Harper+Scott

Name

Harper+Scott

Legal name

Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, LLC

Website

https://harperandscott.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Branded Merchandise Agency

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Shopper/Commerce Creative Agencies (Retail & Marketplace Creative) (MPAAAAAH)

Keywords

• Branded merchandise design
• Promotional products agency
• Custom merchandise manufacturing
• Corporate gifting services
• Creative marketing agency

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Branded Merchandise Design and Production: Harper + Scott designs, manufactures, and delivers branded merchandise for enterprise clients. Services include employee gifts, gifts-with-purchase, influencer marketing merchandise, and original retail products. Revenue is generated through project fees and product margins on manufactured goods.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Harper + Scott is a creative agency that designs, manufactures, and delivers branded merchandise for enterprise consumer brands. Its core offering covers branded merchandise design, custom manufacturing, gifts-with-purchase programs, influencer marketing merchandise, employee gifting, and original retail products, with an in-house eCommerce team operating campaign-driven webstores for clients. End-to-end logistics and fulfillment (including white-glove delivery) round out the integrated service portfolio.

Product overview

Harper + Scott is a creative branded merchandise agency offering a comprehensive suite of services centered on the design, production, and delivery of branded merchandise. The core portfolio includes branded merchandise design, custom manufacturing, eCommerce services, and logistics/fulfillment. Supporting services include trend forecasting, gifts-with-purchase programs, employee gifting, and influencer marketing merchandise. The agency specializes in end-to-end solutions from ideation through delivery, serving major brands through featured projects like the Popeyes x Megan Thee Stallion campaign, Don Julio bottle presenters, and Sephora accessories programs. The company operates as a service-based creative agency rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Branded Merchandise Design Creative design and production of branded merchandise including apparel, drinkware, accessories, and custom items for client marketing campaigns and programs.
• Custom Manufacturing End-to-end manufacturing services including mold fabrication, custom manufacturing, production management, quality control, and testing for bespoke branded merchandise.
• eCommerce Services Launch and operation of campaign-driven webstores for clients, providing the complete eCommerce experience from design through fulfillment.
• Influencer Marketing Merchandise Design and production of merchandise collections for influencer marketing campaigns, including exclusive collaborations and limited-edition product drops.
• Gifts-with-Purchase Programs Development and execution of loyalty gift programs, including quarterly trend-driven gifts-with-purchase (GWP) items for retail clients.
• Employee Gifts Corporate gifting solutions including employee appreciation items and custom branded merchandise for internal programs.
• Original Retail Products Design and production of original retail merchandise and private label goods for brand clients.
• Logistics and Fulfillment Complete logistics management including international and domestic sourcing, fulfillment, kitting, shipping, and white-glove delivery services.

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Bensussen Deutsch & Associates (BDA)coreOthers · 5 September 2025BDA, a major branded merchandise and marketing analytics firm, acquired Harper + Scott on September 5, 2025. The acquisition enhances BDA's creative capabilities, agency presence in New York, and global logistics network. Harper + Scott now operates as part of the BDA family, with the copyright notice on the website referencing 'Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, LLC.'

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Moo: Moo is a design-led printing and custom merchandise company with strong eCommerce DNA — overlapping with Harper + Scott on the design + physical goods axis but positioned more toward SMB and prosumer rather than enterprise brand clients.
• Swag.com: Swag.com is a tech-enabled corporate swag and branded merchandise platform — a more digitized, self-service competitor to Harper + Scott's high-touch creative agency model, increasingly winning enterprise RFPs with a software-first approach.
• Hatch Exhibits: Hatch Exhibits is a creative agency specializing in branded merchandise, exhibits, and experiential marketing — closely aligned with Harper + Scott's creative-first, experiential-leaning approach to enterprise brand work.

Direct peers

• HALO: HALO is a top-10 US promotional products and branded merchandise agency with in-house creative, global sourcing, and eCommerce capabilities — a near-twin business model to Harper + Scott and direct competitor for the same enterprise brand RFPs.
• Custom Ink: Custom Ink is a custom apparel and promotional products platform with a strong eCommerce engine — comparable to Harper + Scott in the branded merchandise category but differentiated by a tech-led, primarily SMB-leaning model versus Harper + Scott's enterprise focus.
• Hinda Incentives: Hinda Incentives is a large US promotional products and incentive solutions agency serving enterprise clients — competes head-to-head with Harper + Scott for branded merchandise programs, particularly those tied to loyalty and GWP campaigns.
• Brandwear: Brandwear is a creative branded merchandise agency that designs, sources, and fulfills custom apparel and promotional products for enterprise brand clients — comparable scale and service offering to Harper + Scott with the same boutique agency positioning.
• Bensussen Deutsch & Associates (BDA): BDA is Harper + Scott's parent company (acquirer as of Sept 2025) and one of the largest US promotional products and branded merchandise agencies — directly comparable in service mix (creative, sourcing, fulfillment, eCommerce) and enterprise client base.
• Quality Logo Products: Quality Logo Products is a mid-to-large US promotional products distributor serving both SMB and enterprise clients — competes with Harper + Scott on branded merchandise, particularly for clients seeking lower-touch, high-volume orders.

Broad incumbents

• 4imprint: 4imprint is a publicly-traded, large-scale direct distributor of promotional products serving enterprise clients — overlaps directly with Harper + Scott's core branded merchandise offering at significantly greater scale and with a more self-service technology platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/harperandscott
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harper-scott
• Instagraminstagram.com/harperandscott

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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