Magellan Promotions Named To PPAI 100 List for 2026

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Magellan Promotions is proud to announce that we have been named to the PPAI 100 list for 2026. Extensively researched and objectively scored, the PPAI 100 is one of the highest honors awarded by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), recognizing the top-performing organizations across the branded merch industry. The prestigious list highlights 100 exemplary distributors and 100 exemplary suppliers demonstrating excellence across a range of business measures.

Selection for the PPAI 100 is based on more than revenue alone. Rankings consider a variety of factors that reflect overall organizational strength, including business growth, corporate social responsibility, technology practices, workforce investment, employee satisfaction, industry reputation, and operational excellence.

“PPAI is proud to recognize every company earning recognition through this ultimate measure of industry leadership,” said Josh Ellis, PPAI’s senior director of media, research and public affairs. “The firms that have earned this status do business right. They represent the leading edge of the branded merch industry through their commitment to innovation and responsibility, their business practices and philosophy. PPAI 100 takes a well-rounded approach to measuring business performance – the companies earned their ranking through careful consideration of every aspect of their organization – and it identifies the best of the best.”

“We’re honored to be recognized again on the PPAI 100 list,” said Michael Wolaver, Founder and Captain of Magellan Promotions. “This recognition reflects the work our team puts in every day and the partnerships that make that work meaningful. We’ve always focused on creating experiences that help our clients build stronger communities and deeper connections through branded merch. We’re grateful for the trust our partners place in us and excited to continue raising the bar in the years ahead.”

About PPAI
Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) is the world’s largest and longest-serving international not-for-profit promotional products association, with more than 120 years of industry leadership and over 15,000 corporate members. PPAI exists to elevate the $26+ billion promotional products industry by strengthening its community and advocating for more than 33,700 businesses and over 500,000 industry professionals.

About Magellan Promotions
Magellan Promotions is a branded merch agency with a mission to build community through creative, engaging, and memorable solutions. The company has helped more than 550 colleges and universities create meaningful experiences through strategic merchandise programs and uses its higher education expertise to help partners solve unique challenges.

Magellan Promotions PPAI 100 2026

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  • At the quoting stage of your project, please let us know how many fields of variable data your piece will have as this can affect pricing.
  • Data should be provided to us as an Excel spreadsheet with only the applicable data included.
  • Verbiage for variable data fields on artwork file should match up exactly with data fields on spreadsheet.
  • Spacing on artwork must allow for longest data entries. We recommend that your designer tests this in advance to confirm that the fields in the design can fit your longest pieces of data.

Postage Permits

We are happy to mail using a client’s USPS non-profit number. Here are a few best practices for this to go smoothly. Let our team know up front on the project so we can make sure to get the information we need right away. 

While our mail house does prefer to use their permit number for the mailing, we can use the client’s permit, If using their permit number, ensure there is enough postage to cover the mailing.

The information we need to in order to use a client’s nonprofit number includes the following:

Formatting the Mailing List

Our account team will advise on specific requirements for your project’s mailing list.  We generally recommend these best practices to format the mailing list: