{"id":136,"date":"2012-05-29T20:05:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletinbag.mivamerchant.net\/blog\/?p=136"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:59:37","slug":"custom-shopping-bags-third-most-popular-promotional-product-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/custom-shopping-bags-third-most-popular-promotional-product-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Shopping Bags Third Most Popular Promotional Product in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/paper_plastic_neither_bag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-137 alignleft\" alt=\"paper_plastic_neither_bag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/paper_plastic_neither_bag.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/paper_plastic_neither_bag.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/paper_plastic_neither_bag-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Looking for custom shopping bags for your organization? You\u2019re not alone. The Promotional Products Association International has reported that, in the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">custom reusable bags<\/a> moved from the fourth to the third largest promotional product segment. Bag sales totaled $1.27 billion in 2011!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not surprised. As more and more towns, cities, and municipalities seek ways to reduce plastic bag consumption, organizations have been running to snap up custom grocery bags to get in the hands of clients and prospects. We\u2019ve been saying for quite a while how great reusable bags are for so many reasons (environmental ones aside).\u00a0 Custom shopping bags as tradeshow giveaways give loads of exposure at the event, combined with the exposure when the bags are reused over and over&#8211;providing impressions every time they\u2019re used. Don\u2019t remember us saying that? Read our blog from back in 2010: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/conference-bag-giveaways.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/conference-bag-giveaways.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Curious about the top five? They are: apparel, writing instruments, custom bags, calendars, and drinkware. Yep, our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bulletinbottle.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">reusable water bottle division<\/a> is being sought out because plastic bottle reduction is also top of mind for organizations looking to help the environment!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article_seperator\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for custom shopping bags for your organization? You\u2019re not alone. The Promotional Products Association International has reported that, in the United States, custom reusable bags moved from the fourth to the third largest promotional product segment. 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