A wipes container adapted to be set on a flat surface, the container comprising: a dispenser housing defining a top wall spaced apart from and generally parallel to a bottom wall, a first side wall spaced apart from and generally parallel to a second side wall, and a first end wall spaced apart from and generally parallel to a second end wall, wherein all of the walls collectively define an interior space, wherein the top wall includes a dispensing orifice through which wipes can be extracted from the interior space; and a plurality of wipes disposed within the interior space, each wipe adapted to be extracted from the interior space through the dispensing orifice the wipe container being characterised by the first end wall having a first slip-resistant periphery and the second end wall having a second slip-resistant periphery, each slip-resistant periphery (80, 90) comprising thermoplastic elastomer material (82, 92), wherein said thermoplastic elastomer material (82, 92) is disposed along each periphery such that: thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the bottom wall faces said flat surface; thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the first side wall faces said flat surface; and thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the second side wall faces said flat surface; thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery contacts said flat surface when the first end wall faces said flat surface; and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery contacts said flat surface when the second end wall faces said flat surface. a dispenser housing defining a top wall spaced apart from and generally parallel to a bottom wall, a first side wall spaced apart from and generally parallel to a second side wall, and a first end wall spaced apart from and generally parallel to a second end wall, wherein all of the walls collectively define an interior space, wherein the top wall includes a dispensing orifice through which wipes can be extracted from the interior space; and a plurality of wipes disposed within the interior space, each wipe adapted to be extracted from the interior space through the dispensing orifice the wipe container being characterised by the first end wall having a first slip-resistant periphery and the second end wall having a second slip-resistant periphery, each slip-resistant periphery (80, 90) comprising thermoplastic elastomer material (82, 92), wherein said thermoplastic elastomer material (82, 92) is disposed along each periphery such that: thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the bottom wall faces said flat surface; thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the first side wall faces said flat surface; and thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the second side wall faces said flat surface; thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery contacts said flat surface when the first end wall faces said flat surface; and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery contacts said flat surface when the second end wall faces said flat surface. thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the bottom wall faces said flat surface; thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the first side wall faces said flat surface; and thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery each contact said flat surface when the second side wall faces said flat surface; thermoplastic elastomer material in the first slip-resistant periphery contacts said flat surface when the first end wall faces said flat surface; and thermoplastic elastomer material in the second slip-resistant periphery contacts said flat surface when the second end wall faces said flat surface.