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CHICAGO, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grainger (NYSE: GWW) today reported sales for the month of July 2007. Daily sales for the month of July grew 7 percent versus July 2006. Sales growth was partially offset by a decline in sales of seasonal products due to the mild temperatures in many parts of the United States. Sales growth was ... partially offset by the continued disengagements of low margin integrated-supply contracts, which had a 1 percentage point negative effect. To access the Grainger sales update and recorded message, which features additional information, visit http://www.grainger.com/investor.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grainger (NYSE: GWW - News) today reported sales results for the month of November 2007. Sales grew 10 percent versus November 2006 including a 2 percentage point benefit from foreign currency. Selling days for the month (21) were the same in both years. The 2007 fourth quarter will have 64 days versus 63 days in the 2006 fourth quarter.
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CHICAGO, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grainger (NYSE: GWW) today reported sales for the month of May 2007. Daily sales for the month of May grew 8 percent versus May 2006. Sales growth was partially offset by a decline in sales under certain low margin contracts with integrated supply customers, which had a 1 percentage point negative effect. To access the Grainger sales update and recorded message, which features additional information, visit http://www.grainger.com/investor.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grainger (NYSE: GWW), a leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions, conducted its annual analyst meeting in Lake Forest, Illinois, today. Presenters included Richard L. Keyser, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, James T. Ryan, President, Kevin Peters, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management, and P. Ogden Loux, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer.
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Lab Safety Supply, Inc., a subsidiary of Grainger (NYSE: GWW) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ben Meadows Company of Canton, Georgia. Ben Meadows, a privately held corporation with annual sales of more than $20 million, is a business-to-business direct marketer specializing in equipment for the natural resources and forestry management markets.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 12 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Grainger (NYSE: GWW) today reported sales results for the month of January 2008. Sales grew 8 percent versus January 2007 including a 2 percentage point benefit from foreign exchange.
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