Bergman Incentives (PPAI 134565, Silver) made a significant operational move in April 2025, consolidating its decoration, warehouse and operations teams into a single 40,000-square-foot facility. The move – previously split across multiple locations – has improved cross-team collaboration and reduced the logistical friction of running a distributed operation.
The consolidation also came with an environmental upgrade: smart LED lighting throughout the new facility. Earlier in 2025, Bergman was named Facilisgroup’s TASA Distributor Partner of the Year at The PPAI Expo – recognition of its strength as a distributor partner within the Facilisgroup network.
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CompanyStore.IO (PPAI 817198, International) has grown revenue nearly 17% since 2022 to reach $7 million in 2025. The Bangalore, India-based distributor – which operates with a mission to create conscious products and a positive workplace – earned a spot on PPAI’s Greatest Companies To Work For list in 2025, and chief of staff Shivani Thapliyal was named a 2024 PPAI Rising Star.
The company’s responsibility commitments run deep: sub-brands HydroMonk and SOIL each donate 1% of sales to clean water and agroforestry projects respectively, employees receive free access to healthcare professionals and an on-site creche supports working parents at its warehouse.
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Executive Advertising (PPAI 462399, Gold) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, along with its latest successes. In 2025, the Hendersonville, Tennessee, firm was named to PPAI’s Greatest Companies To Work For and also added in-house kitting and fulfillment to create pre-assembled custom gift kits. This year, it expanded its apparel decoration capabilities with the addition of advanced Direct-to-Film (DTF) printing technology, offering clients greater flexibility with vibrant full-color designs and lower order quantity minimums. Executive Advertising also cites another recent factor in its success: new technology that allows it to automate processes. As a result, the company is processing a 20-percent increase in orders with the same size team as in 2024.
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From its roots as a family-owned calendar production company in Nashville, Tennessee, over the past century FCI Brands (PPAI 37210, Professional) has evolved to become a full-service strategic marketing, promotional supply and print innovation firm. Now under the leadership of the fourth generation of the Francis family, FCI Brands offers marketing and branding, promotional products, printing and decoration, and global logistics and fulfillment. Since the start of 2025, the company has experienced significant growth through development of better marketing strategies and improved client communications.
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A newcomer to the PPAI Top 100, Global Brand Concepts (PPAI 887734, Gold) strengthened cross-departmental collaboration and deployed a proprietary AI system integrated with its core business platforms to improve operations, data analysis and customer service.
The company also invested in a fully automated packaging machine, reducing its carbon footprint by 42% and packaging material usage by 34 percent.
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Making its debut on the PPAI Top 100, Grossman Marketing Group (PPAI 281988, Gold) acquired Cooley Group — the largest in its 115-year history — and strengthened its capabilities in healthcare and higher education while adding experienced team members aligned with its service-driven culture. Grossman is also on PPAI’s Greatest Companies to Work For list.
The Woburn, Massachusetts-based company completed its first major brand refresh in nearly two decades, launching a website positioning it as a brand execution partner. Internally, it invested in technology, systems and training to support client programs, including e-commerce platforms and enterprise-level reporting capabilities.
Grossman earned EcoVadis Gold in 2026 — placing it among the top 5% of companies globally. The company’s SwagCycle program diverted more than 3.3 million items from landfills and facilitated over $12 million in donations.
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Midwest Promotional Group (PPAI 106952, Gold) began as Midwest Calendar in 1926 and, as it grew and added more services and products, it adopted its current name in 1999. Today, the company offers a full range of promotional products and apparel, online stores and micro sites, plus in-house embroidery, screen printing and direct-to-garment printing.
During the past year, the Burr Ridge, Illinois, company has put its focus on employee engagement and appreciation by developing new employee events to celebrate together and adding a coffee bar, diner breakfast and other engaging perks. The company says these efforts have made a big impact on its culture resulting in a zero turnover rate.
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Spectrum Promotional Products Inc. (PPAI 428906, Gold) has been one of the PPAI 100’s standout growth stories, with revenue up nearly 92% since 2022 to reach $20.9 million in 2025. The Urbandale, Iowa-based distributor has built its business around a full-service model – offering sourcing, decoration and fulfillment across a wide range of promotional categories for clients across the country.
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For more than 26 years, Promo One (PPAI 906806, International) has been helping global brands connect with customers through promotional merchandise, corporate gifts and uniform programs. With headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, and regional offices across South Africa and Namibia, it has grown revenues by a whopping 84 percent over the past four years. In late 2024, the company consolidated three warehouses into one 75,000 square-foot facility and streamlined all businesses and divisions to enhance its client service and improve staff culture.
Over the past year, it has also placed greater emphasis on strengthening its internal governance and employee wellbeing practices to build a more responsible and transparent workplace culture.
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It’s been a high-profile couple of years for Akran Marketing (PPAI 228797, Standard Plus), an Ottawa, Ontario-based distributor with additional offices in Canada, New York and China. In 2024, Mikas Agarwal, chief digital officer, was named a PPAI Rising Star and that same year the company earned a spot on PPAI’s Greatest Companies To Work For.
Since the beginning of 2025, the company began making a deliberate shift in its core metrics. It stopped optimizing purely for profitability and started raising the bar to be the industry’s premier problem solvers. During that time, it also made a formal commitment to internal mentorship and continuous professional development by actively investing in the team’s growth and fostering a culture where knowledge-sharing is celebrated.
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