Wholesale Retail Packaging

Everything a retail store needs to package, wrap, and carry out a sale — shopping bags, tissue paper, gift wrap, ribbon, and boxes, all sold in wholesale case packs. The Packaging Source supplies boutiques, gift shops, jewelers, wineries, and specialty food stores with retail packaging at bulk pricing.

New to buying packaging wholesale? Start with the shopping bag size guide below — it decodes the industry's trade names into real dimensions so you can order the right bag the first time.

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Checkout Counter Essentials

The two staples every store goes through fastest: bags at the register and tissue in the bag. Paper shopping bags come in fourteen stock sizes from jewelry-scale to oversized, in natural and white kraft with twisted paper handles. Pair them with tissue paper in solids, prints, and specialty finishes for in-bag presentation.

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Gift Services

Stores that wrap sell more during the holidays and keep customers year-round. Stock gift wrap rolls, ribbons and bows, and gift boxes in coordinated colors so any purchase can leave the store gift-ready.

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Shipping & E-commerce

For orders that leave the store by mail: mailing boxes, protective fill, and clear packaging. Crinkle-cut shreds cushion and present products inside the box; cello bags and rolls keep individual items clean and visible.

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Food, Wine & Specialty

Restaurants, wineries, and gourmet retailers have their own packaging lineup: food service bags and takeout packaging, wine bottle carriers and boxes, and everything needed to build and wrap gift baskets.

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Custom & Branded Packaging

Add your logo to the bags your customers carry around town. Stock shopping bags can be custom printed with ink or hot stamp in one color — a low-commitment way to get branded packaging without custom manufacturing.

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Paper Shopping Bag Size Guide — Trade Names Decoded

Shopping bags are sold under trade names that tell you nothing about their size. This chart translates each stock name into real dimensions — listed as width x gusset (depth) x height in inches — with the standard wholesale case pack and what each size carries best.

Start here: the two most popular retail shopping bags in the United States are the Cub (8 x 5 x 10) and the Vogue (16 x 6 x 12) — a must-have pair in every retail store. Stock those two first, then fill in sizes as your product mix demands.

Trade name	Size (W x G x H)	Case pack	Best for
Pup	5 x 3 x 8	250	Jewelry, candles, cosmetics, small gifts
Wine	5 x 3 x 13	250	Single wine bottle
Double Wine	6 x 3 x 13	250	Two wine bottles
Cub *	8 x 5 x 10	250	Gift shop staple — books, mugs, boxed gifts
Debbie	10 x 5 x 13	250	Folded apparel, shoe boxes, mid-size gifts
Bistro	10 x 7 x 12	250	Takeout, wide-based items
Belle	13 x 5 x 10	250	Wide, shallow items — stationery, scarves
Take Out	13 x 7 x 13	250	Restaurant takeout, multiple containers
Senior	13 x 7 x 17	250	Large apparel, multi-item purchases
King	15 x 10 x 15	200	Deep gusset — gift baskets, bulky items
Vogue *	16 x 6 x 12	250	The classic boutique apparel bag
Queen	16 x 6 x 19	200	Coats, bedding, large apparel
Jumbo	18 x 7 x 19	200	Oversized purchases
Magnum	24 x 7 1/4 x 18 3/4	125	Art, frames, oversized flat goods

* = the two most popular retail bag sizes in the United States. Sizes and case packs reflect the standard serrated-edge kraft lineup with twisted paper handles; euro totes and specialty handles come in their own size runs.

Download the printable bag size chart (PDF) — print it and keep it by the register.

How Much Packaging Does Your Store Need?

Two quick rules of thumb for first wholesale orders:

• Tissue paper: plan 2 to 3 sheets per wrapped item. Pack counts vary by style: prints and specialty tissues typically come in 200 to 240 sheet packs, solid colors in 480 sheet packs, and white in 960 sheet packs. That makes a solid color pack good for roughly 160 to 240 purchases, and a white pack roughly 320 to 480.
• The two-layer tissue trick: wrap items in white or natural kraft tissue for protection, then add a single print, specialty, or color sheet on top for presentation. White and natural kraft cost considerably less per sheet, so most of every wrap uses the economical layer while the customer still sees the premium one.
• Shopping bags: multiply average daily transactions by selling days in the month. A store averaging 15 bagged sales a day uses about 450 bags a month — roughly two 250-count cases of its everyday size. Most stores stock two or three sizes: one small (Pup or Cub), one mid (Debbie or Vogue), one large (Senior or Queen).

Frequently Asked Questions About Retail Packaging

What packaging supplies does a retail store need?
Most stores start with four essentials: shopping bags in two or three sizes, tissue paper for in-bag presentation, gift boxes for higher-value items, and ribbon for gift finishing. Stores that offer gift wrapping add gift wrap rolls, and stores that ship orders add mailing boxes, shreds, and cello packaging.

What size shopping bag should a boutique order?
Match the bag to your bestselling product. Apparel boutiques typically rely on the Vogue (16 x 6 x 12) for everyday sales, with a Cub (8 x 5 x 10) for accessories and a Queen (16 x 6 x 19) for coats and oversized items. The size guide above translates every stock trade name into exact dimensions.

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Guide updated July 2026.