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All Items
- How to Design Your Branded Bag
- Printed Bags Around The World: Cultural Styles and Influences
- Tote Bag Design Trends
- Best Ways to Repurpose Bags
- Making Your Bags Stand Out For Christmas 2022
- Run Your Best Campaign Yet With These Promotion Techniques
- Branded Merchandise Ideas That People Will Actually Use
- How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand
- Are Plastic Bags Recyclable?
- What We’ve Learned as a Business from 2020
- Canvas Bags Vs Cotton Bags: What’s The Difference?
- Director Craig Smith Shortlisted For Great British Entrepreneur Awards
- Fred Aldous: New Paper Carrier Bags, Showcase Artist Collaborations
- How to make the most of in-store marketing
- What Emotion Does Your Bag Colour Portray?
Case Studies
- Sustainable Packaging Case Study: Lush
- The Business Of Subscription Boxes
- WHAT THE MONOCHROME TREND CAN DO FOR YOUR SME
- We Want Smore! Food Brands Making Merchandise
- Font Trends For Your Brand
- Our Favourite Marketing Campaigns Of 2019 So Far
- Case Study: Acne Studio Packaging, Make Your Brand Look Luxurious
- Case Studies: Printed Bags for Coffee Shops
- Case Study: Giant Bicycles
- Branding Case Study: FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014
- Branding Case Study: Wimbledon Tennis Tournament
- Case study: Innocent smoothie
- #CarrierBrand Case Study: Yorkshire Tea’s #teaonthetrain
Design
- What Branding Colour Schemes Say About Your Business
- WHAT IS HOT FOIL PRINTING?
- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FULL COLOUR PRINTING AND 100% INK?
- What Is Spot Uv Printing?
- What Is Transfer Printing?
- What Is Screen Printing?
- How To Vector Your Logos
- How To Re-Use & Recycle Branded Tissue Paper
- Popular Handwritten Fonts Of 2019
- Colour Connotations – Choosing Colours For Your Branding
- Packaging Trends To Expect In 2019
- Pantone Colour Of The Year 2019
- Things to Think About When Designing Your Bag Artwork
- Design Trends for 2018
- Practical graphic design tips for small businesses
- Ultraviolet: Pantone Colour of the Year 2018
- Handwriting in Design: Why it works and how you can use it
- How colour consistency can vary between materials
- 3 core things to consider when updating your brand
- Pantone’s Colour Report for Spring 2018
- How To Make Your Own Handmade Custom Bags
- How to know when it’s time to rebrand
- An explanation of Spot Colour, CMYK and Gradient Printing
- What You Need To Know About Vector Art
- Five Big Design Trends for 2017
- ‘Greenery’ is the Pantone Colour of the Year 2017
- Pantone Release Their Colour Report for Spring 2017
- How to choose a font that’s right for you
- Favourite Functional Printed Packaging Design Ideas No.2
- Our Favourite Functional Printed Packaging Design Ideas – No. 1
- What makes a bad logo design?
- A closer look at the history of the printing press
- Is quality design important to small businesses?
- Top Packaging Design Trends for 2016
- Introducing Pantone Colour of the Year for 2016
- 3 Top Sources of Design Inspiration
- 5 principles of effective logo design
- Your Brand vs. Identity vs. Logo
Environment
- Are Mailing Bags Recyclable?
- How To Help Your Customers Shop Sustainably
- How The Printed Bag Shop Is Achieving A Plastic-Free Product Range
- Ideas For How To Upcycle Your Printed Bags
- Celebrate National FairTrade Day
- Making Your Printed Bags Eco-Friendly This Spring
- A Bag Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas
- The Key To Creating Reusable Bags Worth Keeping
- What Are The Exemptions To The Carrier Bag Charge?
Events
- HOW TO GET YOUR HALLOWEEN PROMOTION NOTICED
- How to put together eco-friendly goody bags
- Festival Season: Why Pop-Ups Prefer Printed Bags
- Eggscellent Easter Marketing Campaigns
- Why Goody Bags Are Great For Charity Events
- How Can Your Business Take Advantage Of Instagram Shopping?
- Our Top Sports Goodie Bag Ideas
- How Matchmaking Can Improve Your Networking Events
- How branded merchandise can improve your event
- How To Reduce Non-Attendance at Your Next Event
- What do customers want from an event?
- How to use printed bags to stand out at your next event
- What Every Event Professional Needs To Know About Effective Follow Up
- 7 Ways To Increase Engagement at Business Events
- 5 Ways to Be an Event Planner Speakers Love to Work With
- Event Tips: How to Bounce Back From a Bad Event
- The Must-Have Toolkit for Event Planners
- 5 Ideas For Event Gimmicks That Will Make Your Business Memorable
- Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make When Attending Events
- The Printed Bag Shop’s 2015 Guide to Upcoming Events
- How to organise a product launch that people remember
- Top tips to measure the success of an event!
- Why your business needs laminated bags
- 5 ways we can help online retailers this Christmas
- The secret to a successful company giveaway bag
- The Printed Bag Shop’s Free Event Planning Pack!
- Top Trends for Exhibition Stand Designs!
- Make the most of your event giveaway!
- Our top tips to help you with planning an event
Latest News
- Can You Wash Reusable Shopping Bags?
- Top Eco-Friendly Bags To Use In 2020
- How We’re Working During The COVID-19 Pandemic
- CHRISTMAS ORDER DEADLINES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
- WE NOW HAVE OVER 50 COLOURED COTTON BAGS TO CHOOSE FROM!
- Our FREE Kindle Offer Is Continuing!
- £1 Million Milestone: An Interview with TPBS MD, Craig Smith
- April Special Offer: FREE Amazon Kindle!
- What you need to know about the Spring Statement 2018
- March Special Offer: FREE Amazon Echo Dot!
- Fairtrade Fortnight 2018: What is Fairtrade?
- February Prize Draw – Win A Hotel Chocolat Subscription!
- PM’s 25 Year Plastic Plan To Eradicate Avoidable Waste
- Plastic Bottle Deposit Scheme: Are Vending Machines The Answer?
- The Carrier Bag Tax: where is your money going?
- Scotland commits to a plastic bottle deposit scheme
- Tesco To End Sales of Single Use Plastic Bags
- Could wax worms solve our global plastic problem?
- Could Using ‘Bags for Life’ Make You Sick?
- The Printed Bag Shop celebrates its 10th birthday!
- The Potential for a Plastic Bottle Tax?
- TPBS Supply Bags for ‘No Phone Zone’ to Help Reduce Smartphone Overuse
- TPBS’s New Years Resolutions for 2017!
- TPBS Donate 1000 Bags To Breakfast in a Bag To Help London’s Homeless
- Lidl To Embrace Bags For Life Over 5p Charge
- Could Apple Soon Be Branching Out Into Printed Paper Bags?
- The Carrier Bag Charge: 6 months on
- What impact has the 5p carrier bag charge had so far?
- Tesco see 80% drop from plastic bag charge in England
- The Printed Bag Shop achieve best month yet with £100k sales!
- Plastic bag use in Scotland drops 80% after 5p bag charge
- The Power of Print Marketing for E-Commerce Entrepreneurs
- Customer Service: A Step Ahead of the Rest From The Printed Bag Shop
- Marsala is the new black in 2015 Pantone colour world
- Our top tips for your printed bags in 2015
- Scottish 5p bag charge comes into effect
- 5p plastic bag charge now backed by Scottish parliament
- The Printed Bag Shop launches new responsive website
- Welcome to our new website!
Marketing
- Our Top Tips for Cost Effective Branding
- Unique Packaging Designs You Need To Know About
- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF UNWRAPPING
- Different Types Of Branded Content For Marketing
- What Makes Good Brand Collaboration Marketing?
- Using Your Branding To Create A Positive Message
- Why Consistency Is Important In Your Branding
- How To Get Your Brand Trending On Social Media
- Using Packaging QR Codes As A Marketing Tool
- Should You Change Your Bag Design For The Holidays?
- New Year, New Brand: Is It Time To Make Changes?
- Why Our Printed Kraft Bags Are Ideal For The Christmas Shopping Rush
- 5 Ways To Speak To Your Customers Through Your Branding
- Twitter Takeover: How to use a Hashtag in your Branding Strategy
- Do You Need Big Brand Advertising Budgets?
- How to promote your brand using printed bags
- How unconscious branding could help your business
- 10 Marketing Tips For Promotional Merchandising Companies
- What is the difference between B2B & B2C marketing?
- Christmas Event Ideas To Capture Your Customers
- Our favourite Christmas marketing tips to boost your brand
- How You Can Use Promotional Bags To Boost Your Christmas Campaigns
- How To Express Your Brand Personality
- The £1300 Balenciaga IKEA Bag!
- How Using Printed Gift Bags Can Boost Your Business
- Our Favourite Examples Of Halloween Marketing Ideas
- How to use the carrier bag levy to your advantage
- What makes printed bags such effective marketing tools?
- How print marketing can win you more business
- TPBS Inspiration: Top 10 Design and Branding Quotes!
- Brand New You: How to Reinvent Your Brand
- Do You Know How to Tell Your Brand’s Unique Story?
- How Social Is Your Brand?
- How to become a brand that customers can’t help but buy from!
- 3 Creative Printed Bag Design Ideas
- How to turn your customers into brand advocates
- 3 of the best festive bags
- Guide to Unconventional Branding: How to Set Your Business Apart
- Think outside the bag: innovative printed bag design ideas
- 3 ways printed bags can be used for more than just sales transactions
- How to tell your brand’s story through printed bags
- How your colour choice could affect your customers’ decision to buy
- Why print marketing isn’t dead
- 10 top tips for a great logo design
- How to Coordinate your Online and Offline Marketing Strategy
- 5 Signs your Marketing is holding you back
- What makes a great brand?
- Why your business needs a social media strategy
- Building A Brand Isn’t All About Big Statements
- Why printed bags could boost your offline marketing strategy
- How reinventing your brand could boost your business
- The Importance of Brand Awareness
- It’s as important using hashtags (#) offline, as it is online
- The top 5 packaging trends to look out for in 2014
New Product Launches
- 9 ways to make your printed carrier bags stand out
- Which size bag is right for you?
- Is paper better than plastic for the environment?
- Make the change from plastic to printed paper bags
- What Are Printing Plates?
- Why Do Printed Laminated Bags Cost So Much?
- Where Do Printed Jute Bags Come From?
- Why Buying Printed Bags Isn’t All About The Price
- Custom Printed Tape and More: How to Step Up Your Printed Packaging
- Why You Should Choose Us as Your Carrier Bag Company!
- Why paper is a great material choice for your branded bags
- We Now Offer Plain Unprinted Mailing Bags!
- 5 Businesses That Can Benefit From Printed Sandwich Bags
- Using Printed Tote Bags to Make a Statement
- The Various Printing Methods For Branded Tote Bags
- Why Printed Fabric Bags are TPBS Customer Favourites
- Why You Should Choose Printed Cotton Bags in 2017
- 7 Things You Might Not Know About Buying Custom Printed Bags
- Going Green With Printed Mailing Bags | Infographic
- The boom in printed bags for life
- Benefits of buying bags from The Printed Bag Shop!
- The best ways to buy budget printed bags from TPBS
- The Lifecycle of a Plastic Bag – Infographic
- Get to grips with printed bags: the TPBS glossary
- Feast on our fab printed food bag case studies
- How to buy printed bags from TPBS
- The best of our boutique fashion case studies
- What makes printed kraft bags so popular?
- A recipe for success: the perfect printed products for food retailers
- Why Your Retail Business Needs Printed Gift Wrapping
- Paper Vs. Plastic: Which Printed Bag Is Best For You?
- TPBS Bestsellers – Printed Cotton Bags and Printed Canvas Bags
- Why Your Business Needs Our Bestselling Printed Bags
- How Printed Bags can Enhance Your Customers’ Experience
- Why Printed Laminated Bags are the Perfect Choice for You
- The best printed bags for restaurants
- The guide to printed retail bags
- Enhance your printed bags with added extras
- An Guide To Eco Friendly Printed Bags
- Product Profile: Printed Packaging
- Product Profile: Cotton & Canvas Bags
- Product Profile: Flat Handle Paper Takeaway Bags
- Product Profile: Printed Laminated Paper Bags
- Product Profile: Duffel Bags
- Product Profile: Printed Plastic Bags
- The Packaging Products That Help Beat The Scottish Carrier Bag Tax
Retail
- Christmas Spending 2017: How Much We’ll Spend & Where We’ll Spend It
- How to prepare for the January sales
- How to create a Christmas gift guide for your customers
- UK Shoppers Planning To Reduce Christmas Spending in 2016
- An Interesting Look At Our Christmas Spending Habits
- How has online shopping impacted consumer behaviour?
- The Biggest Ecommerce Trends for 2016
- What you need to know about the English carrier bag charge
- The rise of online retailers, and how mailing bags can help
SMEs
The Printed Bag Shop Blog
- Eco-Friendly Packaging Ideas to Adopt in 2022
- Types of Eco-Friendly Bags for Businesses to Consider
- Making Your Business More Eco-Friendly As You Step Into The New Year
- Design Inspiration for Your Christmas Carrier Bags 2021
- How to Create Brand Consistency in 3 Simple Steps
- Colour Psychology Behind Coloured Paper Carrier Bags
- 5 Tips on Branding Your Business for Maximum Impact
- Reducing Plastic Waste Within Your Business
- The 4 Most Sustainable Packaging Materials
- Canvas Bag Design Ideas Your Customers Will Love
- Is Tissue Paper Recyclable and Reusable?
- 6 Uses for Plastic Bags You’ve Never Thought Of
- Reusable vs Recyclable Carrier Bags
- Creating Promotional Carrier Bags That Stand Out
- How To Make Your Business More Environmentally Friendly
- How to Close a Gift Bag like a Professional
- 5 Simple Ways To Improve Your Takeaway Marketing
- Producing Unforgettable Goodie Bags For Events
- Getting the Most from Custom Poly Bags for Clothing
- How to Wash Reusable Bags
- Designing Printed Bags for College & University Students
- Preparing for Reopening Shops after Lockdown
- Choosing the Best Product Packaging for Online Orders
- Creating Unique Employee Appreciation Gifts
- Why is a Branded Product Packaging Design Important?
- What are Eco-Friendly Packaging Materials
- How to Put Tissue Paper in a Gift Bag
- What is Jute?
- Now Officially Offering FSC Approved Packaging!
- Christmas Ecommerce Ideas: 5 Tips for Your Business This Christmas
- How to Choose Unique Corporate Christmas Gifts for Your Clients
- Make Your Business Greener with Alternatives to Plastic Bags
- How to Design Printed Bags to Enhance Your Brand Image
- How to Cut Shipping Costs for Your Ecommerce Business
- Ecommerce Branding & Practices: Five Tips for Success
- Does My Marketing Strategy Need A Spring Clean?
- Why You Should Start Planning Your Summer Promotions Now
- Reusable vs Disposable: Which Is Better?
- The Power Of Packaging: Why Printed Is The Way Forward
- Tips For Preventing Excess Packaging Waste At Christmas
- Is It Ever Too Early To Prepare For The Festive Rush?
- The Three R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
- How carrier bags revolutionised the shopping market
- What’s in a brand? How to build a brand that carries
- Reusable printed bags: the unsung hero of the packaging world
- How can apprenticeships benefit small businesses?
- From bags to bin & back again: the life cycle of paper
- How to be the number one choice of reusable printed bags.
- The Printed Bag Shop’s Christmas Competition
- Wrapping Guide Series: Luxury Items
- Wrapping Guide Series: Awkward Items
- Wrapping Guide Series: Rectangular Boxes
- Wrapping Guide Series: Sandwich Bags
- Jump on the bag bandwagon with the ‘handmade’ look
- A printed bag is for life, not for the bin
- 5p Plastic Bag Charge Will Not Affect SMEs
- Could plastic bags be the future of diesel fuel?
- Washable paper bags are this year’s greenest bargain
- Major supermarket seeks changes in plastic bag legislation
- Carrier bag Christmas tree set to light up festival
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