CHICAGO, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Grainger (NYSE: GWW), the leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products serving businesses and institutions, will host its Annual Analyst Meeting on Wednesday, November 12(th), 2014, in Lake Forest, Illinois. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Ryan will host the event. The meeting will also include presentations from the following leaders:



    --  DG Macpherson, Senior Vice President and Group President, Global Supply
        Chain & International

    --  Court Carruthers, Senior Vice President and Group President, Americas
    --  Ron Jadin, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The event will be webcast live beginning at 10:30 a.m. CST / 11:30 a.m. EST and may be accessed on Grainger's Investor Relations web site at www.grainger.com/investor.

About Grainger
 W.W. Grainger, Inc., with 2013 sales of $9.4 billion, is North America's leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products, with operations in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

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