Two-thirds of business economists in the U.S. expect a recession to begin by the end of 2020, with trade policy presenting the greatest risk to the expansion, according to a new survey reported by Bloomberg. So you can keep the panic button under lock and key.

QSSP increases the knowledge and competency of safety sales professionals, which in turn, builds trust and credibility in the customer relationship. The resulting partnership can be instrumental in reducing injury and illness in the workplace.

Traditional industries including industrial supply lag consumer retailers by about a half decade. Millennials consume information differently than the boomer generation, or even Generation X. Distributors not already making adjustments will start to see declining returns.

U.S. industrial production and heavy manufacturing sales remain anemic, according to a recent Baird survey of more than 500 distributors in various channels.

The increase in net sales was driven primarily by higher unit sales, resulting from improvement in underlying market demand, growth in Fastenal’s industrial vending business, and growth in new and existing onsite locations.

Buying direct-from-manufacturer and from e-marketplaces is on the rise, according to the UPS 2017 Industrial Buying Dynamics Study.