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The phrase "a commodity business" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a type of business that primarily deals with the buying and selling of commodities, which are basic goods used in commerce that are interchangeable with other goods of the same type.
Example: "The company has shifted its focus to becoming a commodity business, trading in raw materials like oil and metals."
Alternatives: "a goods-based business" or "a trading business".
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"It's a commodity business," he said.
These are deadly weapons in what has become a commodity business.
"If all you are focused on is price you are in a commodity business.
"It will go from being a commodity business to a branded business".
"As good as Dell is, they are fighting in a commodity business," he said.
My business, home mortgage lending, is very competitive and is largely a commodity business.
Unless the industry focuses less on Moore's law and more on Google's law, it will become a commodity business.
PLENTY of companies that pump gas through pipes or electrons down wires think they are in a commodity business.
They decided not to invest in lower-cost optical fiber lines, which have rapidly become a commodity business.
But as basic banking becomes more of a commodity business, the winners will be the banks that can do it most cheaply.
Samsung stepped into the gap, using efficient manufacturing techniques and eye-catching designs to snare the lion's share of profits in what is now a commodity business.
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