Grainger reported October sales, including fasteners, increased 6%. Excluding acquisitions and foreign exchange, organic sales increased 7%, driven by 6 percentage points of volume growth.
One percentage point increase resulted from sales of Ebola-related safety products.
• Sales in the U.S. gained 7%, Canada 2% and sales Grainger’s businesses segment for Asia, Europe and Latin America – rose 16% in October.
• Beyond the October sales figures, FIN reports on how Grainger intends to increase sales from its European fastener business, Fabory Group.(…)
via Grainger Reveals Fastener Improvement Strategy – Global Fastener News – USA.