Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
W.W. Grainger Inc. said its Canada-based Acklands-Grainger subsidiary has acquired the assets of closely held Excel Industrial, of Granby, Quebec.
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
W.W. Grainger Inc. said April sales were up 13 percent from a year earlier.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
W.W. Grainger Inc. said Wednesday that directors approved a 14 percent increase in the Lake Forest company's dividend, and also authorized the repurchase of an additional up to 10 million Grainger shares.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- W.W. Grainger Inc. said Wednesday its board authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 10 million shares of outstanding common stock and hiked the quarterly dividend by 14.3%. Grainger said the repurchased shares will be available for general corporate purposes. The company had about 77 million shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31. Grainger said it...
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Facilities maintenance supplier W.W. Grainger Inc. has opened a 2,200-square-foot center in Phoenix.
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Dobromir Stoyanov submits: W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) supplies facilities maintenance and other-related products in North America. It operates in three segments: Grainger Branch-based, Acklands Grainger Branch-based (Acklands Grainger), and Lab Safety Supply, Inc. (Lab Safety). Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. offers atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
W.W. Grainger Inc. said Monday that 65-year-old Richard L. Keyser intends to step down from the chief executive officer post June 1, with President James T. Ryan additionally assuming the CEO post at that time.
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
W.W. Grainger named James T. Ryan to succeed Richard L. Keyser as chief executive, effective June 1, as the industrial-supplies distributor continues to shuffle its upper ranks.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- W.W. Grainger on Monday said President James T. Ryan has been tapped for the added title of chief executive officer. Richard L. Keyser will remain with the Chicago-based facilities maintenance products company as chairman. Both men are standing for election to the board on April 30. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move....
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - W.W. Grainger Inc saw February sales soften, but not enough to make the building maintenance supply company cut its full-year financial forecast, the chief operating officer said on Monday.
ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
(AP) - Maintenance-product maker W.W. Grainger Inc. said Wednesday its board elected Ronald L. Jadin to senior vice-president and chief financial officer. Jadin, 47, replaces P. Ogden Loux, 65, the company's chief financial officer since 1996, who was named vice-chairman. The change is ...
ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
(Reuters) - Building maintenance supply company W.W. Grainger Inc. said on Tuesday its January sales rose 8 percent from a year earlier, including a 2 percentage point benefit from foreign exchange. Investors and analysts have been closely watching sales of the company, which makes lighting, ...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
W.W. Grainger Inc. said Tuesday that sales rose 8 percent in January, with 2 percentage points of that increase attributable to favorable foreign-currency conversion.
