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A bag is a container that is usually used for storing or holding something.
Bags are non-rigid, normally made of paper, cloth, thin plastic or some other flexible material. A bag may have one or two handles, or neither of these. A bag may be closable by a zipper, etc., or simply by folding (e.g. in the case of a paper bag). Sometimes a money bag or travel bag has a lock. Sachets are fabric bags that are filled with potpourri and tied off with ribbons.
Bags vary from small ones, like purses (e.g. as an alternative to putting personal things in pockets of clothing) to large ones for use in traveling like a suitcase.
Cheap disposable paper bags and plastic shopping bags are very common in the retail trade as a convenience for shoppers, and are usually supplied by the shop for free or for a small fee. Customers may also take their own shopping bags to the shop.
Totes (more fully Totes»ISOTONER) is a corporation that sells umbrellas, gloves, rubber rain boots, and other similar accessories. Its headquarters are in Cincinnatti, Ohio.
The Totes»ISOTONER corporation was formed in 1997 as a result of the merger of Totes corporation and ARIS»ISOTONER Incorporated. Totes was a company originally founded in 1923 as the SoLo Marx Company, of Oakley, Ohio, whose name was changed to Totes (after the brand name of the company's leading product at the time) by Chicago businessman Brad Philips when he bought the company in 1961. ARIS»ISOTONER was a company originally founded in 1910 as the Aris Glove Company, whose name was likewise changed to include the name of its leading product, the ISOTONER nylon/spandex glove. In 1969 ARIS»ISOTONER Incorporated became a subsidiary of Consolidated Foods.
In 1969 Brad Philips obtained the first U.S. patent for a working folding unbrella, which Totes began to sell in the United States in 1970.