Grainger reported second quarter sales of $2.2 billion, a year-over-year increase of 12 percent. Profit increased 12 percent to $191 million.
Organic sales in the second quarter increased 9 percent, including 6 percentage points from volume and
3 percentage points from price. Acquisitions contributed 5 percentage points and foreign exchange subtracted 2 percentage points from the sales growth. On a daily basis, sales increased 12 percent in April, 13 percent in May and 12 percent in June.