Sales up at Grainger this July, 21% over last year
Lake Forest-based W.W. Grainger reported sales results were up for the month of July. Grainger, a company that distributes facilities maintenance products, announced that sales increased 21 percent versus July 2009.
Results for the month included a 5 percentage point positive contribution from acquisitions and a 1 percentage point contribution from foreign exchange. Excluding acquisitions and foreign exchange, daily sales for the company increased 15 percent.
July had 21 selling days in 2010 and 22 in 2009. W.W. Grainger Inc. with 2009 sales of $6.2 billion is North America's leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products with an expanding presence in Asia and Latin America.
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