BNET Industries
Market Cap:$7.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$6.4B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Grainger is the leading broad-line supplier of facilities maintenance and other related products in North America. Grainger distributes a wide range of products used by businesses and institutions to keep their facilities and equipment up and running. Grainger uses a multichannel business model to provide customers with a range of options for finding and purchasing products through a network of branches, sales representatives, direct marketing including catalogs, and a variety of electronic and Internet channels. Grainger serves customers through a network of more than 600 branches, 18 distribution centers and multiple Web sites.
Number of Employees 16,374
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers: 423610
Recent Events
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UPDATE 1-Grainger sees in-line Q4 profit; buys Alliance Energy
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Grainger Acquires Alliance Energy Solutions - Update
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W.W. Grainer GWW Declares $0.46 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield
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American Capital gets $66M in proceeds from sale of portfolio company
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Grainger acquires supply company
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UPDATE 1-Grainger Q3 profit beats Street
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Credit Suisse Upgrades W.W. Grainger GWW to Outperform
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CSX Posts 6.3% Gain; Citi, Goldman Climb
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Court upholds ruling in fight between Ark truckers
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UPDATE 1-Grainger sees Q3 gain from MonotaRO deal
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BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-Goldman upgrades U.S. multi-industry sector to attractive
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Most Popular: Upgrades & Downgrades
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Grainger Second Quarter Sales Down 13%
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Grainger To Buy Majority Stake In MonotaRO
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W.W. Grainger acquires Asia Pacific Brands
News & Analysis
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W.W. Grainger, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-10-14
Earnings Call ExcerptW.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW Q3 2009 Earnings Call October 14, 2009 8:00 am ET Executives Ernest Duplessis - Vice President of Investor Relations Bill Chapman - Director of Investor Relations Presentation Ernest Duplessis This is Ernest Duplessis, Vice President of Investor Relations along...
W.W. Grainger, Inc. Q2 2009 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-15
Earnings Call ExcerptW.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW Q2 2009 Earnings Call July 15, 2009 8:30 am ET Executives Laura Brown – VP IR William Chapman – Director IR Presentation Laura Brown Hello, this is Laura Brown, Vice President of Investor Relations along with William Chapman, Director of...
W.W. Grainger, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-01-26
Earnings Call ExcerptW.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW Q4 2008 Earnings Call January 26, 2009 8:00 am ET Executives Laura D. Brown - Vice President, Investor Relations William D. Chapman - Director, Investor Relations Presentation Laura Brown Hello, this is Laura Brown, Vice President of Investor Relations. Joining me...
WW Grainger: Investing in Nuts and Bolts
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-28
David Fessler submits: The futures market was so bad last Friday, it triggered the "limit down" rule - when futures trading is frozen. With no end in sight to the string of negative headlines, investors worldwide are calculating the impacts of a sustained global recession. But since there's no...
Acklands' Shareholders Approve Industrial Group Sale to W. W. Grainger, Inc
- 1996-11-05
TORONTO--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 5, 1996--Acklands Limited (TSE ACK.) Acklands Limited announced today that its shareholders have approved the sale of the Corporation's Industrial Group to W. W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW), headquartered in Chicago. As consideration for the sale, Acklands will receive $Cdn. 180 million and shares of...
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