Hey, wanna give packaging a whole new meaning? Want some ideas to ensure your retail brand stands out from the bored crowd?

If this applies to you, the answer is: it’s in the bag.

What’s a bag? Why it’s a flexible container with a single opening.

(It’s also an opportunity waiting to happen.)

If you’re looking for an excuse to spice up your brand, you’d be mad not to check out what these brands do.

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Read on, then check it out.

1. Condomi Erotic Shopping Bag

Advertising Agency: Draft FCB Kobza, Vienna, Austria

2. ASPE Crime Stories Bag

This bag was given when you bought a book by Belgium’s most famous crime-writer.

3. Ann Summers – Kinky Whip

A guerrilla marketing concept for Ann Summers (underwear and accessories shop). Designed by guerrillaguru © 2007

4. Shumensko Beer Crate

Advertising Agency: Noble Graphics Creative Studio, Sofia, Bulgaria

5. Volkswagen Golf GTI Bag

Advertising Agency: Agence V, Paris, France

6. Meralco: Unplug To Save

Advertising Agency: TBWA, Philippines

7. Greenpeace – Give Me Your Hand

Advertising Agency: dentsu, Beijing, China

8. Children with Autism

Art director: Yosef Khouwes | Copywriter: Bipin Jacob

9. Stop’n grow: Nailbiter

Credit: Jung von Matt, Berlin

10. Panadol

Agency: unknown

11. Daihatsu

Agency: Creative Lab, Cairo, Egypt|Art Director: Walid Abd Rabo

12. Red Cross.

13. Gaia: Animals Torture

14. Sawney Bean – Cannibal of Scotland

15. ReVital

16. Muse Bags

17. Yulia Tymoshenko

18. YKM Shopping Bag: Jump Rope

19. Fitness

20. Clothes in Closets: Knucle Bag

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett Lisbon, Portugal

21. Blush Lingerie: X-Ray Bag

Agency: BBDO Berlin

22. Floating Magic-i Bag

Advertising Agency: Grey Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

23. Wheaties Shopping Bag

Agency: unknown

24. Alinna

Agency: unknown

25. Book

26. Headhunter

27. Lagerfeld

28. Olympic Games, Beijing

29. Tom Shopping

30. Samsung

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