PPAI 100 is an exclusive, research-backed ranking of the 50 leading distributors and the 50 leading suppliers in the promotional products industry. Companies are scored based on a variety of metrics.
Global fashion house Perry Ellis International (PPAI 255232, S8), a household name for decades, is a designer, distributor and licensor of a broad collection of high-quality men’s and women’s apparel and accessories.
Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Doral, Florida-based company offers an extensive portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized brands. Within the promo industry, the corporate sales division represents Perry Ellis, Calloway Corporate Apparel and An Original Penguin golf apparel.
After being publicly owned since 1993, the company became privately owned by its founder, George Feldenkries, in 2018.
PPAI 100 is an exclusive, research-backed ranking of the 50 leading distributors and the 50 leading suppliers in the promotional products industry. Companies are scored based on a variety of metrics.
Pro Towels (PPAI 112755, S8) is one of the largest towel and textile suppliers in the U.S.
Over its 35 the years, Pro Towel has expanded its towel selection to include specialty towels for the golf, fitness and sports fan markets, plus blankets.
Based in Pittsburgh with facilities in Camarillo, California, and Richmond, British Columbia, the company also operates a manufacturing facility in Abbeville County, South Carolina, which underwent a major expansion in 2016. That same year, the company dipped its toe into the footwear market with its acquisition of industry supplier Neet Feet.
In January 2023, CEO and Owner Kevin Nord announced a partnership with Web Services Pros and ShopWorks that will boost accessibility to his company’s products, catalog and inventory through a significant IT integration.
PPAI 100 is an exclusive, research-backed ranking of the 50 leading distributors and the 50 leading suppliers in the promotional products industry. Companies are scored based on a variety of metrics.
Bolingbrook, Illinois-based supplier S&S (PPAI 256121, S12) convincingly captures the No. 2 spot on PPAI 100, buoyed by envious revenue growth, a strong web game and a serious approach to responsibility.
The company has experienced hands at the wheel as well, promoting Frank Myers, a 14-year veteran of the S&S, to CEO in October, and is backed by its recent acquisition by a private equity firm. S&S has also made some significant moves to expand its footprint – in late 2021 it acquired major supplier TSC Apparel and only six months later brought TSF Sportswear into the fold.
S&S may be one of promo’s largest suppliers, but it remains agile and has introduced some eye-catching new products. At The PPAI Expo 2023, the company’s Quickflip Apparel line took the inaugural win at “The Pitch,” promo’s version of The Voice in which suppliers tried to win over a panel of veteran distributor judges.
PPAI 100 is an exclusive, research-backed ranking of the 50 leading distributors and the 50 leading suppliers in the promotional products industry. Companies are scored based on a variety of metrics.
When NC Custom (PPAI 111662, S7) acquired cookie company Fresh Beginnings in July 2022, it joined newly acquired ACE USA, plus Chocolate Inn, Lanco and Taylor & Grant under the NC Custom umbrella. Fresh Beginnings’ manufacturing was relocated from Georgia to New York in time to fulfill holiday orders, and NC Custom is rebranding the baked goods under the Tincredible Treats banner.
Chocolate Inn, a subsidiary of NC Custom, remains the only food vendor in the promotional products industry that is SQF certified – the highest global standard of food safety.