1. At duPont, Woolard helped move the chemical giant away from commodity products to more profitable specialty items. 2. But most concede that the perception of tires as a commodity product is their fault. 3. Commodity products that are costly to ship, such as lumber and cement mix, will not be sold online yet. 4. Fleet plans to focus its marketplace at first on commodity products grouped in a category known as MRO, or maintenance, repair, and operations. 5. High margins and quality distinctions are the classic recipe for a market ripe for building brand names, even on commodity products. 6. In essence, under this strategy Gillette takes a commodity product and uses high technology to improve it. 7. In those tests, Home Depot carries large quantities of commodity products, and it staffs the stores with salespeople dedicated to the pro customers. 8. Japan imports lumber, pulp, packaging materials, newsprint and other commodity paper products, primarily from North America. 9. National revived the Fairchild name last year when it decided to separate its commodity products from its more specialized chips. 10. On the Web, people are more likely to snap up commodity products like computer goods, books and music. |