Last year, Parliament approved Iran's first value-added tax, a 3percentt levy on all products except basic commodities like dairy products and bread.
In the latest sign of discontent with Mr. Ahmadinejad's economic policies, the merchants went on strike to protest being included in the country's first value-added tax, a 3percentt charge on all products except basic commodities like dairy products and bread.
The decidedly unsexy truth of the matter is that Wal-Mart is best at selling large quantities of commodity products in apparel to a decidedly basic core customer segment that is looking for price, quality and brand (brands where they can get it) and in that order".
The answer lies in that most basic commodity, manure.
Cement is a basic commodity and margins are razor thin.
"To me, steel is a basic commodity that we have to make in this country.
"Most online companies don't do proprietary products; they do commodity products," said Steve Weinstein, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities.
Microsoft's monopoly power has reduced them to mere manufacturers of commodity products.
"This is our most basic commodity.
Those producing commodity products with no proprietary advantages.
