If Colombian cocaine was the cartel's emblematic product during Guzmán's early years, homegrown marijuana was always his hedge, a commodity that he could control across every link in the supply chain.
Besides Kabbalah Water, the center's most emblematic product is a length of red string ($26); worn around the wrist, the string is said to ward off the evil eye.
Developing what he calls the "bundle hypothesis" (l'hypothèse du panier de biens), Pecqueur (2001) showed with empirical studies that the additional willingness to pay by consumer was verified not only for the emblematic product of a region, but virtually for all the products coming from that region.
The method for loading a game is emblematic of a product seemingly designed with little common sense.
The site sells the lotions and potions that have long been emblematic of the beauty products business, from makeup and fragrances to skin creams and shampoos.
"How did the horse get in the lasagne?" The question prompted by last week's news might be phrased in the child-like style of a Rudyard Kipling Just So story ('How did the camel get its hump' etc), but unlike Kipling's myths of a new-born earth, the tale of Findus and its compromised beef products is emblematic of a very modern and very complicated civilisation.
With Apple, the product becomes emblematic of a system and a service".
THE recent decision by the Coca-Cola Company to place the Interpublic Group of Companies in charge of the "brand essence" of its flagship product is emblematic of the innovative -- and risky -- ways that marketers and agencies are joining forces to try solving problems.
When it first debuted, it was a marvel of engineering in terms of Apple's ability to fit a machine with professional caliber specs into a package that is remarkably portable; three years later, the industrial design of the product is emblematic of craft, if somewhat easier to take for granted since it's been around for some time.
