ID Quick Hits: Fastenal Bounces Back, Grainger Gains India E-Commerce, And Anixter’s Profit Dives

Today's Quick Hits cover Fastenal's January daily sales growth snapping a 4-month streak of decline, Grainger's partnership with India-based industrial products marketplace Industrybuying.com, and a look at Anixter's Q4 earnings report.

Feb 9, 2016

Today's Quick Hits cover Fastenal's January daily sales growth snapping a 4-month streak of decline, Grainger's partnership with India-based industrial products marketplace Industrybuying.com, and a look at Anixter's Q4 earnings report.

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The deal is the machinery distributor’s first since its 2025 partnership with a private equity firm.

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The company announced “organizational changes” as part of a new strategy roadmap.

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