Factory Direct Promos 2013 Custom Bag catalog is here and it is full of great ideas to help you design a completely customized one-of-a-kind bag that your customers will be excited to get their hands on. FDP sells millions of custom reusable and recycled bags each year, so we have the experience and expertise to help you select the size, shape, materials and style that will best fit your brand and your customer’s needs.
There are so many ways to market your brand that it can easily become overwhelming deciding how to reach your customers and potential customers. Yet even with all of the choices out there, when it comes to making prospects aware of your brand and getting clients excited about your product, the choices to market your brand are not very eco-friendly or creative are they? Well have you ever considered using seed papers as a means to market you brand? Seed paper, or paper that grows flowers, is an affordable and ingenious way to reach out to people and educate them about your company and the products or services you provide.
A recent study claimed that reusable shopping bags are a pivotal link in the spread of E. Coli. According to the report, in the three months after the ban was enacted, San Francisco saw an increase in the number of hospital emergency room visits attributed to E. Coli. The report also claimed there was a 46% increase in the number of deaths related to food-borne illnesses. This is not the first attack on reusable bags (and it is unlikely to be the last), but before you toss out your reusable bags in the name of public health, review the facts and then make up your mind.
In July 2012 plastic bags were banned in the city of Seattle. The law also levies a 5-cent fee on paper bags (stores keep all of the money raised by the bag fee). What sets Seattle’s ban apart from the numerous other cities and counties that have also banned single-use plastic shopping bags is that it forbids disposable plastic bags in all grocery and retail stores, including department, clothing, convenience, and home-improvement stores, making Seattle’s bag ban very far-reaching.
Tradeshows are a great opportunity to increase your brand awareness and educate both customers and potential customers about your brand. Giveaways are the norm, so you need to create a giveaway that catches your customers’ attention and resonates well with them. A customized, eco-friendly promotional product that your customers can use again and again will help you achieve this goal.
There are lots of reasons to implement a ban, so you just need to determine what the reason is for your hometown. When you understand the “why” behind the ban, you can create a campaign and explain to everyone from residents and neighbors to businesses and politicians why a ban is a good fit.
The differences between factory direct and wholesale can be confusing, and when you are shopping around for a promotional product to represent your brand and help spread the word about your company, trying to decipher the differences can seem like one more issue you have to work through.
The small and simple gesture of banning plastic bags can set off a chain of events that can greatly and positively change life in your community and beyond. Here are five ways banning plastic bags in your hometown can change life as you know it for the better.
There are a lot of advantages to marketing your brand with customized reusable bags. The primary advantage most people think of is the environmental impact as reusable bags do away with, or at least greatly reduce, the need for single-use bags. Single-use plastic bags can cause a lot of harm since they are seldom recycled and do not safely breakdown, pollute our environment and cause harm to wildlife.
Print your logo on reusable paper bags to hand out to your customers when they make a purchase at your store or to carry leftovers home from your restaurant. These durable bags will come in handy and put your logo and business information on display as your customers carry your bag. Think about offering a discount to customers who bring your custom branded reusable paper bag back the next time they visit your store to carry items home – you can print these instructions on the bag to encourage repeat business and repeat use of these eco bags.
Single use plastic bag bans make so much sense from an environmental perspective since they reduce use of fossil fuels, reduce the eyesore that is litter, and protect animals and their habitats from stray plastic bags and their pieces that can easily be mistaken for food or entangle an animal, ending its life. Large chains and small local retailers also spend a substantial amount of money of these disposable nuisances, so implementing a ban saves retailers money, and that cost savings should be reflected in their prices. Despite the best of intentions though, sometime
Towns can have very different reasons for wanting to implement a single-use plastic shopping bag ban, but the path most towns take to ban bags is strikingly similar. If you are thinking about banning single-use plastic bags in your hometown in favor of reusable shopping bags, here are three steps to start the process.
Reusable bags come in an almost countless variety of shapes and sizes and one popular design that is extremely functional and offers high visibility is the messenger bag. Based on the demographic your brand is trying to reach, a messenger bag can be an extremely suitable reusable bag that will clearly display your logo and branding message each and every time your customers use your customized bag.
The promotional products you use to market your business, brand or organization say a lot about your company and the products or services you provide. These items will speak for your company, so make sure they say the right things and set the right tone for your business. The words and slogans you choose to print on your bags clearly make a statement, but the material the reusable bags are constructed from also tell a story. Stay true to your environmental goals and beliefs by creating promotional reusable bags made from biodegradable materials.
A lot of companies offer you the ability to design your own promotional bags. Reusable bags are a fantastic way to promote your brand because they are designed to be used again and again and every time they are used they spread your branding message. Reusable grocery bags are kind of like mobile billboards – customers and potential customers will see them and learn about your brand and the products or services you offer.
Beginning in December 2013 plastic shopping bags will no longer be allowed in Brookline, Massachusetts. About 73% of the town meeting members voted in favor of the ban that would prevent many stores from handing out disposable polyethylene bags. Plastic bags that are compostable and marine-degradable will still be allowed since they do not pose a risk to the environment and animals that call the area home. Read more about this town’s progress towards going reusable.
The holidays are typically a time to reflect on the year that was and look ahead to the coming year. This past year has been fantastic for FDP – we released our list of the Top 100 Green Influencers of 2012, as well as our interactive bag ban map and more recently our highly successful […]
Cooler bags are so much more versatile than many people may realize. Insulated bags are great for taking on trips and keeping drinks chilled at a party, but you can also leave an insulated custom cooler bag in the car to keep frozen items cold on the drive home from the store or use an insulated bag to keep take-out warm until you get it on the table. A reusable cooler bag is also great for bringing a hot or cold dish to a party or to a potluck. Our reusable cooler bags are soft sided so after cleanup they take up minimal space and easily stow under a seat in your car or in a closet or pantry when not in use.
Have you considered constructing your next custom reusable bag from jute? Seems like the perfect option in this day of eco-friendly business practices right? Since jute is a natural plant fiber it is biodegradable, it is a great material for promoting your brand without harming the environment. Want to know more about protecting the planet while you build your brand? Keep reading to learn more about jute and how you can utilize this fantastic plant material to grow and market your brand, business or organization.
Factory Direct Promos is hosting a blog carnival to raise awareness about why it is important to use reusable bags. We are showcasing blog posts from a variety of amazing and talented writers who took the time to share and discuss with their readers and us the environmental necessity of taking action and putting an end to the use of disposable plastic bags. We are thrilled at the response and the turnout of really great and thought provoking posts we’ve received.