worth a premium price.

15.   Trading on EnronOnline, its Internet-based trading platform, reopened Friday with almost one-third of the commodity products it normally offers available.

16.   Use so-called cause-related marketing to help sell a commodity product that consumers might otherwise buy on price alone.

17.   Web superstores like Amazon.com, CDnow and eToys are using wide selection and low prices to dominate online sales of commodity products such as books, music and toys.