Fully Promoted (PPAI 240143, D7) brought a big leadership change into 2023, announcing the promotion of Andrew Titus to president in December 2022. At the time, Titus said that his key area of focus would include driving franchise owner success and international expansion.

Based in West Palm Beach, Florida, Fully Promoted is part of United Franchise Group’s affiliated companies and brands. The distributor has approximately 300 locations across the globe, providing full-service branded products and marketing services. Under Titus, the company hopes to grow the brand to 500 locations.

Charles G. Brown founded APISource (PPAI 102261, D10), originally Charles G Brown, Inc., in 1965. From a starting focus on emblematic jewelry, it has grown to offer clients a wide range of services. Today, the Greenbelt, Maryland-based distributor supports its clients with branding consultation, branded merchandise and apparel, global sourcing, fulfillment and distribution, and ecommerce solutions.

In the past decade, Los Angeles-based BAMKO (PPAI 242148, D11) has seen its annual sales grow from approximately $20 million to more than $300 million, driven in part by the company’s expansion into Canada in 2020. Its focus on technology earned two PPAI Pyramid Awards for ecommerce websites, and in October, BAMKO rebranded its own website with a fresh look and logo to better reflect the company’s aesthetic and approach to helping brands grow their business through merchandise. The company has embraced remote work and creative employee engagement, earning recognition as a great place to work from PPAI and other organizations.

BDA (PPAI 109381, D14) has grown from a garage-based operation to a global business specializing in branded merchandising for leading technology companies, pro sports teams/leagues and more. Based in the Seattle area, BDA – aka Bensussen Deutsch & Associates – hosts annual Think Tank events for pro sports leagues that brings together representatives of each team to collaborate and share best practices.

Collaboration is at the heart of BDA’s culture, and the company has been recognized as a best place to work in Seattle, with generous PTO and other employee perks and benefits, including company-wide community service events. In addition, its strong sustainability efforts earned an EcoVadis Gold Rating in 2023 for its North American operations, plus a Platinum Rating in 2022 for its European offices.

In 2020, the company sold its gaming accessory division PowerA to ACCO Brands in a transaction reportedly valued at almost $400 million. That divestiture is largely the reason for BDA showing a nine-point loss in its three-year trend, and its low ranking in PPAI 100’s growth category, which considers revenue change since 2019 regardless of acquisitions or sales. The company has made several significant investments in its operations in recent years, opening new fulfillment centers in Ontario, Canada, and in The Netherlands, and acquired Dallas-based agency Idea Planet.