U.S. industrial production and heavy manufacturing sales remain anemic, according to a recent Baird survey of more than 500 distributors in various channels.
B2B e-commerce sales in the U.S. will grow from $780 billion in 2015 to an estimated $1.1 trillion in 2020, according to Forrester Research’s “U.S. B2B E-Commerce Forecast: 2015 to 2020” report released earlier this year.
While Facebook’s newest offerings unfortunately don’t include a filter for overzealous family members, the good news is that the social media giant’s latest rollout should help businesses grow.
Net sales increased 5% for the three-month period, and 6.8% for the six-month period. Net earnings were up 7.5% for the quarter and 10.5% for the first six months of 2015.
AD, the $31 billion contractor and industrial products wholesale buying / marketing group, reported sales for all AD members, across all seven divisions, grew by 4% in Q2 of 2015 to $16.7 billion.
Fastenal Company of Winona, MN (Nasdaq:FAST) reported the results of the quarter and year ended December 31, 2014.
May 4, 2015
Net sales for the 12-month period increased 12.2% to $3,733,507; sales for the fourth quarter increased 13.8% to $926,254. Net earnings for 2014 totaled $494,150, an increase of 10.1% over 2013 earnings.