SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwire) — 10/26/12 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — The Great Recession and the following years of recovery have taken their toll on the in the U.S. Spending has remained at a slightly lower level than before the recession, and companies have had to make a number of significant adjustments to how they handle their businesses in order to remain both competitive and operational. In 2012, the U.S. saw total spending slip slightly when compa