The BIDBI Blog

The BIDBI Blog is curated by the marketing team giving you monthly news, views and updates from inside the BIDBI universe as well as reporting on the wider issues affecting UK business and Eco friendly matters. 

We also welcome blogs from existing customers, so get in touch if you would like to talk about your business and eco bags. 

Raise Funds & Save The Planet with BIDBI | Charity Discount

  • Team BIDBI
  • 30th November 2017

At BIDBI we love working with Charities and Non-Profits accross the world, by providing a quality product that can be used to raise funds and spread brand awareness of important causes. We're happy to announce that we're offering a 20% discount off our entire range of UK printed bags... Read More

Maximising Your Brand Exposure at Conferences and Events

  • Arnika Bhupal
  • 18th November 2017

Tote bags make a great giveaway for corporate events and conferences. We all know conference days are long and you're given leaflets, brochures and a 100 other things to carry, that's why it's great to give each delegate or attendee a tote bag.   The... Read More

Doodle Bag Relaunches!

  • Richard Robinson
  • 1st November 2017

For the past few months the BIDBI team has been busy building our brand new website Doodle Bag. We are happy to announce that the site has now launched, so feel free to head over there and check it out! What is Doodle Bag? Doodle Bag is the little sister company of BIDBI, a place where... Read More

Five Reasons Why Tote Bags are the Perfect Marketing Tool

  • Jessica Turner
  • 29th September 2017

Printed tote bags can be an integral part of any marketing campaign, with a variety of ways to utilise them. We think they are one of the most effective pieces of physical marketing available, here's why: Marketing Pack If you have multiple pieces of marketing material, for instance... Read More

The True Cost of Cheap Fashion

  • Arnika Bhupal
  • 21st September 2017

In April 2013, 1,134 people died in the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  But the tragedy has greater resonance when we consider that the staff at the factory were working in slave labour and unsafe conditions, in order to make cheap fashion for the likes... Read More

Top Drawer A/W 2017

  • Emma Rhodes, Heather Shutt, Gwyn Hollins
  • 18th September 2017

The curtain has closed on another successful Top Drawer. It's one of our favourite trade shows, held in the wonderful Kensington Olympia twice a year, because of the great exhibitors and visitors alike. We sent our fab account managers, Emma, Heather and Gwyn down to meet our customers... Read More

We Love Our Customers

  • 15th September 2017

Our Customers are the most important part of our business, that's why we like to showcase them. From Alpaca DIY knitwear, to a string quartet, to empowering women, our bags can be used for a whole host of reasons.  "TOFT was founded by Kerry Lord in 2006 and is home to the luxury... Read More

5 Top Tips On How To Live A More Sustainable Life

  • Arun Bhupal & Ethan Gangotra
  • 13th August 2017

This week we are doing work experience at BIDBI, helping out all the different departments throughout the week, and today it was the lucky marketing team that had our expertise. We decided to write about some easy ways you can all make changes to your lifestyles in order to benefit the... Read More

10 Tote-ally Great Ways To Use Our Bags

  • Richard Robinson
  • 8th August 2017

Cotton bags are one of the most versatile marketing tools around. We stock bags in a variety shapes, sizes and colours which means there really is bag for every occasion. Here are our top ten uses for printed tote bags.  Giveaways & Competitions A favourite of magazines and... Read More

New Ink System For 2017

  • 31st July 2017

Here at BIDBI we have recently started to use MagnaPrint inks for all of our screen printed bags. MagnaColours are known as one of the most innovative companies for producing screen printing inks. MagnaPrint inks are enviromentally sustainable and we screen print our bags with ISO 14001... Read More