Premium Custom Brand Paper Shopping Bag

The face is left empty apart from a single logo set in the middle, so there is one mark to read instead of a panel full of detail. Small type holds up on this stock: the fine lines printed along the bottom of the bag can be read without leaning in. Thin letterforms keep their shape rather than filling in, and the edges stay clean. If a line of type that small comes out sharp, the whole panel was printed right.

- The ribbon is wide, so it lands on your hand as a band rather than a thin cord.

- Both ends are set into the bag, so no join and no punched hole shows on the front.

- The satin carries a soft sheen, and it is the one place on the bag that catches the light.

The paper is matte and the ribbon is not, so the bag reads as two surfaces instead of one flat white.

The paper is matte, so the white reads soft rather than bright, and it does not throw light back at the room it sits in. Heavy card holds the shape: the panels stay flat, and the bag stands on its own even when it is empty. Carry it a few times and pack it away, and the panels still do not pick up creases along the middle. A matte white also stays out of the way, so the product on the shelf next to it is still the thing people look at. The white can be tuned lighter or deeper, or changed for a coloured card.

- Brand stores — a purchase goes straight in at the till

- Gift sets — the bag ends up being part of the gift

- Corporate favours — a bag carrying your logo is a card you hand over

- Skincare and tech boxes — the box goes inside, the bag goes out

- Exhibitions — samples and leaflets fit, and the handle does not wear on your hand

Brand bags are usually ordered by the season, so one colour and one logo carry a whole run.

The logo is yours: position, size, centred or off to one side, all following your brand guide. The white can be tuned to a cream white or a true white, or the card can be changed for a colour. Besides the logo, the brand name, a line of slogan or the fine print along the bottom can be printed too. Size follows what goes in, and when one logo runs across several sizes its position and size are scaled to the panel. Settle the logo, the colour and the size in one go, and the rest of the run follows that version.

White card bags are the bulk of what our factory makes, and the satin ribbon is threaded in here as well, so the ribbon and the paper are picked to sit together. The emptier the panel, the less a sheet can hide: a card that is not even shows up straight away, and that is the part we watch closest. Clients often take the box and the bag together — the box is settled first and the bag is cut to fit it. Our clients run from skincare brands to makers of tech accessories, and the two ask for different things from a bag, so we do both. Once your logo and your colours are confirmed with us, every batch after that follows the same version.