Rexel Appoints New Digital Officer
John Pehler, who joined the company Jan. 10, has been appointed chief digital officer after previous jobs at Grainger and Caterpillar.
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Grainger Adding 100 Jobs
Distributor says it will expand customer service capabilities by adding approximately 100 new jobs to its Lake County, Illinois, headquarters.
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Grainger Sales Jump 11.7%
Industrial distributor’s 2021 3Q sales were $3.4 billion, while the company posted operating earnings of $438 million.
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Deeper Dive: How Grainger Continues to Evolve
W.W. Grainger Chairman and CEO D.G. Macpherson provided insight on how his company continues to evolve in the face of a shifting landscape.
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Grainger’s Q2 Sales Improve 13.1%
Industrial distributor’s sales for the first six months increased 7.8% from the same period of 2020.
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Grainger ‘Well Positioned’ to Meet Ongoing Market Challenges
Industrial distributor drives growth across business, maintaining top rankings.
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Grainger’s 1Q Sales Up 2.8%
Industrial distribution giant Grainger says its High-Touch Solutions (N.A.) segment sales were up 1.8%, and 3.4% on a daily basis versus the prior-year quarter.
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Grainger Subsidiary Imperial Supplies to Relocate North Carolina Warehouse
Company said the new Salisbury, N.C., distribution center will better meet growing customer demand.
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Grainger Names Chief Information Security Officer
Industrial distributor appoints Julie Myerholtz to lead the company’s cybersecurity vision and strategy.
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What Happened to Grainger’s Margins in 4Q?
“Disappointing” was how one analyst described the industrial distributor’s gross margin performance (down 290bps) in the period, but such a plunge was all too familiar for many companies in these pandemic-plagued times.
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Grainger’s 2020 Sales Up 2.7%
Industrial distributor Grainger says its fourth-quarter sales were up 3.3% as the company continued to deal with the “challenges and uncertainty” of COVID-19.
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Grainger Announces Two Executive Appointments
MRO distribution giant names Deidra “Dee” Merriwether as CFO and Paige Robbins as SVP and president of the Grainger Business Unit.
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Grainger Announces CFO Change
Distributor appoints Robert O’Keef to interim CFO following the decision by Tom Okray to step down and join another publicly traded company.
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From Market Leaders to Future Leaders: MDM’s Top Blogs of November
Go behind the scenes of Ferguson and Grainger, learn what’s driving building material M&A, discover the distribution leaders of tomorrow and see what Amazon does better than anyone by checking out MDM’s most-read blogs from last month.
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Big Business Moves: MDM’s Top Blogs of October
Strategic activity from leading distributors like Ferguson, Grainger and Fastenal led to the most-read blogs of October 2020.
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Behind Grainger’s Customer Acquisition Strategy
After Grainger posted a moderate improvement in the third quarter, company executives dished on the distributor’s approach to acquiring new customers and how it is bolstering the company. Here’s what they shared.
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Grainger’s 3Q Sales Up 2.4%
Industrial distributor Grainger says its U.S. segment sales were up 3.1%, outgrowing the U.S. MRO market which declined an estimated 5% to 6%.
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Grainger’s Q2 Sales Dip 2% as MRO Market Suffers
Industrial distributor estimates that MRO market declined 14% to 15% during the quarter even as company gained share in the U.S.
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