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.

Global safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety, Inc. on July 22, 2015 reported results for the second quarter of 2015.

Sales of $2.5 billion increased 1 percent versus $2.5 billion in the 2014 second quarter.

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.

First quarter sales increased 3% over the prior year to $1.3 billion.

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.

Sales for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, increased 1% to $3.94 billion compared to sales of $3.91 billion for the same period in 2014.