Sticker
A sticker is a type of
Stickers can come in many different shapes and sizes and also vary widely in color and design. They are often adhered to items such as lunchboxes, paper, lockers, notebooks, walls, cars, windows, used as name tags, and so on.
The term "
History
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R. Stanton Avery is credited with creating the first self-adhesive sticker in 1935.[1]
Use
Stickers are very widely used when an object requires identification with a word or idea. Brand stickers may be attached to products to label these products as coming from a certain company. They may also be used to describe characteristics of the products that would not be obvious from simple examination, or to clarify either a printing error or change in the product of some kind, such as the country of origination, shift in a product's ingredients, a shelf life date, or copyright notice, without having to scrap pre-existing packaging for such a small change. A label dispenser is often used as a convenient way to separate the sticky label from its liner or backing tape.
Stickers placed on
Stickers are also used for embellishing scrapbooking pages. Kinds of stickers sold for this purpose include acrylic, 3D, cardstock, epoxy, fabric, flocked, sparkly, paper, puffy, and vellum. While in the earlier days of scrapbooking stickers were sold mostly on 2"x6" sheets, now[when?] 6"x12" and even 12"x12" size sheets are very common.
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They are frequently distributed as part of
In the 16th century French aristocracy wore stickers on their face to hide blemishes.[2]
Temporary stickers are used today to indicate whether someone is free of certain health symptoms, been vaccinated, or otherwise cleared some security protocol.
Stickers are also used as a form of
Stickers are also printed for use as temporary tattoos.
Discount stickers
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Collecting
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At their simplest stickers can be beginner-friendly
Forming a partnership with FIFA in 1970, Panini first produced a World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup.[8][9] Initiating a craze for collecting and trading stickers, since then, collecting and trading stickers has become part of the World Cup experience, especially for the younger generation.[10][11] UK newspaper The Guardian states, "the tradition of swapping duplicate [World Cup] stickers was a playground fixture during the 1970s and 1980s."[10]
See also
- Beauty mark
- Decal
- Pressure-sensitive tape
- Prizes
- Release liner
- Sticker album
- Sticker (Internet)– emoticon-like pictures
- Water slide decal
- Tattoo
References
- ^ "Who Invented Stickers?". Wonderopolis. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "That Time the French Aristocracy Was Obsessed With Sexy Face Stickers".
- ^ a b Ettinger, Jill (2023-07-14). "Irate shopper calls out Nordstrom Rack for deceptive price tag: 'Ignore the before prices and percentages'". The Cool Down. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ "Shopper disappointed to find sale sticker has same price as tag underneath, but Uniqlo explains why". Stomp. 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ Houlton, Cara (9 May 2023). "Nearly 40% of shoppers buying 'yellow sticker' reduced food products". Grocery Gazette. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Calnan, Marianne (13 May 2023). "Best times of day to get 'yellow sticker' supermarket bargains revealed". Which. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Peachey, Kevin (16 April 2023). "Loyalty cards: How a big yellow label influences what we buy". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Brand collaborations". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Panini World Cup 2018 stickers: When is the iconic sticker album release date? And how much will it cost?". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Panini World Cup sticker book". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ “The Magic, Global Craze and Tradition of Panini's World Cup Sticker Albums”. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2 September 2018
External links
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