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W.W. Grainger, Inc
(NYSE:GWW) 

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W.W. Grainger, Inc. distributes maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company provides material handling equipment, safety and security supplies, lighting and electrical products, power and hand tools, pumps and plumbing...

Founded: 1927
Full Time Employees: 23,800
CEO: Donald G. Macpherson  
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Industrial Distribution

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      net sales
    4,425,000,000 4,657,000,000 4,554,000,000 4,306,000,000 4,233,000,000 4,388,000,000 4,312,000,000 4,235,000,000 3,997,000,000 4,208,000,000 4,182,000,000 4,091,000,000 3,802,000,000 3,942,000,000 3,837,000,000 3,647,000,000 3,359,000,000 3,372,000,000 3,207,000,000 3,084,000,000 2,941,000,000 3,018,000,000 2,837,000,000 3,001,000,000 2,847,000,000 2,947,000,000 2,893,000,000 2,799,000,000 2,762,958,000 2,831,429,000 2,860,212,000 2,766,401,000 2,632,461,000 2,635,999,000 2,615,269,000 2,541,129,000 2,470,710,000 2,596,288,000 2,563,668,000 2,506,538,000 2,478,258,000 2,532,900,000 2,522,565,000 2,439,661,000 2,510,959,000 2,562,263,000 2,506,104,000 2,385,627,000 2,377,232,000 2,398,530,000 2,381,561,000 2,280,435,000 2,226,120,000 2,281,205,000 2,249,275,000 2,193,445,000 2,076,904,000 2,114,647,000 2,003,022,000 1,883,612,000 1,826,696,000 1,899,412,000 1,783,696,000 1,672,354,000 1,633,815,000 1,589,665,000 1,533,263,000 1,465,248,000 1,592,655,000 1,839,475,000 1,756,856,000 1,661,046,000 1,611,753,000 1,658,592,000 1,601,011,000 1,546,658,000 1,462,158,000 1,519,499,000 1,482,880,000 1,419,117,000 
      yoy
    4.54% 6.13% 5.61% 1.68% 5.90% 4.28% 3.11% 3.52% 5.13% 6.75% 8.99% 12.17% 13.19% 16.90% 19.64% 18.26% 14.21% 11.73% 13.04% 2.77% 3.30% 2.41% -1.94% 7.22% 3.04% 4.08% 1.15% 1.18% 4.96% 7.41% 9.37% 8.87% 6.55% 1.53% 2.01% 1.38% -0.30% 2.50% 1.63% 2.74% -1.30% -1.15% 0.66% 2.26% 5.63% 6.83% 5.23% 4.61% 6.79% 5.14% 5.88% 3.97% 7.18% 7.88% 12.29% 16.45% 13.70% 11.33% 12.30% 12.63% 11.81% 19.49% 16.33% 14.13% 2.58% -13.58% -12.73% -11.79% -1.18% 10.91% 9.73% 7.40% 10.23% 9.15% 7.97% 8.99%     
      qoq
    -4.98% 2.26% 5.76% 1.72% -3.53% 1.76% 1.82% 5.95% -5.01% 0.62% 2.22% 7.60% -3.55% 2.74% 5.21% 8.57% -0.39% 5.14% 3.99% 4.86% -2.55% 6.38% -5.46% 5.41% -3.39% 1.87% 3.36% 1.30% -2.42% -1.01% 3.39% 5.09% -0.13% 0.79% 2.92% 2.85% -4.84% 1.27% 2.28% 1.14% -2.16% 0.41% 3.40% -2.84% -2.00% 2.24% 5.05% 0.35% -0.89% 0.71% 4.43% 2.44% -2.41% 1.42% 2.55% 5.61% -1.78% 5.57% 6.34% 3.12% -3.83% 6.49% 6.66% 2.36% 2.78% 3.68% 4.64% -8.00% -13.42% 4.70% 5.77% 3.06% -2.82% 3.60% 3.51% 5.78% -3.77% 2.47% 4.49%  
      cost of goods sold
    2,679,000,000 2,859,000,000 2,799,000,000 2,596,000,000 2,557,000,000 2,668,000,000 2,618,000,000 2,567,000,000 2,434,000,000 2,553,000,000 2,538,000,000 2,457,000,000 2,296,000,000 2,423,000,000 2,396,000,000 2,264,000,000 2,106,000,000 2,122,000,000 2,083,000,000 1,991,000,000 1,914,000,000 1,944,000,000 1,821,000,000 1,880,000,000 1,765,000,000 1,848,000,000 1,772,000,000 1,704,000,000 1,696,893,000 1,752,194,000 1,749,271,000                                                  
      gross profit
    1,746,000,000 1,798,000,000 1,755,000,000 1,710,000,000 1,676,000,000 1,720,000,000 1,694,000,000 1,668,000,000 1,563,000,000 1,655,000,000 1,644,000,000 1,634,000,000 1,506,000,000 1,519,000,000 1,441,000,000 1,383,000,000 1,253,000,000 1,250,000,000 1,124,000,000 1,093,000,000 1,027,000,000 1,074,000,000 1,016,000,000 1,121,000,000 1,082,000,000 1,099,000,000 1,121,000,000 1,095,000,000 1,066,065,000 1,079,235,000 1,110,941,000 1,091,759,000 1,021,229,000 1,017,180,000 1,039,956,000 1,019,192,000 989,692,000 1,039,752,000 1,040,059,000 1,045,053,000 1,002,375,000 1,061,879,000 1,073,432,000 1,093,743,000 1,054,801,000 1,102,784,000 1,080,686,000 1,075,971,000 1,006,397,000 1,051,366,000 1,046,984,000 1,031,736,000 969,525,000 993,960,000 978,343,000 974,332,000 905,785,000 912,999,000 862,394,000 829,614,000 763,132,000 789,724,000 747,086,000 705,742,000 684,198,000 659,945,000 624,968,000 629,415,000 680,063,000 742,348,000 705,877,000 679,934,000 671,481,000 659,589,000 640,465,000 632,088,000 601,431,000 599,087,000 583,305,000 570,327,000 
      yoy
    4.18% 4.53% 3.60% 2.52% 7.23% 3.93% 3.04% 2.08% 3.78% 8.95% 14.09% 18.15% 20.19% 21.52% 28.20% 26.53% 22.01% 16.39% 10.63% -2.50% -5.08% -2.27% -9.37% 2.37% 1.49% 1.83% 0.91% 0.30% 4.39% 6.10% 6.83% 7.12% 3.19% -2.17% -0.01% -2.47% -1.27% -2.08% -3.11% -4.45% -4.97% -3.71% -0.67% 1.65% 4.81% 4.89% 3.22% 4.29% 3.80% 5.78% 7.02% 5.89% 7.04% 8.87% 13.45% 17.44% 18.69% 15.61% 15.43% 17.55% 11.54% 19.67% 19.54% 12.13% 0.61% -11.10% -11.46% -7.43% 1.28% 12.55% 10.21% 7.57% 11.65% 10.10% 9.80% 10.83%     
      qoq
    -2.89% 2.45% 2.63% 2.03% -2.56% 1.53% 1.56% 6.72% -5.56% 0.67% 0.61% 8.50% -0.86% 5.41% 4.19% 10.38% 0.24% 11.21% 2.84% 6.43% -4.38% 5.71% -9.37% 3.60% -1.55% -1.96% 2.37% 2.71% -1.22% -2.85% 1.76% 6.91% 0.40% -2.19% 2.04% 2.98% -4.81% -0.03% -0.48% 4.26% -5.60% -1.08% -1.86% 3.69% -4.35% 2.04% 0.44% 6.91% -4.28% 0.42% 1.48% 6.42% -2.46% 1.60% 0.41% 7.57% -0.79% 5.87% 3.95% 8.71% -3.37% 5.71% 5.86% 3.15% 3.68% 5.60% -0.71% -7.45% -8.39% 5.17% 3.82% 1.26% 1.80% 2.99% 1.33% 5.10% 0.39% 2.71% 2.28%  
      gross margin %
    39.46% 38.61% 38.54% 39.71% 39.59% 39.20% 39.29% 39.39% 39.10% 39.33% 39.31% 39.94% 39.61% 38.53% 37.56% 37.92% 37.30% 37.07% 35.05% 35.44% 34.92% 35.59% 35.81% 37.35% 38.00% 37.29% 38.75% 39.12% 38.58% 38.12% 38.84% 39.46% 38.79% 38.59% 39.76% 40.11% 40.06% 40.05% 40.57% 41.69% 40.45% 41.92% 42.55% 44.83% 42.01% 43.04% 43.12% 45.10% 42.33% 43.83% 43.96% 45.24% 43.55% 43.57% 43.50% 44.42% 43.61% 43.18% 43.05% 44.04% 41.78% 41.58% 41.88% 42.20% 41.88% 41.51% 40.76% 42.96% 42.70% 40.36% 40.18% 40.93% 41.66% 39.77% 40.00% 40.87% 41.13% 39.43% 39.34% 40.19% 
      selling, general and administrative expenses
    1,112,000,000 1,287,000,000 1,077,000,000 1,038,000,000 1,043,000,000 1,034,000,000 1,045,000,000 999,000,000 1,006,000,000 988,000,000 983,000,000 954,000,000 962,000,000 916,000,000 907,000,000 849,000,000 836,000,000 812,000,000 790,000,000 735,000,000 752,000,000 694,000,000 811,000,000 962,000,000 901,000,000 761,000,000 741,000,000 732,000,000 776,003,000 890,113,000 766,955,000                                                  
      operating earnings
    634,000,000 511,000,000 678,000,000 672,000,000 633,000,000 686,000,000 649,000,000 669,000,000 557,000,000 667,000,000 661,000,000 680,000,000 544,000,000 603,000,000 534,000,000 534,000,000 417,000,000 438,000,000 334,000,000 358,000,000 275,000,000 380,000,000 205,000,000 159,000,000 181,000,000 338,000,000 380,000,000 363,000,000 290,062,000 189,122,000 343,986,000 334,830,000 239,939,000 281,170,000 232,065,000 295,488,000 174,228,000 322,587,000 305,589,000 317,092,000 251,626,000 340,729,000 356,717,000 351,247,000 266,514,000 385,513,000 340,751,000 354,339,000 256,763,000 346,715,000 350,072,000 343,305,000 258,438,000 254,326,000 314,000,000 304,361,000 221,493,000 303,040,000 265,282,000 262,614,000 211,402,000 251,273,000 214,915,000 182,885,000 165,361,000 186,720,000 153,929,000 159,214,000 180,557,000 231,457,000 184,835,000 185,823,000 167,161,000 174,332,000 166,575,000 162,585,000 147,797,000 151,313,000 144,544,000 134,417,000 
      other expense:
                                                                                    
      interest expense – net
    20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 21,000,000 17,000,000 19,000,000 20,000,000 21,000,000 23,000,000 22,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 23,000,000 25,000,000 22,000,000 23,000,000                                                                 
      other – net
    -6,000,000 -1,000,000 -3,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -4,000,000 -7,000,000 -7,000,000 -7,000,000 -7,000,000 -8,000,000 -6,000,000 -4,000,000 -9,000,000 -5,000,000 -6,000,000                                                                 
      total other expense – net
    14,000,000 19,000,000 17,000,000 15,000,000 11,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 19,000,000 16,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000                                                                 
      earnings before income taxes
    620,000,000 492,000,000 661,000,000 657,000,000 622,000,000 671,000,000 636,000,000 655,000,000 541,000,000 652,000,000 645,000,000 662,000,000 525,000,000 587,000,000 517,000,000 517,000,000 401,000,000 422,000,000 319,000,000 343,000,000 259,000,000 362,000,000 184,000,000 142,000,000 170,000,000 322,000,000 366,000,000 351,000,000 279,629,000 171,017,000 323,360,000 306,994,000 207,457,000 249,998,000 207,196,000 270,673,000 145,309,000 293,185,000 282,980,000 297,584,000 234,933,000 319,447,000 348,686,000 347,639,000 261,713,000 382,635,000 338,425,000 351,613,000 254,295,000 343,861,000 347,520,000 341,924,000 253,827,000 250,720,000 310,729,000 302,513,000 226,078,000 300,459,000 263,826,000 261,164,000 210,148,000 249,844,000 212,796,000 180,990,000 163,823,000 233,420,000 151,626,000 158,468,000 173,648,000 228,690,000 184,380,000 186,500,000 168,704,000 177,184,000 170,252,000 165,721,000 152,983,000 156,804,000 152,869,000 140,367,000 
      income tax provision
    141,000,000 171,000,000 153,000,000 157,000,000 125,000,000 166,000,000 146,000,000 158,000,000 129,000,000 159,000,000 155,000,000 154,000,000 128,000,000 145,000,000 128,000,000 132,000,000 100,000,000 107,000,000 76,000,000 88,000,000 74,000,000 106,000,000 55,000,000 -43,000,000                                                         
      net earnings
    479,000,000 321,000,000 508,000,000 500,000,000 497,000,000 505,000,000 490,000,000 497,000,000 412,000,000 493,000,000 490,000,000 508,000,000 397,000,000 442,000,000 389,000,000 385,000,000 301,000,000 315,000,000 243,000,000 255,000,000 185,000,000 256,000,000 129,000,000 185,000,000 117,000,000 244,000,000 272,000,000 262,000,000 219,427,000 115,045,000 247,743,000 240,785,000 161,815,000 170,816,000 106,959,000 182,853,000 68,340,000 193,409,000 179,445,000 191,644,000 149,171,000 196,622,000 225,235,000 214,146,000 151,114,000 233,050,000 209,077,000 219,055,000 159,393,000 213,075,000 220,753,000 214,527,000 158,486,000 157,804,000 193,101,000 189,458,000 151,708,000 184,047,000 171,569,000 159,088,000 133,201,000 151,297,000 129,667,000 99,417,000 97,364,000 144,564,000 92,466,000 96,378,000 107,915,000 140,023,000 113,179,000 114,238,000 104,392,000 109,150,000 104,791,000 101,787,000 98,933,000 104,494,000 93,739,000 86,233,000 
      less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest
    28,000,000 27,000,000 26,000,000 21,000,000 22,000,000 19,000,000 20,000,000 19,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 13,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 19,000,000                                                                 
      net earnings attributable to w.w. grainger, inc.
    451,000,000 294,000,000 482,000,000 479,000,000 475,000,000 486,000,000 470,000,000 478,000,000 395,000,000 476,000,000 470,000,000 488,000,000 384,000,000 426,000,000 371,000,000 366,000,000 283,000,000 297,000,000 225,000,000 238,000,000 168,000,000 240,000,000 114,000,000 173,000,000 103,000,000 233,000,000 260,000,000 253,000,000 209,107,000 104,377,000 236,981,000 231,535,000 151,059,000 162,006,000 97,921,000 174,744,000 60,666,000 185,873,000 172,676,000 186,713,000 145,232,000 192,201,000 220,548,000 211,015,000 148,839,000 230,322,000 205,915,000 216,653,000 156,749,000 210,789,000 217,660,000 211,838,000 156,267,000 155,394,000 190,704,000 187,516,000 148,484,000 182,121,000 169,885,000 157,933,000 132,210,000 150,405,000 129,077,000 99,173,000                 
      yoy
    -5.05% -39.51% 2.55% 0.21% 20.25% 2.10% 0.00% -2.05% 2.86% 11.74% 26.68% 33.33% 35.69% 43.43% 64.89% 53.78% 68.45% 23.75% 97.37% 37.57% 63.11% 3.00% -56.15% -31.62% -50.74% 123.23% 9.71% 9.27% 38.43% -35.57% 142.01% 32.50% 149.00% -12.84% -43.29% -6.41% -58.23% -3.29% -21.71% -11.52% -2.42% -16.55% 7.11% -2.60% -5.05% 9.27% -5.40% 2.27% 0.31% 35.65% 14.13% 12.97% 5.24% -14.68% 12.25% 18.73% 12.31% 21.09% 31.62% 59.25%                     
      qoq
    53.40% -39.00% 0.63% 0.84% -2.26% 3.40% -1.67% 21.01% -17.02% 1.28% -3.69% 27.08% -9.86% 14.82% 1.37% 29.33% -4.71% 32.00% -5.46% 41.67% -30.00% 110.53% -34.10% 67.96% -55.79% -10.38% 2.77% 20.99% 100.34% -55.96% 2.35% 53.27% -6.76% 65.45% -43.96% 188.04% -67.36% 7.64% -7.52% 28.56% -24.44% -12.85% 4.52% 41.77% -35.38% 11.85% -4.96% 38.22% -25.64% -3.16% 2.75% 35.56% 0.56% -18.52% 1.70% 26.29% -18.47% 7.20% 7.57% 19.46% -12.10% 16.52% 30.15%                  
      net income margin %
    10.19% 6.31% 10.58% 11.12% 11.22% 11.08% 10.90% 11.29% 9.88% 11.31% 11.24% 11.93% 10.10% 10.81% 9.67% 10.04% 8.43% 8.81% 7.02% 7.72% 5.71% 7.95% 4.02% 5.76% 3.62% 7.91% 8.99% 9.04% 7.57% 3.69% 8.29% 8.37% 5.74% 6.15% 3.74% 6.88% 2.46% 7.16% 6.74% 7.45% 5.86% 7.59% 8.74% 8.65% 5.93% 8.99% 8.22% 9.08% 6.59% 8.79% 9.14% 9.29% 7.02% 6.81% 8.48% 8.55% 7.15% 8.61% 8.48% 8.38% 7.24% 7.92% 7.24% 5.93% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 
      earnings per share:
                                                                                    
      basic
    9.45 6.13 9.99 9.88 9.74 9.9 9.54 9.65 7.94 9.47 9.32 9.66 7.58 8.31 7.22 7.11 5.46 5.68 4.3 4.51 3.14 4.43 2.11 3.2 1.93 4.27 4.69 4.5 3.7 1.84 4.19 4.09 2.64 2.8 1.68 2.95 1.06 3.07 2.81 2.36 2.94 3.28 3.11 2.17 3.33 2.97 3.11 2.25 2.99 3.08 2.99 2.21 2.19 2.68 2.63 2.08 2.56 2.39 2.23 1.86 2.1 1.76 1.34 1.29 1.91 1.23 1.27 1.43 1.84 1.48 1.47 1.32 1.33 1.25 1.21 1.15 1.2 1.05 0.96 
      diluted
    9.43 6.12 9.97 9.86 9.71 9.87 9.51 9.62 7.91 9.43 9.28 9.61 7.54 8.27 7.19 7.07 5.44 5.65 4.27 4.48 3.12 4.41 2.1 3.19 1.92 4.25 4.67 4.48 3.69 1.82 4.16 4.07 2.63 2.79 1.67 2.93 1.05 3.05 2.79 2.98 2.34 2.92 3.25 3.07 2.15 3.3 2.94 3.07 2.21 2.95 3.03 2.94 2.17 2.15 2.63 2.57 2.04 2.51 2.34 2.18 1.83 2.06 1.73 1.31 1.28 1.88 1.21 1.25 1.39 1.79 1.43 1.43 1.27 1.29 1.21 1.17 1.13 1.16 1.02 0.93 
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding:
                                                                                    
      basic
    47.9 47.8 48 48.2 48.9 48.8 49 49.2 49.9 49.9 50.1 50.2 50.9 50.8 51 51.1 51.9 51.8 52.2 52.3 53.5 53.6 53.5 53.6 54.7 54,125,184 55,139,799 55.6 56.1 56,339,630 56,109,809 56,062,607 57,674,977 57,316,532 58,012,731 58,720,066 60,430,892 60,016,550 60,891,298 61,668,682 65,156,864 64,720,037 66,652,130 67,229,653 68,334,322 68,296,018 68,453,602 68,699,561 69,455,507 69,461,060 69,664,697 69,562,387 69,811,881 69,625,081 69,937,085 70,132,777 69,690,854 69,846,233 69,608,563 69,403,432 70,836,945 69,923,864 71,691,961 72,576,633   73,443,360    76,542,071 77,933,996 82,403,958 82,233,231 84,130,074 83,979,114 87,838,723 87,258,559 89,342,642 89,637,735 
      diluted
    48 47.9 48.1 48.3 49 48.9 49.2 49.4 50.1 50.1 50.3 50.5 51.1 51.1 51.3 51.4 52.2 52.1 52.5 52.6 53.7 53.9 53.7 53.8 54.9 54,354,904 55,378,936 55.9 56.5 56,803,857 56,552,644 56,403,246 57,983,167 57,521,348 58,287,312 59,202,882 60,839,930 60,416,151 61,301,545 62,099,801 65,765,121 65,289,144 67,317,131 67,982,362 69,205,744 69,111,945 69,341,885 69,677,438 70,576,432 70,547,071 70,801,050 70,774,614 71,181,733 70,960,547 71,307,640 71,655,759 71,176,158 71,280,405 71,122,909 70,906,732 72,138,858 71,168,281 72,931,206 73,854,681   74,558,636    79,012,567 80,131,555 85,044,963 84,864,258 86,775,154 86,758,949 90,523,774 89,682,032 92,104,424 92,484,701 
      interest expense - net
                    16,250,000 22,000,000                                                               
      other - net
                    -4,750,000 -6,000,000                                                               
      total other expense - net
                    11,500,000 16,000,000                                                               
      less: net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest
                    18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000 9,000,000 10,320,000 10,668,000 10,762,000 9,250,000 10,756,000 8,810,000 9,038,000 8,109,000 7,674,000 7,536,000 6,769,000 4,931,000 3,939,000 4,421,000 4,687,000 3,131,000 2,275,000 2,728,000 3,162,000 2,402,000 2,644,000 2,286,000 3,093,000 2,689,000 2,219,000 2,410,000 2,397,000 1,942,000    1,155,000                     
      cash dividends paid per share
                    1.193 1.62 1.62 1.53 1.103 1.53 1.44 1.44 1.06 1.44 1.44 1.36 1.36 1.36 1.28 0.945 1.28 1.28 1.22 0.903 1.22 1.22 1.17 0.855 1.17 1.17 1.08 0.773 1.08 1.08 0.93 0.665 0.93 0.93 0.8 0.565 0.8 0.8 0.66 0.465 0.66 0.66 0.54 0.385 0.54 0.54 0.46 0.33 0.46 0.46 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.35 0.248 0.35 0.35 0.29 0.205 0.29 0.29 0.24 
      interest expense
                      22,000,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 23,000,000 28,000,000 21,000,000 143,000,000 -21,000,000 -22,000,000 -21,000,000 -18,058,000 -22,353,000 -22,924,000 -24,665,000 -21,809,000 -21,765,000 -19,905,000 -16,979,000 -17,776,000 -18,024,000 -16,806,000 -13,725,000 -13,852,000 -13,899,000 -4,184,000 -1,636,000 -2,096,000 -2,377,000 -2,757,000 -2,863,000 -3,123,000 -3,734,000 -3,201,000 -3,166,000 -5,360,000 -4,751,000 -2,910,000 -3,057,000 -2,654,000 -2,579,000 -1,980,000 -1,878,000 -1,983,000 -1,954,000 -2,220,000 -2,030,000 -2,032,000 -2,198,000 -2,318,000 -2,218,000 -4,894,000 -4,393,000 -3,765,000 -1,433,000 -1,157,000 -721,000 -519,000 -577,000 -446,000 -485,000 -502,000 -493,000 
      other
                      -7,000,000 -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -5,000,000 -7,000,000 -4,000,000 -44,000,000 4,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 5,999,000 5,976,000 4,327,000 7,698,000                                                 
      total other expense
                      15,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 21,000,000 17,000,000 95,000,000 -16,000,000 -14,000,000 -12,000,000 -10,433,000 -18,105,000 -20,626,000 -27,836,000 -32,482,000 -31,172,000 -24,869,000 -24,815,000 -28,919,000 -29,402,000 -22,609,000 -19,508,000 -8,230,500 -21,282,000 -8,031,000 -3,608,000 -1,982,500 -2,878,000 -2,326,000 -2,726,000     -2,181,250 -3,606,000 -3,271,000 -1,848,000                         
      other income:
                                                                                    
      interest income
                            1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,355,000 2,003,000 1,014,000 628,000 1,205,000 707,000 465,000 193,000 243,000 147,000 162,000 165,000 232,000 464,000 277,000 192,000 384,000 630,000 413,000 640,000 718,000 822,000 796,000 898,000 756,000 707,000 602,000 595,000 508,000 553,000 527,000 480,000 370,000 324,000 280,000 241,000 310,000 374,000 273,000 401,000 1,427,000 1,602,000 1,236,000 804,000 943,000 3,144,000 4,016,000 4,022,000 5,185,000 5,571,000 5,381,000 5,359,000 
      income taxes
                            53,000,000 78,000,000 94,000,000 89,000,000 60,202,000 55,972,000 75,617,000 66,209,000 45,642,000 79,182,000 100,237,000 87,820,000 76,969,000 99,776,000 103,535,000 105,940,000 85,762,000 122,825,000 123,451,000 133,493,000 110,599,000 149,585,000 129,348,000 132,558,000 94,902,000 130,786,000 126,767,000 127,397,000 95,341,000 92,916,000 117,628,000 113,055,000 74,370,000 116,412,000 92,257,000 102,076,000 76,947,000 98,547,000 83,129,000 81,573,000 66,459,000 88,856,000 59,160,000 62,090,000 65,733,000 88,667,000 71,201,000 72,262,000 64,312,000 68,034,000 65,461,000 63,934,000 54,050,000 52,310,000 59,130,000 54,134,000 
      losses from equity method investment
                                -4,567,750 -3,731,000 -3,043,000                                                  
      cost of merchandise sold
                                   1,674,642,000 1,611,232,000 1,618,819,000 1,575,313,000 1,521,937,000 1,481,018,000 1,556,536,000 1,523,609,000 1,461,485,000 1,475,883,000 1,471,021,000 1,449,133,000 1,345,918,000 1,456,158,000 1,459,479,000 1,425,418,000 1,309,656,000 1,370,835,000 1,347,164,000 1,334,577,000 1,248,699,000 1,256,595,000 1,287,245,000 1,270,932,000 1,219,113,000 1,171,119,000 1,201,648,000 1,140,628,000 1,053,998,000 1,063,564,000 1,109,688,000 1,036,610,000 966,612,000 949,617,000 929,720,000 908,295,000 835,833,000 912,592,000 1,097,127,000 1,050,979,000 981,112,000 940,272,000 999,003,000 960,546,000 914,570,000 860,727,000 920,412,000 899,575,000 848,790,000 
      warehousing, marketing and administrative expenses
                                   756,929,000 781,290,000 736,010,000 807,891,000 723,704,000 815,464,000 717,165,000 734,470,000 727,961,000 750,749,000 721,150,000 716,715,000 742,496,000 788,287,000 717,271,000 739,935,000 721,632,000 749,634,000 704,651,000 696,912,000 688,431,000 711,087,000 739,634,000 664,343,000 669,971,000 684,292,000 609,959,000 597,112,000 567,000,000 551,730,000 538,451,000 532,171,000 522,857,000 518,837,000 473,225,000 471,039,000 470,201,000 499,506,000 510,891,000 521,042,000 494,111,000 504,320,000 485,257,000 473,890,000 469,503,000 453,634,000 447,774,000 438,761,000 435,910,000 
      loss from equity method investment
                                   -11,497,000 -12,641,000 -10,635,000 -6,121,000 -8,374,000 -9,046,000 -10,333,000 -5,427,000 -6,388,000 -1,467,000 -5,972,000 -4,302,000                                      
      other non-operating income
                                    389,500 521,000  345,000    694,000 152,000 225,000 484,000 241,000 52,000 87,000 177,000 167,000 205,000 381,000 164,000 1,982,000 168,000 830,000 156,000 712,000 77,000 102,000 383,000 147,000 365,000 277,000 539,000 427,000 126,000 602,000 234,000              
      other non-operating income and
                                      692,000    -538,000                                          
      other income and
                                                                                    
      other non-operating expense
                                        -3,640,000 -1,192,000  -254,000 -1,758,000 -2,100,000 -306,000 -2,405,000 -3,141,000 -1,218,000 -159,000 -670,000 -268,000 -323,000 -311,000 -1,095,000 -175,000 -392,000 -1,119,000 -98,000 -1,038,000 -786,000 -418,000 -299,000 -81,000 -70,000 -547,000 -453,000 -78,000 -76,000 -1,199,000              
      total other income and
                                                    -2,468,000 -2,854,000 -2,552,000 -1,381,000     4,585,000 -2,581,000 -1,456,000 -1,450,000 -1,254,000 -1,429,000 -2,119,000 -1,895,000 -1,538,000 46,700,000 -2,303,000 -746,000 -6,909,000 -2,767,000 -455,000 677,000 1,543,000 2,852,000 3,677,000 3,136,000 5,186,000 5,491,000 8,325,000 5,950,000 
      equity in net income of unconsolidated entity
                                                            65,250 129,000 32,000                      
      net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                            1,191,250 1,926,000 1,684,000                      
      equity in net income of unconsolidated entity – net
                                                               100,000                     
      equity in net income of unconsolidated entities – net
                                                                -64,250 -6,000 -171,000 -80,000 340,250 578,000               
      gain on previously held equity interest – net
                                                                    11,835,750 47,420,000               
      less: earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                                431,500 892,000 590,000 244,000                 
      weighted average number of shares outstanding:
                                                                                    
      basic
                                                                    73,786,346 74,047,973  74,260,401 76,579,856 75,967,774           
      diluted
                                                                    74,891,852 75,202,845  75,142,460 78,750,328 78,279,422           
      equity in net income of unconsolidated entities
                                                                      707,000 76,000 807,000 755,000 1,343,000 737,000         
      unclassified – net
                                                                       995,000 1,782,000 -731,000 731,000 569,000 94,000 -41,000 -45,000 33,000 36,000 -75,000 293,000 -123,000 
      equity in income of unconsolidated entities – net
                                                                            88,250 470,000  -342,000    1,207,000 
      gain on sale of unconsolidated entity
                                                                                572,750  2,291,000  
      equity in income (losses) of unconsolidated entities – net
                                                                              225,000      
      equity in income of unconsolidated entities
                                                                                637,250 480,000 862,000  
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        current assets
                                                                                      
        cash and cash equivalents
      585,000,000 535,000,000 597,000,000 666,000,000 1,036,000,000 1,448,000,000 769,000,000 804,000,000 660,000,000 601,000,000 515,000,000 461,000,000 325,000,000 315,000,000 262,000,000 364,000,000 241,000,000 328,000,000 547,000,000 562,000,000 585,000,000 859,000,000 1,603,000,000 1,492,000,000 360,000,000 286,000,000 315,000,000 392,000,000 538,000,000 516,850,000 312,461,000 302,015,000 326,876,000 284,575,000 275,065,000 238,801,000 274,146,000 285,981,000 315,997,000 279,906,000 290,136,000 258,151,000 819,786,000 243,427,000 226,644,000 319,734,000 331,707,000 375,564,000 430,644,000 539,995,000 488,741,000 485,516,000 452,063,000 420,803,000 249,746,000 338,755,000 335,491,000 360,663,000 465,705,000 334,696,000 313,454,000 286,508,000 388,057,000 548,469,000 459,871,000 672,035,000 416,291,000 257,570,000 396,290,000 364,417,000 258,234,000 117,429,000 113,437,000 89,366,000 389,390,000 325,472,000 348,471,000 427,354,000 453,541,000 493,883,000 
        accounts receivable
      2,329,000,000 2,408,000,000 2,472,000,000 2,369,000,000 2,232,000,000 2,346,000,000 2,344,000,000 2,330,000,000 2,192,000,000 2,444,000,000 2,418,000,000 2,294,000,000 2,133,000,000 2,158,000,000 2,099,000,000 2,001,000,000 1,754,000,000 1,742,000,000 1,634,000,000 1,576,000,000 1,474,000,000 1,485,000,000 1,460,000,000 1,613,000,000 1,425,000,000                                    762,895,000    624,910,000    589,416,000    602,650,000    566,607,000    
        inventories – net
      2,394,000,000 2,275,000,000 2,357,000,000 2,309,000,000 2,306,000,000 2,170,000,000 2,169,000,000 2,178,000,000 2,266,000,000 2,196,000,000 2,223,000,000 2,252,000,000 2,253,000,000 2,071,000,000 1,990,000,000 1,929,000,000 1,870,000,000    1,733,000,000    1,655,000,000    1,541,000,000   1,434,609,000 1,429,199,000 1,391,993,000 1,397,804,000 1,388,091,000 1,406,470,000 1,381,468,000 1,418,678,000 1,420,897,000 1,414,177,000 1,367,533,000 1,302,977,000 1,328,395,000 1,356,396,000 1,306,504,000 1,317,467,000 1,266,460,000 1,305,520,000 1,256,852,000 1,221,888,000 1,230,614,000 1,301,935,000 1,269,683,000 1,265,830,000 1,244,419,000 1,268,647,000 1,114,291,000 996,600,000 981,367,000 991,577,000                    
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      176,000,000 206,000,000 224,000,000 186,000,000 163,000,000 219,000,000 239,000,000 228,000,000 156,000,000 171,000,000 187,000,000 183,000,000 266,000,000 142,000,000 162,000,000 145,000,000 146,000,000 149,000,000 169,000,000 121,000,000 120,000,000 120,000,000 127,000,000 129,000,000                                                         
        total current assets
      5,484,000,000 5,474,000,000 5,650,000,000 5,530,000,000 5,737,000,000 6,183,000,000 5,521,000,000 5,540,000,000 5,274,000,000 5,412,000,000 5,343,000,000 5,190,000,000 4,977,000,000 4,686,000,000 4,513,000,000 4,439,000,000 4,011,000,000 4,005,000,000 4,057,000,000 3,934,000,000 3,919,000,000 4,273,000,000 4,918,000,000 4,914,000,000 3,555,000,000 3,396,000,000 3,456,000,000 3,508,000,000 3,557,000,000 3,583,344,000 3,373,002,000 3,307,162,000 3,205,989,000 3,175,060,000 3,186,347,000 3,096,183,000 3,020,229,000 3,129,192,000 3,190,262,000 3,138,961,000 3,048,642,000 3,104,686,000 3,523,746,000 2,946,641,000 2,967,549,000 3,043,663,000 3,030,553,000 2,995,664,000 3,044,285,000 3,049,097,000 2,962,184,000 2,923,428,000 2,900,640,000 2,874,953,000 2,698,731,000 2,706,198,000 2,694,900,000 2,577,694,000 2,506,258,000 2,261,702,000 2,238,071,000 2,147,557,000 2,122,448,000 2,227,823,000 2,131,515,000 2,284,794,000 2,025,025,000 1,904,291,000 2,144,109,000 2,171,321,000 2,037,947,000 1,854,521,000 1,800,817,000 1,778,718,000 2,001,671,000 1,869,231,000 1,862,086,000 1,943,152,000 1,993,856,000 2,018,122,000 
        property, buildings and equipment – net
      2,268,000,000 2,237,000,000 2,107,000,000 1,974,000,000 1,927,000,000 1,746,000,000 1,667,000,000 1,667,000,000 1,658,000,000 1,543,000,000 1,485,000,000 1,468,000,000 1,461,000,000 1,409,000,000 1,438,000,000 1,434,000,000 1,424,000,000    1,395,000,000    1,400,000,000    1,352,000,000   1,370,071,000 1,391,967,000 1,395,906,000 1,392,196,000 1,410,312,000 1,420,891,000 1,436,938,000 1,418,705,000 1,442,191,000 1,431,241,000 1,372,992,000 1,324,551,000 1,306,962,000 1,324,346,000 1,259,264,000 1,249,088,000 1,210,778,000 1,208,562,000 1,136,316,000 1,118,750,000 1,133,406,000 1,144,573,000 1,093,197,000 1,077,518,000 1,071,782,000 1,060,295,000 1,007,623,000 981,342,000 965,130,000 963,672,000 942,354,000 934,655,000 939,438,000 953,271,000 938,285,000 928,796,000 927,674,000 930,311,000 928,496,000 929,514,000 885,563,000 878,345,000 860,635,000 825,305,000 802,373,000 792,935,000 794,455,000 784,589,000 775,820,000 
        goodwill
      360,000,000 361,000,000 365,000,000 356,000,000 355,000,000 366,000,000 360,000,000 364,000,000 370,000,000 364,000,000 368,000,000 370,000,000 371,000,000 363,000,000 374,000,000 384,000,000 384,000,000 387,000,000 390,000,000 388,000,000 391,000,000 369,000,000 365,000,000 361,000,000 429,000,000 425,000,000 429,000,000 425,000,000 424,000,000 429,818,000 535,121,000 549,418,000 543,903,000 543,248,000 536,580,000 533,012,000 527,150,000 594,511,000 590,109,000 595,487,000 582,336,000 678,311,000 486,612,000 481,536,000 506,905,000 540,407,000 554,719,000 522,063,000 525,467,000 568,954,000 513,545,000 521,579,000 543,670,000 526,634,000 523,391,000 514,424,000 509,183,000 546,701,000 394,291,000 390,358,000 387,232,000 374,785,000 379,146,000 356,159,000 351,182,000 328,131,000 218,841,000 209,188,000 213,159,000 231,945,000 233,815,000 228,485,000 233,028,000 232,498,000 223,712,000 212,237,000 210,671,000 197,486,000 196,893,000 191,804,000 
        intangibles – net
      265,000,000 264,000,000 267,000,000 249,000,000 243,000,000 247,000,000 237,000,000 236,000,000 234,000,000 238,000,000 237,000,000 234,000,000 232,000,000 222,000,000 227,000,000 229,000,000 238,000,000    228,000,000    304,000,000    460,000,000    569,115,000    586,126,000    463,294,000                                        
        operating lease right-of-use
      345,000,000 320,000,000 355,000,000 366,000,000 371,000,000 400,000,000 396,000,000 408,000,000 429,000,000 413,000,000 428,000,000 386,000,000 367,000,000 360,000,000 337,000,000 361,000,000 393,000,000                                                                
        other assets
      240,000,000 192,000,000 193,000,000 183,000,000 196,000,000 172,000,000 171,000,000 185,000,000 182,000,000 170,000,000 170,000,000 177,000,000 180,000,000 161,000,000 160,000,000 146,000,000 142,000,000 336,000,000 347,000,000 346,000,000 348,000,000 312,000,000 313,000,000 309,000,000 306,000,000 282,000,000 277,000,000 263,000,000 68,000,000 69,860,000 75,281,000 72,726,000 70,918,000 72,518,000 75,021,000 75,960,000 75,136,000 267,268,000 266,200,000 263,719,000 248,246,000                                        
        total assets
      8,962,000,000 8,848,000,000 8,937,000,000 8,658,000,000 8,829,000,000 9,114,000,000 8,352,000,000 8,400,000,000 8,147,000,000 8,140,000,000 8,031,000,000 7,825,000,000 7,588,000,000 7,201,000,000 7,049,000,000 6,993,000,000 6,592,000,000 6,390,000,000 6,462,000,000 6,333,000,000 6,295,000,000 6,583,000,000 7,194,000,000 7,177,000,000 6,005,000,000 5,922,000,000 5,992,000,000 6,014,000,000 5,873,000,000 5,932,183,000 5,904,572,000 5,902,811,000 5,804,254,000 5,825,060,000 5,861,881,000 5,782,549,000 5,694,307,000 5,885,509,000 5,964,804,000 5,964,839,000 5,857,755,000 5,807,153,000 5,826,909,000 5,210,972,000 5,284,252,000 5,326,416,000 5,311,312,000 5,234,229,000 5,266,328,000 5,251,549,000 5,030,135,000 5,013,728,000 5,014,598,000 4,983,744,000 4,761,308,000 4,751,210,000 4,716,062,000 4,550,645,000 4,200,435,000 3,933,424,000 3,904,377,000 3,789,237,000 3,731,928,000 3,810,775,000 3,726,332,000 3,745,049,000 3,405,765,000 3,270,505,000 3,515,417,000 3,536,441,000 3,390,591,000 3,155,833,000 3,094,028,000 3,059,945,000 3,239,011,000 3,073,056,000 3,046,088,000 3,082,920,000 3,122,827,000 3,149,332,000 
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                      
        current liabilities
                                          2,016,000    2,015,000    2,014,000    2,013,000    2,012,000    2,011,000                        
        current maturities
      126,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 499,000,000 497,000,000 505,000,000 501,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 33,000,000 37,000,000 35,000,000 16,000,000                                                                   
        trade accounts payable
      963,000,000 1,123,000,000 1,204,000,000 1,114,000,000 952,000,000 1,046,000,000 1,106,000,000 1,133,000,000 954,000,000 1,067,000,000 1,158,000,000 1,074,000,000 1,047,000,000 1,038,000,000 1,054,000,000 1,038,000,000 816,000,000 933,000,000 954,000,000 887,000,000 779,000,000 836,000,000 770,000,000 863,000,000 719,000,000 723,000,000 780,000,000 741,000,000 678,000,000 730,215,000 735,266,000 748,372,000 731,582,000 713,453,000 692,689,000 672,471,000 650,092,000 623,745,000 628,659,000 620,410,000 583,474,000 582,477,000 498,416,000 513,551,000 554,088,000 498,244,000 513,829,000 493,915,000 510,634,000 435,165,000 452,179,000 431,848,000 428,782,000 439,595,000 473,036,000 447,655,000 477,648,000 447,687,000 394,086,000 361,997,000 344,295,000 402,568,000 347,505,000 314,039,000 300,791,000 279,660,000 255,373,000 254,337,000 290,802,000 314,445,000 326,581,000 339,544,000 297,929,000 377,315,000 386,897,000 378,432,000 334,820,000 344,976,000 319,445,000 357,875,000 
        accrued compensation and benefits
      343,000,000 297,000,000 260,000,000 272,000,000 324,000,000 306,000,000 254,000,000 235,000,000 327,000,000 297,000,000 254,000,000 230,000,000 334,000,000 307,000,000 282,000,000 222,000,000 319,000,000 259,000,000 285,000,000 219,000,000 240,000,000 201,000,000 212,000,000 177,000,000 228,000,000 170,000,000 183,000,000 146,000,000 262,000,000 215,727,000 234,791,000 181,055,000 254,560,000 192,513,000 197,073,000 145,037,000 212,525,000 181,456,000 203,401,000 208,024,000 196,667,000 182,002,000 155,048,000 163,512,000 191,696,000 189,490,000 160,712,000 167,409,000 185,905,000 179,202,000 157,259,000 154,255,000 165,450,000 179,755,000 154,275,000 155,148,000 207,010,000 193,022,000 175,507,000 128,737,000 169,343,000 168,305,000 174,217,000 149,631,000 135,323,000 124,033,000 119,887,000 117,912,000 162,380,000 164,524,000 140,416,000 124,399,000 182,275,000 151,238,000 133,916,000 113,208,000 140,141,000    
        operating lease liability
      73,000,000 76,000,000 81,000,000 78,000,000 78,000,000 78,000,000 72,000,000 71,000,000 71,000,000 73,000,000 74,000,000 65,000,000 68,000,000 67,000,000 68,000,000 67,000,000 66,000,000                                                                
        accrued expenses
      386,000,000 410,000,000 414,000,000 412,000,000 407,000,000 429,000,000 424,000,000 444,000,000 397,000,000 403,000,000 368,000,000 372,000,000 474,000,000 332,000,000 299,000,000 324,000,000 290,000,000 336,000,000 321,000,000 330,000,000 305,000,000 324,000,000 312,000,000 384,000,000 318,000,000 327,000,000 288,000,000 324,000,000 269,000,000 302,263,000 272,238,000 324,319,000 313,766,000 333,311,000 291,226,000 317,243,000 290,207,000 269,057,000 250,573,000 274,458,000 266,702,000 308,634,000 255,910,000 246,145,000 245,300,000 241,033,000 214,479,000 220,692,000 218,835,000 206,927,000 182,682,000 196,557,000 204,800,000 243,412,000 162,874,000 169,850,000 178,652,000 148,872,000 128,093,000 118,327,000 130,836,000 120,711,000 112,515,000 103,421,000 124,150,000 96,302,000 80,778,000 82,703,000 118,633,000 99,386,000 104,893,000 84,226,000 102,607,000 94,613,000 88,338,000 94,689,000 106,681,000 235,967,000 230,588,000 221,723,000 
        income taxes payable
      49,000,000 25,000,000 41,000,000 138,000,000 45,000,000 27,000,000 36,000,000 144,000,000 48,000,000 24,000,000 33,000,000 146,000,000 52,000,000 25,000,000 30,000,000 91,000,000 37,000,000 22,000,000 29,000,000 88,000,000 42,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000 19,000,000 27,000,000 12,000,000 23,000,000 90,000,000 29,000,000 39,216,000 38,431,000 52,774,000 19,759,000 34,074,000 22,387,000 88,874,000 15,059,000 10,469,000 17,287,000 50,289,000 16,686,000 16,039,000 10,828,000 74,792,000 12,256,000 19,220,000 8,700,000 98,932,000 6,330,000 18,038,000 9,104,000 64,470,000 12,941,000 10,291,000 11,479,000 81,235,000 23,156,000 15,811,000 13,020,000 54,143,000 5,882,000 16,112,000 1,766,000 42,873,000 6,732,000 2,791,000 2,564,000 36,823,000 1,780,000 16,589,000 1,447,000 71,253,000  11,493,000 3,985,000      
        total current liabilities
      1,940,000,000 2,015,000,000 2,002,000,000 2,017,000,000 2,305,000,000 2,383,000,000 2,397,000,000 2,528,000,000 1,831,000,000 1,898,000,000 1,920,000,000 1,924,000,000 2,010,000,000 1,785,000,000 1,750,000,000 1,742,000,000 1,528,000,000 1,550,000,000 1,589,000,000 1,531,000,000 1,441,000,000 1,441,000,000 1,388,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,678,000,000 1,572,000,000 1,452,000,000 1,462,000,000 1,501,000,000 1,467,332,000 1,424,495,000 1,504,332,000 1,506,661,000 1,392,523,000 1,410,578,000 1,688,430,000 1,628,937,000 1,536,311,000 1,641,344,000 1,880,440,000 1,788,534,000 1,549,197,000 1,047,102,000 1,297,545,000 1,261,716,000 1,156,783,000 1,126,453,000 1,166,137,000 1,195,790,000 1,074,492,000 986,885,000 989,422,000 1,080,003,000 1,083,201,000 962,912,000 1,230,866,000 1,387,925,000 1,374,608,000 1,078,773,000 781,967,000 869,303,000 895,260,000 798,510,000 733,908,000 776,799,000 673,844,000 581,612,000 570,783,000 761,734,000 734,864,000 666,370,000 993,509,000 826,403,000 877,507,000 684,196,000 674,538,000 706,323,000 702,270,000 666,650,000 698,970,000 
        long-term debt
      2,362,000,000 2,367,000,000 2,341,000,000 2,278,000,000 2,279,000,000 2,279,000,000 1,783,000,000 1,783,000,000 2,266,000,000 2,260,000,000 2,275,000,000 2,278,000,000 2,284,000,000 2,294,000,000 2,309,000,000 2,338,000,000 2,362,000,000 2,372,000,000 2,375,000,000 2,373,000,000 2,389,000,000 2,388,000,000 3,301,000,000 3,303,000,000 1,914,000,000 1,918,000,000 2,080,000,000 2,077,000,000 2,090,000,000 2,148,399,000 2,210,358,000 2,244,406,000 2,248,036,000 2,270,001,000 2,267,872,000 1,847,717,000 1,840,946,000 1,874,132,000 1,765,809,000 1,387,124,000 1,388,414,000 1,450,624,000 1,348,642,000 371,070,000 404,536,000 385,191,000 432,485,000 438,068,000 445,513,000 448,127,000 452,449,000 454,527,000 467,048,000 479,699,000 473,502,000 191,550,000 175,055,000 163,416,000 200,469,000 413,339,000 420,446,000 427,495,000 412,711,000 425,000,000 437,500,000 454,895,000 467,395,000 479,895,000 488,228,000 496,562,000 504,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 
        long-term operating lease liability
      301,000,000 275,000,000 305,000,000 320,000,000 327,000,000 353,000,000 352,000,000 359,000,000 381,000,000 361,000,000 375,000,000 340,000,000 318,000,000 305,000,000 282,000,000 303,000,000 334,000,000                                                                
        deferred income taxes and tax uncertainties
      121,000,000 135,000,000 102,000,000 97,000,000 101,000,000 125,000,000 117,000,000 101,000,000 104,000,000 135,000,000 131,000,000 129,000,000 121,000,000 135,000,000 131,000,000 126,000,000 121,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 87,000,000 110,000,000 112,000,000 103,000,000 99,000,000 106,000,000 120,000,000 115,000,000 101,000,000 103,000,000 115,644,000 117,209,000 121,767,000 111,710,000 135,149,000 135,270,000 133,984,000 126,101,000 132,761,000 135,950,000 158,238,000 154,352,000 127,713,000 95,464,000 92,141,000 95,455,000 113,836,000 112,319,000 114,812,000 113,585,000 120,703,000 118,326,000 118,995,000 119,280,000 109,012,000 103,029,000 102,034,000      71,324,000 64,263,000 62,560,000 62,215,000 34,211,000 35,872,000 33,971,000 33,219,000 23,531,000 22,438,000 21,440,000 20,727,000        
        other non-current liabilities
      97,000,000 95,000,000 104,000,000 99,000,000 114,000,000 118,000,000 116,000,000 120,000,000 124,000,000 104,000,000 103,000,000 109,000,000 120,000,000 120,000,000 112,000,000 114,000,000 87,000,000 263,000,000 269,000,000 262,000,000 262,000,000 267,000,000 250,000,000 245,000,000 247,000,000 240,000,000 231,000,000 222,000,000                                                     
        shareholders' equity
                                                                                      
        cumulative preferred stock – 5 par value – 12,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
                                                                                      
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; 109,659,219 shares issued
      55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000  55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000       55,000,000 55,000,000  55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000  54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000  54,830,000                           54,830,000    54,830,000                
        additional contributed capital
      1,446,000,000 1,428,000,000 1,414,000,000 1,409,000,000 1,399,000,000 1,388,000,000 1,371,000,000 1,363,000,000 1,355,000,000 1,343,000,000 1,331,000,000 1,324,000,000 1,310,000,000 1,299,000,000 1,287,000,000 1,280,000,000 1,270,000,000 1,255,000,000 1,247,000,000 1,248,000,000 1,239,000,000 1,214,000,000 1,198,000,000 1,192,000,000 1,182,000,000 1,161,000,000 1,152,000,000 1,137,000,000 1,134,000,000 1,124,831,000 1,079,045,000 1,065,326,000 1,040,493,000 1,040,384,000 1,034,980,000 1,031,926,000 1,030,256,000 1,023,469,000 1,016,044,000 1,007,933,000 1,000,476,000 988,513,000 975,147,000 952,280,000 948,340,000 936,327,000 923,061,000 900,745,000 893,055,000 876,924,000 855,112,000 827,171,000 812,573,000 786,804,000 768,961,000 723,800,000 700,826,000 673,175,000 652,913,000 648,061,000 637,686,000 626,382,000 612,822,000 603,641,000 596,358,000 586,516,000 576,433,000 569,718,000 564,728,000 555,410,000 546,100,000 532,980,000 475,350,000 527,065,000 569,934,000 527,385,000 513,667,000 504,239,000 501,100,000 464,885,000 
        retained earnings
      14,958,000,000 14,615,000,000 14,429,000,000 14,057,000,000 13,677,000,000 13,302,000,000 12,917,000,000 12,548,000,000 12,162,000,000 11,859,000,000 11,477,000,000 11,101,000,000 10,700,000,000 10,402,000,000 10,066,000,000 9,782,000,000 9,500,000,000 9,301,000,000 9,089,000,000 8,948,000,000 8,779,000,000 8,694,000,000 8,536,000,000 8,500,000,000 8,405,000,000 8,380,000,000 8,226,000,000 8,045,000,000 7,869,000,000 7,751,677,000 7,724,635,000 7,564,319,000 7,405,192,000 7,327,140,000 7,239,159,000 7,216,018,000 7,113,559,000 7,125,727,000 7,013,688,000 6,916,043,000 6,802,130,000 6,730,068,000 6,615,081,000 6,473,464,000 6,335,990,000 6,261,502,000 6,105,729,000 5,974,519,000 5,822,612,000 5,731,002,000 5,585,752,000 5,433,869,000 5,278,577,000 5,178,930,000 5,080,295,000 4,946,609,000 4,806,110,000 4,704,619,000 4,569,434,000 4,446,360,000 4,326,761,000 4,232,761,000 4,121,239,000 4,031,606,000 3,966,508,000 3,904,086,000 3,794,397,000 3,736,490,000 3,670,726,000 3,593,931,000 3,484,941,000 3,403,049,000 3,316,875,000 3,239,438,000 3,160,989,000 3,085,744,000 3,007,606,000 2,933,433,000 2,854,360,000 2,786,745,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive losses
      -165,000,000 -219,000,000 -199,000,000 -255,000,000 -274,000,000 -210,000,000 -248,000,000 -207,000,000 -172,000,000 -219,000,000 -184,000,000 -176,000,000 -180,000,000 -225,000,000 -165,000,000 -109,000,000 -96,000,000 -94,000,000 -74,000,000 -81,000,000 -61,000,000   -217,000,000 -154,000,000 -174,000,000 -156,000,000 -168,000,000 -171,000,000 -164,862,000 -167,109,000 -122,353,000 -134,674,000 -134,029,000 -203,604,000 -249,933,000 -272,294,000 -208,126,000 -192,310,000 -176,010,000 -221,091,000 -217,861,000 -162,721,000        365,000 31,860,000  -8,268,000 -34,818,000 -8,584,000                         
        treasury stock
      -12,558,000,000 -12,318,000,000 -12,025,000,000 -11,786,000,000 -11,499,000,000 -11,032,000,000 -10,818,000,000 -10,560,000,000 -10,285,000,000 -9,948,000,000 -9,744,000,000 -9,569,000,000 -9,445,000,000 -9,223,000,000 -9,042,000,000 -8,927,000,000 -8,855,000,000 -8,690,000,000 -8,449,000,000 -8,354,000,000 -8,184,000,000 -7,698,000,000 -7,709,000,000 -7,720,000,000 -7,633,000,000 -7,551,000,000 -7,354,000,000 -7,098,000,000 -6,966,000,000 -6,828,773,000 -6,797,280,000 -6,791,524,000 -6,675,709,000 -6,520,828,000 -6,402,037,000 -6,258,039,000 -6,128,416,000 -5,953,187,000 -5,758,349,000 -5,535,497,000 -5,369,711,000 -5,194,299,000 -4,461,822,000 -4,174,864,000 -4,032,615,000 -3,831,700,000 -3,758,016,000 -3,689,708,000 -3,548,973,000 -3,392,438,000 -3,331,524,000 -3,218,846,000 -3,175,646,000 -3,145,068,000 -3,074,581,000 -2,935,355,000 -2,904,243,000 -2,890,419,000 -2,854,693,000 -2,889,767,000 -2,857,012,000 -2,877,839,000 -2,655,056,000 -2,426,532,000 -2,466,350,000 -2,250,474,000 -2,294,414,000 -2,319,567,000 -2,217,954,000 -2,122,176,000 -2,104,391,000 -2,062,905,000 -1,821,118,000 -1,834,320,000 -1,393,826,000 -1,421,109,000 -1,366,705,000 -1,218,568,000 -1,054,124,000 -959,205,000 
        total w.w. grainger, inc. shareholders’ equity
      3,736,000,000 3,561,000,000 3,674,000,000 3,480,000,000 3,358,000,000 3,503,000,000 3,277,000,000 3,199,000,000 3,115,000,000 3,090,000,000 2,935,000,000 2,735,000,000 2,440,000,000 2,308,000,000 2,201,000,000 2,081,000,000 1,874,000,000 1,827,000,000 1,868,000,000 1,816,000,000 1,828,000,000 2,131,000,000 1,929,000,000 1,810,000,000 1,855,000,000 1,871,000,000 1,923,000,000 1,971,000,000 1,921,000,000 1,937,703,000 1,894,121,000 1,770,598,000 1,690,132,000 1,767,497,000 1,723,328,000 1,794,802,000 1,797,935,000 2,042,713,000 2,133,903,000 2,267,299,000 2,266,634,000 2,361,251,000 3,020,515,000 3,132,985,000 3,209,872,000 3,396,137,000 3,364,291,000 3,248,107,000 3,250,438,000 3,288,572,000 3,164,535,000 3,128,884,000 3,023,912,000 2,867,228,000 2,794,687,000 2,781,300,000 2,628,785,000 2,538,965,000 2,488,298,000 2,316,626,000 2,205,216,000 2,068,672,000 2,144,818,000 2,295,071,000 2,163,720,000 2,301,540,000               
        noncontrolling interest
      405,000,000 400,000,000 409,000,000 367,000,000 345,000,000 353,000,000 310,000,000 310,000,000 326,000,000 292,000,000 292,000,000 310,000,000 295,000,000 254,000,000 264,000,000 289,000,000 286,000,000 290,000,000 273,000,000 264,000,000 265,000,000 244,000,000 223,000,000 220,000,000 205,000,000 201,000,000 191,000,000 181,000,000 172,000,000 162,351,000 156,148,000 155,308,000 137,601,000 133,588,000 124,868,000 121,721,000 107,833,000 118,323,000 108,671,000 96,901,000 86,080,000 84,801,000 78,923,000 77,284,000 74,229,000 80,269,000 83,733,000 80,484,000 76,398,000 80,567,000 77,660,000 89,306,000 93,454,000 101,135,000 99,465,000 92,249,000 95,494,000 92,540,000 86,503,000 82,608,000 82,454,000 79,857,000 75,398,000 63,633,000 63,479,000 61,685,000               
        total shareholders' equity
      4,141,000,000 3,961,000,000 4,083,000,000 3,847,000,000 3,703,000,000 3,856,000,000 3,587,000,000 3,509,000,000 3,441,000,000 3,382,000,000 3,227,000,000 3,045,000,000 2,735,000,000 2,562,000,000 2,465,000,000 2,370,000,000 2,160,000,000 2,117,000,000 2,141,000,000 2,080,000,000 2,093,000,000 2,375,000,000 2,152,000,000 2,030,000,000 2,060,000,000 2,072,000,000 2,114,000,000 2,152,000,000 2,093,000,000 2,100,054,000 2,050,269,000 1,925,906,000 1,827,733,000 1,901,085,000 1,848,196,000 1,916,523,000 1,905,768,000 2,161,036,000 2,242,574,000 2,364,200,000 2,352,714,000 2,446,052,000 3,099,438,000 3,210,269,000 3,284,101,000 3,476,406,000 3,448,024,000 3,328,591,000 3,326,836,000 3,369,139,000 3,242,195,000 3,218,190,000 3,117,366,000 2,968,363,000 2,894,152,000 2,873,549,000 2,724,279,000 2,631,505,000 2,574,801,000 2,399,234,000  2,148,529,000 2,220,216,000 2,358,704,000  2,363,225,000 2,110,678,000 1,986,881,000  2,128,091,000 2,046,212,000 1,990,227,000  1,984,236,000 2,362,623,000    2,355,866,000 2,353,023,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
      8,962,000,000 8,848,000,000 8,937,000,000 8,658,000,000 8,829,000,000 9,114,000,000 8,352,000,000 8,400,000,000 8,147,000,000 8,140,000,000 8,031,000,000 7,825,000,000 7,588,000,000 7,201,000,000 7,049,000,000 6,993,000,000 6,592,000,000 6,390,000,000 6,462,000,000 6,333,000,000 6,295,000,000 6,583,000,000 7,194,000,000 7,177,000,000 6,005,000,000 5,922,000,000 5,992,000,000 6,014,000,000 5,873,000,000 5,932,183,000 5,904,572,000 5,902,811,000 5,804,254,000 5,825,060,000 5,861,881,000 5,782,549,000 5,694,307,000 5,885,509,000 5,964,804,000 5,964,839,000 5,857,755,000 5,807,153,000 5,826,909,000 5,210,972,000 5,284,252,000 5,326,416,000 5,311,312,000 5,234,229,000 5,266,328,000 5,251,549,000 5,030,135,000 5,013,728,000 5,014,598,000 4,983,744,000 4,761,308,000 4,751,210,000 4,716,062,000 4,550,645,000 4,200,435,000 3,933,424,000  3,789,237,000 3,731,928,000 3,810,775,000  3,745,049,000 3,405,765,000 3,270,505,000  3,536,441,000 3,390,591,000 3,155,833,000  3,059,945,000 3,239,011,000    3,122,827,000 3,149,332,000 
        assets held for sale
       50,000,000                                                                               
        liabilities held for sale
       82,000,000                                                                               
        cumulative preferred stock – 5 par value – 12,000,000 shares authorized; none issued nor outstanding
                                                                                      
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; issued 109,659,219 shares
                  55,000,000    55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000  55,000,000                                       54,830,000  54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000  54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000  54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000         
        current maturities of long-term debt
                    17,000,000     7,000,000 8,000,000 12,000,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 246,000,000 219,000,000 81,000,000 82,000,000 81,000,000 36,973,000 30,172,000 30,279,000 38,709,000 41,836,000 29,232,000 20,069,000 19,966,000 16,488,000 132,620,000 135,834,000 247,346,000 149,901,000 26,275,000 25,416,000 23,404,000 23,610,000 33,352,000 32,465,000 30,429,000 27,501,000 25,502,000 21,757,000 18,525,000 6,392,000 2,556,000 214,501,000 221,539,000 230,430,000 236,538,000 30,794,000 31,059,000 35,775,000 57,311,000 57,295,000 53,128,000 46,257,000 42,090,000 29,590,000 21,257,000 12,923,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 4,590,000 
        inventories - net
                       1,786,000,000 1,707,000,000 1,675,000,000  1,780,000,000 1,695,000,000 1,615,000,000                                                         
        property, buildings and equipment - net
                       1,429,000,000 1,436,000,000 1,441,000,000  1,394,000,000 1,365,000,000 1,357,000,000                                                         
        intangibles - net
                       233,000,000 232,000,000 224,000,000  224,000,000 223,000,000 226,000,000        570,134,000  582,274,000 592,473,000 587,418,000  420,087,000 437,521,000 458,230,000                                         
        common stock – 0.50 par value –300,000,000 shares authorized; issued 109,659,219 shares
                         55,000,000  55,000,000   55,000,000                                                        
        prepaid income taxes
                          7,000,000 29,000,000 33,000,000 65,000,000 11,000,000 9,000,000 11,000,000 6,000,000 10,000,000 18,491,000 27,085,000 25,987,000 38,061,000 40,688,000 37,193,000 33,646,000 34,751,000 43,858,000 41,320,000 31,163,000 49,018,000 40,272,000 47,824,000 14,191,000 47,529,000 12,178,000 24,770,000 8,348,000 15,315,000 3,519,000 10,183,000 4,613,000 40,241,000 15,938,000 21,562,000 5,334,000 54,574,000 20,664,000 35,183,000 1,609,000 38,393,000 2,893,000 15,753,000 4,115,000 26,668,000    22,556,000  12,150,000    14,638,000      
        deferred income taxes
                          14,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 20,726,000 27,619,000 33,300,000 22,362,000 56,054,000 79,264,000 79,664,000 64,775,000 37,513,000 62,007,000 66,251,000  63,506,000 60,295,000 61,891,000 61,387,000 72,447,000 66,468,000 64,559,000 75,819,000 59,631,000 56,290,000 53,347,000 55,967,000 49,355,000 48,392,000 43,412,000 47,410,000 49,629,000 48,358,000 46,944,000 44,627,000 59,860,000 43,028,000 42,494,000 42,023,000 47,686,000 53,981,000 54,600,000 52,556,000 61,395,000 59,261,000 58,822,000 56,663,000 53,705,000 54,038,000 50,198,000 48,123,000 72,723,000 92,179,000 90,156,000 
        short-term debt
                            15,000,000 17,000,000 55,000,000 51,000,000 51,000,000 52,000,000 49,000,000 49,429,000 54,222,000 137,643,000 55,603,000 11,348,000 129,066,000 421,555,000 386,140,000 387,684,000 372,854,000 569,367,000 353,072,000 211,686,000 30,495,000 231,533,000 56,896,000 48,391,000 101,617,000 104,167,000 66,857,000 73,023,000 70,007,000 73,602,000 79,071,000 75,998,000 72,486,000 117,637,000 119,970,000 213,580,000 49,220,000 45,767,000 42,769,000 41,877,000 38,329,000 35,247,000 34,780,000 33,650,000 25,499,000 20,827,000 19,960,000 16,431,000 12,858,000 329,517,000 102,060,000 144,214,000 6,222,000      
        accrued contributions to employees’ profit-sharing plans
                          67,000,000    85,000,000    133,000,000    92,682,000    54,948,000                                            
        accrued contributions to employees' profit sharing plans
                           48,000,000 33,000,000 19,000,000  70,000,000 46,000,000 27,000,000  93,509,000 59,375,000 29,890,000                                                 
        accumulated other comprehensive earnings
                           -134,000,000 -151,000,000                     -172,725,000 -96,673,000 -24,822,000 38,687,000 7,721,000 28,914,000 18,254,000   53,578,000    -28,738,000 -3,240,000 65,814,000 57,142,000 42,951,000 32,538,000 10,983,000 31,526,000 12,374,000 6,582,000 -20,568,000 -54,590,000 -38,525,000 46,096,000 64,732,000 62,273,000 72,171,000 55,983,000 31,666,000 6,014,000 3,431,000 38,020,000 37,836,000 25,225,000 
        prepaid expenses and other assets
                              104,000,000 86,000,000 92,000,000 102,000,000 83,000,000 93,586,000 106,672,000 116,318,000 86,667,000 84,481,000 106,659,000 110,427,000 81,766,000 91,526,000 103,885,000 102,435,000 85,670,000 83,859,000 95,008,000 100,584,000 102,669,000 97,916,000 112,598,000 121,177,000 115,331,000 106,992,000 109,490,000 117,418,000 110,414,000 96,989,000 98,042,000 96,836,000 100,081,000 87,463,000 89,976,000 87,236,000 87,125,000 78,155,000 83,111,000 91,596,000 88,364,000 75,064,000 72,479,000 76,241,000 73,359,000 63,028,000 62,314,000 67,011,000 61,666,000 51,861,000 60,565,000 66,544,000 58,804,000 46,958,000 57,792,000 58,892,000 
        accounts receivable (less allowances for doubtful
                                                                                      
        accounts of 22 and 25, respectively)
                               1,495,000,000                                                       
        inventories
                               1,520,000,000 1,535,000,000 1,523,000,000  1,473,117,000 1,464,181,000                               935,219,000 867,303,000 852,521,000 889,679,000 851,478,000 899,843,000 956,565,000 1,009,932,000 961,094,000 968,293,000 966,326,000 946,327,000 889,166,000 845,227,000 815,891,000 827,254,000 772,121,000 781,991,000 805,591,000 
        property, buildings and equipment
                               1,384,000,000 1,380,000,000 1,358,000,000  1,348,914,000 1,359,908,000 3,439,914,000 3,444,660,000 3,441,802,000 3,410,237,000 3,396,242,000  3,421,322,000 3,385,566,000 3,407,770,000  3,283,369,000 3,150,247,000 3,098,984,000  3,001,466,000 2,957,430,000 2,886,009,000  2,839,974,000 2,791,071,000 2,778,606,000  2,680,876,000 2,632,527,000 2,606,053,000  2,489,321,000 2,445,521,000 2,403,277,000  2,327,408,000 2,292,721,000 2,276,181,000  2,216,668,000 2,181,430,000 2,150,461,000  2,116,796,000 2,098,375,000 2,032,230,000  1,961,920,000 1,899,969,000 1,854,039,000  1,808,396,000 1,776,061,000 1,746,081,000 
        intangibles
                               422,000,000 437,000,000 446,000,000  479,521,000 533,641,000                                                  
        accounts of 25 and 25, respectively)
                                1,503,000,000                                                      
        accounts of 26 and 25, respectively)
                                 1,485,000,000                                                     
        accounts receivable – net
                                  1,385,000,000                                                    
        employment-related and other non-current liabilities
                                  86,000,000 100,754,000 102,241,000 106,400,000  126,302,000 199,965,000 195,895,000  181,269,000 179,127,000 174,837,000  233,567,000 236,263,000 239,947,000  194,200,000 192,031,000 186,621,000  239,088,000 230,280,000 232,594,000  343,469,000 327,713,000 353,211,000                         
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized;issued 109,659,219 shares
                                  55,000,000    54,830,000    54,830,000    54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000                      
        accounts of 27,336 and 29,267, respectively)
                                   1,481,300,000                                                   
        accounts of 26,560 and 29,267, respectively)
                                    1,462,603,000                                                  
        accounts of 30,148 and 29,267, respectively)
                                     1,428,233,000                                                 
        less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                     2,069,843,000 2,052,693,000 2,045,896,000 2,018,041,000 1,985,930,000 1,990,611,000 1,984,384,000 1,966,861,000 1,965,579,000 1,939,072,000 1,910,377,000 1,825,696,000 1,792,022,000 1,790,784,000 1,742,202,000 1,708,342,000 1,675,231,000 1,732,528,000 1,703,658,000 1,672,321,000 1,645,200,000 1,615,861,000 1,587,679,000 1,555,009,000 1,534,271,000 1,505,027,000 1,481,698,000 1,464,179,000                      
        accounts receivable - net
                                      1,325,186,000    1,223,096,000                                            
        employment-related and other noncurrent liabilities
                                      110,114,000    192,555,000    173,741,000    238,444,000    184,604,000    230,901,000                            
        accounts of 31,583 and 26,690, respectively)
                                       1,373,323,000                                               
        accrued contributions to employees’ profit sharing plans
                                       65,988,000 48,905,000 23,181,000  47,412,000 35,950,000 22,058,000 124,587,000 98,458,000 70,130,000 42,596,000 178,076,000 136,795,000 93,764,000 48,557,000 176,800,000 134,636,000 90,152,000 46,933,000 170,434,000 127,758,000 86,206,000 44,840,000 159,950,000 125,206,000 82,309,000 42,202,000 145,119,000 109,912,000 66,867,000 31,402,000 121,895,000 91,151,000 55,421,000 28,591,000 146,922,000    126,483,000    113,014,000    
        accounts of 32,174 and 26,690, respectively)
                                        1,369,626,000                                              
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized;109,659,219 shares issued
                                        54,830,000 54,830,000  54,830,000 54,830,000 54,830,000                                         
        accounts of 28,208 and 26,690, respectively)
                                         1,325,218,000                                             
        land
                                          355,976,000    323,765,000    337,573,000    277,256,000    265,224,000    252,161,000    249,119,000    237,867,000    192,916,000    178,321,000    167,218,000    
        buildings, structures and improvements
                                          1,313,233,000    1,352,498,000    1,269,491,000    1,259,237,000    1,224,044,000    1,186,002,000    1,133,392,000    1,078,439,000    1,048,440,000    977,837,000    890,380,000    
        furniture, fixtures, machinery and equipment
                                          1,742,293,000    1,694,050,000    1,508,066,000    1,404,597,000    1,271,166,000    1,127,159,000    995,249,000    950,187,000    890,507,000    848,118,000    769,506,000    
        property, buildings and equipment - sum
                                          3,411,502,000    3,370,313,000    3,115,130,000    2,941,090,000    2,760,434,000    2,565,322,000    2,377,760,000    2,266,493,000    2,131,863,000    2,004,276,000    1,827,104,000    
        accounts of 30,204 and 22,288, respectively)
                                           1,326,359,000                                           
        accounts of 26,403 and 22,288, respectively)
                                            1,310,382,000                                          
        accounts of 23,874 and 22,288, respectively)
                                             1,304,560,000                                         
        accounts of 22,288 and 22,121 respectively)
                                              1,209,641,000                                        
        accounts of 21,821 and 22,121, respectively)
                                               1,291,365,000                                       
        other assets and intangibles – net
                                               627,523,000 474,640,000 462,340,000 468,734,000 463,065,000 460,570,000 474,181,000 471,805,000 439,128,000 382,242,000 379,095,000 374,179,000 372,876,000 352,049,000 350,698,000 350,854,000 315,725,000 229,084,000 224,597,000 224,697,000 231,577,000 208,226,000 212,168,000 207,384,000 103,285,000 102,735,000 104,497,000 109,566,000 108,830,000 106,366,000 109,125,000 112,421,000 118,286,000 120,004,000 121,433,000 123,111,000 123,431,000 127,022,000 128,791,000 
        accounts of 20,600 and 22,121, respectively)
                                                1,197,856,000                                      
        accounts of 21,113 and 22,121, respectively)
                                                 1,198,153,000                                     
        accounts of 22,121 and 20,096, respectively)
                                                  1,172,924,000                                    
        accounts of 19,441 and 20,096, respectively)
                                                   1,234,884,000                                   
        accounts of 21,254 and 20,096, respectively)
                                                    1,177,543,000                                  
        accounts of 20,820 and 20,096, respectively)
                                                     1,159,556,000                                 
        accounts of 20,096 and 19,449, respectively)
                                                      1,101,656,000                                
        accounts of 19,010 and 19,449, respectively)
                                                       1,082,108,000                               
        accounts of 18,541 and 19,449, respectively)
                                                        1,075,592,000                              
        accounts of 18,726 and 19,449, respectively)
                                                         1,031,920,000                             
        accounts of 19,449 and 18,801, respectively)
                                                          940,020,000                            
        accounts of 18,744 and 18,801, respectively)
                                                           1,022,185,000                           
        accounts of 18,814 and 18,801, respectively)
                                                            1,015,159,000                          
        accounts of 19,336 and 18,801, respectively)
                                                             977,442,000                         
        accounts of 18,801 and 24,552, respectively)
                                                              888,697,000                        
        deferred income taxes, tax uncertainties and derivative instruments
                                                              106,573,000 114,872,000 83,607,000 87,137,000 82,502,000                    
        accrued employment-related benefits costs
                                                              322,230,000 266,244,000 262,785,000 251,747,000 244,456,000 246,629,000 236,228,000 230,603,000 222,619,000    198,431,000    143,895,000  162,885,000 157,275,000 151,020,000 92,382,000 89,038,000 85,007,000 
        accounts of 22,527 and 24,552, respectively)
                                                               944,984,000                       
        assets
                                                                                      
        accounts of 18,800 and 24,552, respectively)
                                                                870,436,000                      
        accounts of 18,968 and 24,552, respectively)
                                                                 809,850,000                     
        less accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                 1,438,147,000 1,414,088,000 1,385,054,000 1,358,066,000 1,336,743,000 1,313,222,000 1,278,383,000 1,252,634,000 1,222,787,000 1,201,552,000 1,188,300,000 1,168,861,000 1,146,667,000 1,125,931,000 1,101,285,000 1,074,664,000 1,051,666,000 1,034,169,000 1,013,941,000 991,472,000 970,261,000 
        investments in unconsolidated entities
                                                                  3,461,000    3,508,000    20,830,000    14,759,000    8,492,000 7,706,000 7,483,000 30,158,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                              2,007,000        
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                      
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                                  2,287,670,000    2,227,199,000    2,033,805,000    2,098,108,000   2,213,455,000 2,177,615,000 2,276,547,000   
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                  3,904,377,000    3,726,332,000    3,515,417,000    3,094,028,000   3,073,056,000  3,082,920,000   
        accounts of 25,614 and 25,850, respectively)
                                                                   784,922,000                   
        investment in unconsolidated entities
                                                                   3,332,000 3,110,000 3,533,000  3,341,000 19,645,000 19,181,000  23,089,000 16,886,000 16,547,000         
        accounts of 24,880 and 25,850, respectively)
                                                                    725,196,000                  
        accounts of 26,872 and 25,850, respectively)
                                                                     688,628,000                 
        marketable securities at cost, which approximates market value
                                                                              20,074,000    12,827,000    
        accounts of 28,358 and 26,481, respectively)
                                                                       638,531,000               
        accrued employment-related benefits
                                                                       218,874,000 210,208,000 198,975,000  153,393,000 150,676,000 145,762,000  168,717,000       
        w.w. grainger, inc. shareholders' equity
                                                                                      
        accounts of 27,955 and 26,481, respectively)
                                                                        582,431,000              
        accounts of 26,432 and 26,481, respectively)
                                                                         559,315,000             
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; issued, 109,659,219, 109,659,219 and 109,657,938 shares, respectively
                                                                          54,830,000            
        marketable securities at cost,
                                                                                      
        which approximates market value
                                                                               19,833,000       
        accounts of 29,345 and 25,830, respectively)
                                                                           721,387,000           
        accrued contributions to employees’
                                                                                      
        profit sharing plans
                                                                           110,566,000 75,585,000 39,980,000  94,044,000 60,248,000 33,225,000     
        accounts of 29,467 and 25,830, respectively)
                                                                            677,695,000          
        accounts of 28,326 and 25,830, respectively)
                                                                             644,933,000         
        income taxes
                                                                              10,459,000   50,394,000 7,077,000 17,256,000 41,728,000 70,191,000 
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; issued, 109,659,219, 109,657,938 and 109,667,938 shares, respectively
                                                                              54,830,000        
        unearned restricted stock compensation
                                                                               -58,759,000 -60,969,000 -39,408,000 -35,213,000 -35,406,000 -38,135,000 -19,461,000 
        accounts of 21,204 and 18,801, respectively)
                                                                               674,787,000       
        investment in unconsolidated entity
                                                                               9,164,000 8,097,000 8,228,000     
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; issued 109,657,938 shares
                                                                               54,829,000 54,829,000 54,829,000   54,829,000  
        accounts of 18,283 and 18,801, respectively)
                                                                                637,813,000      
        accounts of 19,112 and 18,801, respectively)
                                                                                 611,126,000     
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; issued, 109,657,938, 109,667,938 and 109,672,938 shares, respectively
                                                                                  54,829,000    
        total liabilities and shareholders’equity
                                                                                  3,046,088,000    
        marketable securities
                                                                                   13,234,000   
        accounts of 18,590 and 18,401, respectively)
                                                                                   610,762,000   
        accrued contributions to employees’ retirement plans
                                                                                   99,481,000 70,299,000  
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; issued 109,657,938 and 109,667,938 shares, respectively
                                                                                   54,829,000   
        accounts of 17,920 and 18,401, respectively)
                                                                                    608,353,000  
        accounts of 19,374 and 18,401, respectively)
                                                                                     569,600,000 
        accrued employees’ profit sharing expenses
                                                                                     44,591,000 
        common stock – 0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; issued 109,667,938 shares
                                                                                     54,834,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 
                                                                                        
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          net earnings
        479,000,000 321,000,000 508,000,000 500,000,000 497,000,000 505,000,000 490,000,000 497,000,000 412,000,000 493,000,000 490,000,000 508,000,000 397,000,000 442,000,000 389,000,000 385,000,000 301,000,000 315,000,000 243,000,000 255,000,000 185,000,000 256,000,000 129,000,000 185,000,000 117,000,000 244,000,000 272,000,000 262,000,000 219,427,000 115,045,000 247,743,000 240,785,000 161,815,000 170,816,000 106,959,000 182,853,000 68,340,000 193,409,000 179,445,000 191,644,000 149,171,000 196,622,000 225,235,000 214,146,000 151,114,000 233,050,000 209,077,000 219,055,000 159,393,000 213,076,000 220,753,000 214,527,000 158,486,000 157,804,000 193,101,000 189,458,000 151,708,000 184,047,000 171,569,000 159,088,000 133,201,000 151,297,000 129,667,000 99,417,000 97,364,000 144,564,000 92,466,000 96,378,000 107,915,000 140,023,000 113,179,000 114,238,000 104,392,000 109,150,000 104,791,000 101,787,000 98,933,000 104,494,000 93,739,000 86,233,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          provision for credit losses
        3,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000                                                         
          deferred income taxes and tax uncertainties
        -21,000,000 36,000,000 5,000,000 -4,000,000 -32,000,000 9,000,000 17,000,000 -2,000,000 -29,000,000 3,000,000 7,000,000 10,000,000 -12,000,000 5,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 34,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 -11,000,000 -14,000,000   -7,000,000 -15,000,000 7,000,000 16,000,000 -4,000,000 -3,004,000 6,928,000 4,736,000 -1,660,000 10,213,000 -7,922,000 293,000 -7,632,000 -30,143,000 19,694,000 -16,470,000 21,035,000 10,982,000 -8,901,000 263,000 1,732,000 -10,835,000 6,708,000 -6,934,000 -2,671,000 -636,000 -7,609,000 -74,000 -1,000,000 18,658,000 -2,441,000 -1,696,000 -2,178,000 8,431,000 3,214,000 -3,953,000 -6,026,000 20,626,000 -20,466,000 -8,708,000 2,995,000 12,552,000 23,535,000 -6,665,000 -7,739,000 23,614,000 -7,739,000 -4,323,000 -6,370,000         
          depreciation and amortization
        64,000,000 65,000,000 64,000,000 61,000,000 62,000,000 59,000,000 60,000,000 56,000,000 52,000,000 56,000,000 55,000,000 51,000,000 58,000,000 52,000,000 55,000,000 52,000,000 48,000,000 45,000,000 49,000,000 43,000,000 45,000,000 42,000,000 50,000,000 45,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000 56,000,000 57,000,000 65,398,000 63,871,000 63,800,000 63,931,000 69,726,000 66,143,000 65,946,000 62,249,000 71,462,000 63,899,000 57,202,000 56,294,000 63,767,000 57,263,000 54,526,000 52,411,000 60,575,000 53,955,000 48,020,000 45,776,000 54,449,000 45,351,000 41,868,000 38,945,000 45,711,000 39,896,000 36,763,000 36,679,000 45,627,000 37,529,000 33,473,000 32,571,000 40,455,000 37,322,000 36,052,000 35,849,000 43,438,000                
          non-cash lease expense
        20,000,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 20,000,000 23,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 21,000,000                                                                         
          net losses from sales of assets and business divestitures
                            2,000,000 -6,000,000 107,000,000 3,000,000                                                         
          stock-based compensation
        15,000,000 14,000,000 23,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 23,000,000 11,000,000 13,000,000 18,000,000 19,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000 18,000,000 9,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 17,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 17,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 9,000,000 18,000,000 5,000,000 10,759,000 8,408,000 16,181,000 11,652,000 5,509,000 7,122,000 13,273,000 6,757,000 8,190,000 6,410,000 13,679,000 7,456,000 11,234,000 8,584,000 17,882,000 9,161,000 10,173,000 9,871,000 17,726,000 11,262,000 11,562,000 12,656,000 19,825,000 11,547,000 12,685,000 12,242,000 19,130,000 11,443,000 12,482,000 12,125,000 18,528,000 10,885,000 11,629,000 12,203,000 16,830,000 9,134,000 7,237,000 8,329,000 15,634,000 9,207,000 9,290,000 9,177,000 19,394,000 8,084,000 6,563,000 7,228,000 14,553,000 7,207,000 6,374,000 6,752,000 14,103,000 6,525,000 
          change in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                        
          accounts receivable
        62,000,000 -40,000,000 -84,000,000 -128,000,000 73,000,000 22,000,000 -42,000,000 -163,000,000 253,000,000 -48,000,000 -141,000,000 -162,000,000 51,000,000 -89,000,000 -135,000,000 -263,000,000 -26,000,000 -118,000,000 -59,000,000 -121,000,000 24,000,000 -32,000,000 104,000,000 -217,000,000 77,000,000 -1,000,000 -16,000,000 -102,000,000 92,829,000 -23,681,000 -53,927,000 -94,221,000 42,505,000 -8,787,000 -41,425,000 -95,419,000 78,322,000 -25,528,000 -13,959,000 -84,435,000 66,699,000 -19,198,000 382,000 -50,968,000 40,492,000 -64,498,000 -19,898,000 -78,676,000 3,603,000 25,819,000 -54,084,000 -101,803,000 85,104,000 -2,409,000 -42,009,000 -86,639,000 53,643,000 -31,445,000 -61,650,000 -45,631,000 26,017,000                    
          inventories
        -120,000,000 -8,000,000 -25,000,000 6,000,000 -163,000,000 15,000,000 -5,000,000 76,000,000 -58,000,000 14,000,000 24,000,000 4,000,000 -159,000,000 -104,000,000 -84,000,000 -65,000,000 -88,000,000 -86,000,000 -30,000,000 52,000,000 64,000,000 -78,000,000 -163,000,000 19,000,000 -124,000,000 6,000,000 -8,000,000 20,000,000 -75,730,000 -8,930,000 -47,476,000 3,136,000 -39,766,000 4,915,000 2,110,000 27,826,000 -46,341,000 33,205,000 -2,098,000 10,831,000 -50,364,000 -13,448,000 28,883,000 -2,808,000 -72,688,000 -6,258,000 -44,105,000 30,608,000 -68,593,000 -12,814,000 -2,351,000 60,122,000 -26,988,000 7,198,000 -31,927,000 36,845,000 -164,153,000 -58,020,000 -13,719,000 16,212,000 -50,085,000                    
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        -41,000,000 1,000,000 -14,000,000 -19,000,000 -10,000,000 16,000,000 43,000,000 -85,000,000 -3,000,000 11,000,000 19,000,000 74,000,000 -119,000,000 11,000,000 -11,000,000 -39,000,000 -14,000,000 7,000,000 -3,000,000 -5,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 -11,000,000 -26,000,000 -18,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 -30,000,000 10,920,000 12,231,000 7,800,000 -32,951,000 -818,000 20,026,000 1,711,000 -25,943,000   -10,513,000 4,370,000 -12,070,000    -42,220,000 22,280,000 -11,174,000 6,564,000 -23,417,000 8,921,000 3,279,000 28,090,000 -38,302,000 6,741,000 -13,087,000 52,994,000 -47,331,000 22,420,000 -36,076,000 36,759,000                     
          trade accounts payable
        -142,000,000 -46,000,000 77,000,000 154,000,000 -79,000,000 -85,000,000 -18,000,000 202,000,000 -120,000,000 -92,000,000 94,000,000 53,000,000 -36,000,000 -2,000,000 35,000,000 228,000,000 -113,000,000 -11,000,000 93,000,000 85,000,000 -65,000,000 66,000,000 -76,000,000 155,000,000 -18,000,000 -50,000,000 36,000,000 64,000,000 -55,419,000 -1,006,000 -7,819,000 13,244,000 15,615,000 19,900,000 18,766,000 18,051,000 36,288,000 -6,744,000 12,511,000 30,827,000 4,004,000 48,270,000 -21,818,000 -7,326,000 37,561,000 -8,394,000 16,349,000 -13,497,000 69,391,000 -29,745,000 22,800,000 8,672,000 -14,657,000 -32,906,000 21,798,000 -28,549,000 27,202,000 9,717,000 35,219,000 14,257,000 -61,254,000                    
          operating lease liabilities
        -25,000,000 -26,000,000 -28,000,000 -25,000,000 -23,000,000 -26,000,000 -24,000,000 -23,000,000                                                                         
          accrued liabilities
        34,000,000 64,000,000 -18,000,000 -42,000,000 -16,000,000 54,000,000 17,000,000 -35,000,000 15,000,000 71,000,000 21,000,000 -198,000,000 149,000,000 59,000,000 45,000,000 -53,000,000 56,000,000 -6,000,000 54,000,000 -61,000,000 28,000,000 19,000,000 4,000,000 -36,000,000 53,000,000 50,000,000                66,172,000 -8,884,000 -160,239,000                                     
          income taxes – net
        38,000,000 -5,000,000 -143,000,000 106,000,000 61,000,000 -2,000,000 -169,000,000 107,000,000 30,000,000 -6,000,000 -130,000,000 102,000,000 34,000,000 -2,000,000 -76,000,000 86,000,000                                                                 
          other non-current liabilities
        29,000,000 -3,000,000 -15,000,000 -2,000,000 16,000,000 4,000,000 -7,000,000 -7,000,000 22,000,000 1,000,000 -13,000,000 -4,000,000 -11,000,000 -7,000,000 -8,000,000 -13,000,000 -7,000,000 2,000,000 -5,000,000 -6,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 -7,000,000 -6,000,000 -2,000,000                                                       
          net cash from operating activities
        395,000,000 597,000,000 377,000,000 646,000,000 428,000,000 611,000,000 411,000,000 661,000,000 604,000,000 523,000,000 450,000,000 454,000,000 360,000,000 380,000,000 250,000,000 343,000,000 213,000,000 161,000,000 269,000,000 294,000,000 336,000,000 311,000,000 232,000,000 244,000,000 272,000,000 320,000,000 323,000,000 127,000,000 313,996,000 348,165,000 247,954,000 146,885,000 335,679,000 348,700,000 191,232,000 180,946,000 332,593,000 343,994,000 172,658,000 153,731,000 253,974,000 366,425,000 213,296,000 156,209,000 296,981,000 334,367,000 160,948,000 167,518,000 246,070,000 353,605,000 210,406,000 176,417,000 240,086,000 337,889,000 131,982,000 106,238,000 186,137,000 250,502,000 191,078,000 118,391,000 104,474,000 205,687,000 173,093,000 113,191,000 222,657,000 277,129,000 190,094,000 42,516,000  216,595,000 105,414,000 13,308,000 131,123,000 157,418,000 97,921,000 82,413,000 123,771,000 212,459,000 73,647,000 26,876,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                        
          capital expenditures
        -126,000,000 -258,000,000 -175,000,000 -125,000,000 -258,000,000 -88,000,000 -76,000,000 -119,000,000 -127,000,000 -125,000,000 -95,000,000 -98,000,000 7,055,000 7,086,000  6,729,000 6,306,000 6,223,000 6,674,000 6,277,000 6,174,000 6,035,000 4,789,000 4,591,000 4,224,000 3,989,000 
          free cash flows
        269,000,000 339,000,000 202,000,000 521,000,000 170,000,000 523,000,000 335,000,000 542,000,000 477,000,000 398,000,000 355,000,000 356,000,000 360,000,000 380,000,000 250,000,000 343,000,000 213,000,000 161,000,000 269,000,000 294,000,000 336,000,000 311,000,000 232,000,000 244,000,000 272,000,000 320,000,000 323,000,000 127,000,000 313,996,000 348,165,000 247,954,000 146,885,000 335,679,000 348,700,000 191,232,000 180,946,000 332,593,000 343,994,000 172,658,000 153,731,000 253,974,000 366,425,000 213,296,000 156,209,000 296,981,000 334,367,000 160,948,000 167,518,000 246,070,000 353,605,000 210,406,000 176,417,000 240,086,000 337,889,000 131,982,000 106,238,000 186,137,000 250,502,000 191,078,000 118,391,000 104,474,000 205,687,000 173,093,000 113,191,000 222,657,000 277,129,000 197,149,000 49,602,000  223,324,000 111,720,000 19,531,000 137,797,000 163,695,000 104,095,000 88,448,000 128,560,000 217,050,000 77,871,000 30,865,000 
          proceeds from sales of assets and business divestitures
                             9,000,000       10,442,000                                                    
          other – net
        -5,000,000 -2,000,000   -1,000,000 2,000,000 18,000,000 -1,000,000    -3,000,000 -24,000,000                  -596,000 -9,113,000 3,737,000 4,674,000 302,000 59,000 -828,000 -1,222,000 -8,290,000 -5,170,000 1,565,000 -187,000 -2,080,000 356,000 -3,020,000 1,530,000 -287,000 2,434,000 -747,000 -350,000 -4,698,000 13,443,000 -625,000 -1,422,000 -1,426,000 7,113,000 1,304,000 -956,000 -402,000 2,440,000 -5,604,000 1,001,000 -892,000 29,000 -1,080,000 46,000 -2,208,000 262,000 679,000 -1,087,000 -778,000 1,714,000 -728,000 -536,000 -3,612,000 -714,000 35,000 -3,317,000 1,080,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -102,000,000 -260,000,000 -158,000,000 -125,000,000 -258,000,000 -85,000,000 -59,000,000 -118,000,000 -115,000,000 -116,000,000 -95,000,000 -96,000,000 -51,000,000 -40,000,000 -115,000,000 -57,000,000 -46,000,000 -50,000,000 -72,000,000 -58,000,000 -47,000,000 -50,000,000 -30,000,000 -52,000,000 -57,000,000 -54,000,000 -39,000,000 -52,000,000 -60,787,000 -31,424,000 -42,512,000 -31,277,000 -46,445,000 -24,803,000 -37,306,000 -37,529,000 -76,868,000 -111,861,000 -28,150,000 -45,385,000 -123,317,000 -549,644,000 -78,193,000 -92,204,000 -149,134,000 -103,329,000 -79,416,000 -52,179,000 -126,600,000 -184,046,000 -47,303,000 -41,478,000 -131,584,000 -57,371,000 -77,333,000 -39,368,000 -62,977,000 -392,279,000 -51,861,000 -27,951,000 -52,648,000 -48,523,000 -45,097,000 -22,891,000 -185,665,000 -27,287,000 -21,228,000 -28,383,000  -63,642,000 -75,714,000 -13,504,000 -53,084,000 -75,767,000 -47,522,000 -20,584,000 -47,796,000 -47,924,000 4,527,000 -48,553,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                        
          short-term borrowings (repayments), original maturities of 90 days or less
                                                                                        
          proceeds from debt
        1,000,000 27,000,000 62,000,000 1,000,000 500,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000                                                                     
          payments of debt
        -3,000,000 -1,000,000 -502,000,000 -1,000,000 -21,000,000 -17,000,000 -19,000,000 -18,000,000                                                                     
          proceeds from stock options exercised
        13,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 16,000,000 1,000,000 9,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 23,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000 6,000,000 17,000,000 1,000,000 22,000,000 8,000,000 23,000,000 19,000,000 9,000,000 19,000,000 30,000,000 3,000,000 13,000,000 3,000,000 1,451,000 92,415,000 28,131,000 59,003,000 20,163,000 191,000 719,000 26,345,000 4,572,000 3,362,000 20,985,000 5,206,000 7,197,000 18,139,000 30,666,000 4,883,000 7,118,000 9,645,000 21,646,000 10,170,000 2,900,000 18,370,000 24,681,000 23,461,000 17,818,000 15,206,000 8,819,000 30,241,000 31,500,000 14,911,000 24,053,000 13,873,000                     
          payments for employee taxes withheld from stock awards
        -5,000,000 -1,000,000 -27,000,000 -3,000,000 -6,000,000 -4,000,000 -30,000,000 -10,000,000 -5,000,000 -3,000,000 -26,000,000 -3,000,000 -1,000,000 -3,000,000 -17,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -26,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -9,000,000 -5,000,000 -1,000,000 -7,000,000 -3,000,000 -619,000 17,645,000 -14,148,000 -14,878,000 -10,338,000 -827,000                                               
          purchases of treasury stock
        -247,000,000 -291,000,000 -226,000,000 -281,000,000 -462,000,000 -227,000,000 -244,000,000 -268,000,000 -344,000,000 -193,000,000 -171,000,000 -142,000,000 -220,000,000 -184,000,000 -120,000,000 -79,000,000 -170,000,000 -242,000,000 -108,000,000 -175,000,000 -500,000,000 -1,000,000 -100,000,000 -100,000,000                                                        
          cash dividends paid
        -109,000,000 -133,000,000 -110,000,000 -115,000,000 -100,000,000 -115,000,000 -101,000,000 -105,000,000 -92,000,000 -106,000,000 -107,000,000 -87,000,000 -85,000,000 -102,000,000 -99,000,000 -84,000,000 -96,000,000 -85,000,000 -95,000,000 -81,000,000 -92,000,000 -82,000,000 -86,000,000 -78,000,000 -86,000,000 -79,000,000 -87,000,000 -76,000,000 -83,711,000 -77,157,000 -82,878,000 -72,254,000 -78,969,000 -73,867,000 -79,519,000 -72,118,000 -81,840,000 -73,651,000 -74,848,000 -72,632,000 -75,526,000 -77,042,000 -80,513,000 -73,393,000 -76,130,000 -74,380,000 -76,203,000 -64,682,000 -66,778,000 -65,139,000 -67,003,000 -56,546,000 -58,079,000 -56,637,000 -58,344,000 -47,017,000 -47,808,000 -46,936,000 -47,449,000 -38,334,000 -38,210,000 -39,500,000 -40,553,000 -34,075,000 -34,635,000 -34,875,000 -34,559,000 -30,615,000 -31,120,000 -31,033,000 -31,287,000 -28,064,000 -28,327,000 -30,701,000 -29,546,000 -24,519,000 -24,760,000 -25,421,000 -26,124,000 -21,591,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        -226,000,000 -398,000,000 -303,000,000 -898,000,000 -565,000,000 148,000,000 -372,000,000 -391,000,000 -439,000,000 -318,000,000 -297,000,000 -224,000,000 -304,000,000 -280,000,000 -229,000,000 -159,000,000 -249,000,000 -327,000,000 -213,000,000 -250,000,000 -579,000,000 -1,011,000,000 -91,000,000 955,000,000 -148,000,000 -289,000,000 -365,000,000 -221,000,000 -232,558,000 -106,071,000 -185,306,000 -146,065,000 -248,056,000 -314,608,000 -121,284,000 -183,200,000 -254,631,000 -258,121,000 -110,438,000 -131,342,000 -99,151,000 -365,030,000 441,626,000 -39,996,000 -227,441,000 -233,454,000 -131,671,000 -165,557,000 -222,376,000 -118,507,000 -152,172,000 -97,814,000 -71,963,000 -114,120,000 -152,908,000 -55,445,000 -145,226,000 53,232,000 -12,022,000 -73,430,000 -28,971,000 -262,540,000 -279,859,000 -7,217,000  1,856,000 -12,815,000 -150,987,000  -52,462,000 114,598,000 7,745,000 -56,771,000 -381,502,000 9,542,000 -85,156,000 -153,779,000 -190,458,000 -119,261,000 -29,375,000 
          exchange rate effect on cash and cash equivalents
        -17,000,000 -1,000,000 15,000,000 7,000,000 -17,000,000 5,000,000 -15,000,000 -8,000,000 9,000,000 -3,000,000 -4,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 -7,000,000 -8,000,000 -4,000,000 -5,000,000 -3,000,000 1,000,000 -9,000,000 16,000,000 6,000,000 -15,000,000 7,000,000 -6,000,000   375,000 -6,281,000 -9,690,000 5,596,000 1,123,000 221,000 3,622,000 4,438,000 -12,929,000 -4,028,000 2,021,000 12,766,000 479,000 -13,386,000 -370,000 -7,226,000 -13,496,000 -9,557,000 6,282,000 -4,862,000 -6,445,000 202,000 -7,706,000 -3,672,000 -5,279,000 4,659,000 9,250,000 -8,161,000 -3,106,000 -16,497,000 3,814,000 4,232,000 4,091,000 3,827,000 -8,549,000 5,515,000 2,428,000 4,046,000 2,670,000 -1,866,000 -6,410,000 5,692,000 -3,493,000 -3,557,000 2,803,000 -173,000 3,977,000 328,000 -1,079,000 -264,000 745,000 41,000 
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
        50,000,000 -62,000,000 -69,000,000 -370,000,000 -412,000,000 679,000,000 -35,000,000 144,000,000 59,000,000 86,000,000 54,000,000 136,000,000 10,000,000 53,000,000 -102,000,000 123,000,000  -219,000,000 -15,000,000 -23,000,000  -744,000,000 111,000,000 1,132,000,000  -29,000,000 -77,000,000 -146,000,000  204,389,000 10,446,000 -24,861,000  9,510,000 36,264,000 -35,345,000  -30,016,000 36,091,000 -10,230,000  -561,635,000 576,359,000 16,783,000  -11,973,000 -43,857,000 -55,080,000  51,254,000 3,225,000 33,453,000  171,057,000 -89,009,000 3,264,000 -25,172,000 -105,042,000 131,009,000 21,242,000                     
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
        1,036,000,000 660,000,000 325,000,000 241,000,000 585,000,000 360,000,000 538,000,000 124,000 326,876,000 274,146,000 290,136,000 226,644,000 430,644,000 452,063,000 335,491,000 313,454,000 459,871,000 396,290,000 113,437,000 348,471,000 544,894,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        50,000,000 -62,000,000 -69,000,000 666,000,000 -412,000,000 679,000,000 -35,000,000 804,000,000 59,000,000 86,000,000 54,000,000 461,000,000 10,000,000 53,000,000 -102,000,000 364,000,000  -219,000,000 -15,000,000 562,000,000  -744,000,000 111,000,000 1,492,000,000  -29,000,000 -77,000,000 392,000,000  204,389,000 10,446,000 302,015,000  9,510,000 36,264,000 238,801,000  -30,016,000 36,091,000 279,906,000  -561,635,000 576,359,000 243,427,000  -11,973,000 -43,857,000 375,564,000  51,254,000 3,225,000 485,516,000  171,057,000 -89,009,000 338,755,000  -105,042,000 131,009,000 334,696,000  -101,549,000 -160,412,000 548,469,000  255,744,000 158,721,000 257,570,000  106,183,000 140,805,000 117,429,000  -300,024,000 63,918,000 325,472,000  -26,187,000 -40,342,000 493,883,000 
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                        
          cash payments for interest
                                                                                        
          cash payments for income taxes
                                                                                        
          impairment loss and net losses from business divestitures
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of assets
            1,000,000 1,000,000  9,000,000 2,000,000                                                                     
          net losses from sale of assets
                                                                                        
          impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets
                                    13,845,000                                                    
          additions to property, buildings, equipment and intangibles
                    -48,000,000 -45,000,000 -106,000,000 -57,000,000 -58,000,000 -50,000,000 -74,000,000 -73,000,000 -45,000,000 -59,000,000 -43,000,000 -50,000,000 -58,000,000                                                        
          proceeds from sale or redemption of assets
                    21,000,000 5,000,000      15,000,000                                                             
          proceeds from short-term debt
                                                                                        
          payments of short-term debt
                                                                                        
          proceeds from long-term debt
                            1,000,000 83,000,000 1,500,000,000                                                         
          payments of long-term debt
                          -9,000,000 -1,014,000,000 -2,000,000 -345,000,000 6,000,000 -14,000,000 -20,000,000 -14,000,000 -6,592,000 -53,345,000 -10,775,000 -25,288,000 -23,489,000 -8,013,000 -1,564,000 -6,235,000 -5,139,000 -127,128,000 -5,212,000 -124,769,000                   -7,126,000 -7,373,000                     
          net losses from sale or redemption of assets
                           -5,000,000                                                             
          borrowings under lines of credit
                            3,000,000 9,000,000 -2,000,000 3,000,000 9,000,000 10,000,000 2,218,000 1,638,000 11,959,000 10,185,000 39,850,000 3,557,000 20,491,000 9,883,000 9,374,000 8,180,000 6,473,000 12,028,000 6,738,000 21,190,000 12,462,000 14,380,000 37,705,000 31,330,000 17,865,000 26,821,000 22,508,000 16,885,000 69,245,000 36,167,000 67,654,000 20,603,000 37,898,000 35,005,000 44,322,000 34,058,000 59,647,000 80,858,000 10,912,000 12,318,000                   
          net gains from sale or redemption of assets
                                                                                        
          impairment of goodwill, intangible and long-lived assets
                                                                                        
          subtotal
                        94,000,000 59,000,000 74,000,000 39,000,000 57,000,000 59,000,000 189,000,000 233,000,000 178,000,000 75,000,000                                                       
          change in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale or redemption of assets and business divestitures
                        12,000,000                                                               
          payments against lines of credit
                            -15,000,000 -5,000,000 -45,000,000 3,000,000 -2,000,000 -9,000,000 -7,000,000 -3,101,000 -5,591,000 -2,385,000 -19,923,000 -3,551,000 -21,669,000 -8,869,000 -9,167,000 -4,843,000 -13,209,000 -8,246,000 -11,060,000 -12,795,000 -19,115,000 -18,316,000 -28,333,000 -24,682,000 -27,961,000 -36,321,000 -28,313,000 -26,293,000 -13,721,000 -74,437,000 -39,999,000 -67,390,000 -68,723,000 -35,539,000 -33,354,000 -35,414,000 -24,125,000 -56,908,000 -77,878,000 -12,511,000 -9,453,000                   
          net change in cash and cash equivalents:
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                        
          net losses from sale or redemption of assets and business divestitures
                         1,000,000                                                               
          income taxes - net
                             -1,000,000 44,000,000 -62,000,000                                                         
          other - net
                                                               666,000                         
          income taxes
                          -105,000,000 55,000,000                                                             
          impairment of goodwill, intangibles and long lived assets
                                                                                        
          net proceeds of business acquisitions, divestitures and sales of assets
                                                                                        
          impairment of goodwill, intangibles and long-lived assets
                             177,000,000                                                         
          other
                             -2,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000  5,355,000                                                   
          proceeds from sales of assets
                                1,000,000 2,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000   17,293,000 25,987,000   21,452,000 48,306,000 6,934,000 4,970,000 29,302,000 13,817,000                                         
          provision for losses on accounts receivable
                                5,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 216,000 3,166,000 66,000 3,552,000 1,189,000 2,418,000 8,851,000 3,918,000 1,463,000 6,471,000 4,828,000 3,454,000 3,765,000 1,786,000 2,072,000 2,558,000 5,466,000 2,697,000 2,369,000 2,413,000 3,080,000 1,992,000 2,287,000 1,496,000 2,900,000 2,176,000 1,797,000 2,631,000 -258,000 1,989,000 1,718,000 1,312,000 806,000 2,475,000 68,000 3,369,000 -417,000 2,928,000 4,155,000 4,082,000 1,057,000 2,814,000 4,347,000 4,706,000 7,612,000 4,604,000 1,239,000 1,981,000 3,010,000 1,539,000 -121,000 1,629,000 
          equity method proceeds
                                                                                      
          net decrease in commercial paper
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                       103,000 -22,256,000 8,348,000 411,755,000 3,917,000 -73,000 122,774,000   65,827,000                                   
          net gains from sales of assets and divestitures
                                                                                        
          losses from equity method investment
                                    729,000 3,731,000 3,043,000 11,497,000 12,641,000 10,635,000 6,121,000 8,374,000 9,046,000 10,332,000 5,427,000 6,388,000 1,467,000 5,971,000                                       
          net gains from sales of assets, net of write-offs
                                  -3,000,000 -2,000,000                                                     
          income taxes payable
                                  -71,000,000 64,000,000 -2,666,000                                                    
          additions to property, buildings and equipment and intangibles
                                  -47,000,000 -60,000,000 -70,104,000 -65,813,000 -53,934,000 -49,149,000                                                 
          purchase of treasury stock
                                  -265,000,000 -135,000,000 -142,254,000 -81,868,000 -27,961,000 -172,917,000 -169,448,000 -122,421,000 -154,416,000 -159,146,000 -176,575,000 -200,551,000 -240,600,000 -172,047,000 -222,830,000 -734,646,000 -292,603,000 -149,992,000 -207,700,000 -81,573,000 -85,294,000 -150,553,000 -158,854,000 -77,219,000 -132,603,000 -69,797,000 -44,074,000 -85,477,000 -149,224,000 -61,757,000 -49,700,000 -50,613,000 -98,000 -50,671,000 -428,000 -247,872,000 -250,139,000 -6,364,000 -245,031,000 -127,696,000 -86,695,000 -36,602,000 -74,513,000 -196,437,000 -499,999,000 -48,596,000 -98,698,000 -153,624,000    
          other current liabilities
                                   -207,000,000  23,712,000 42,575,000 -102,664,000 82,802,000 48,632,000 45,182,000 -64,171,000 61,867,000 42,049,000 -17,502,000 -111,458,000     54,580,000 82,043,000 18,686,000 -146,616,000 45,814,000 81,947,000 8,718,000 -137,186,000 -54,812,000 142,104,000 39,626,000 -185,591,000 68,532,000 61,394,000 76,967,000 -156,175,000 41,580,000                    
          accrued employment-related benefits cost
                                   -4,000,000  -4,803,000 -6,655,000 -6,950,000 -10,686,000 651,000 2,135,000 1,520,000 1,951,000 1,714,000 3,554,000 323,000                 23,668,000 3,793,000 10,993,000 7,226,000                     
          equity method investment
                                   2,000,000 -1,125,000 2,111,000 -5,871,000 -8,115,000 -12,324,000 -9,130,000 -6,233,000 -7,067,000 -14,804,000 -8,959,000 -3,141,000 -7,199,000 -4,695,000 -5,497,000                                       
          net increase in commercial paper
                                     -89,886,000 89,904,000 -18,000 -99,907,000 -304,787,000 34,946,000 -139,000 19,999,000 -194,757,000 214,645,000 148,000,000                               223,913,000         
          change in assets and liabilities – net of business acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                                        
          employment-related and other liabilities
                                                                                        
          excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
                                            32,000 2,103,000 -7,517,000 17,287,000 3,138,000 7,309,000 12,787,000 4,319,000 4,330,000 7,265,000 15,370,000 6,807,000 6,665,000 11,629,000 29,040,000 12,650,000 13,708,000 8,675,000 17,317,000 18,185,000 20,523,000 9,621,000 15,859,000 6,095,000 6,401,000 4,932,000 5,124,000 9,193,000 6,442,000 7,176,000 4,615,000 797,000 1,800,000 2,364,000 8,462,000 907,000 3,646,000 2,847,000 17,419,000 6,784,000 7,419,000 421,000 2,759,000 2,774,000 
          net losses from sales of assets and non-cash charges
                                                                                        
          current income taxes payable
                                      -15,300,000 43,844,000 -14,048,000 11,655,000 -66,867,000 73,227,000  -8,346,000 -34,125,000 32,757,000 4,492,000 3,298,000 -63,740,000 62,893,000 -5,895,000 2,807,000 -90,809,000 92,410,000 -11,056,000 8,891,000 -54,733,000 52,085,000 3,541,000 -1,483,000 -69,732,000 58,325,000 7,112,000 2,435,000 -41,035,000 48,315,000 -10,473,000                    
          gains from sales of assets, net of write-offs
                                       -5,714,000                                                 
          change in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                        
          cash paid for business acquisitions
                                                                             -27,127,000    78,000       
          net losses from sales of assets and divestitures
                                                                                        
          change in operating assets and liabilities – net of business acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                                        
          additions to property, buildings and equipment
                                         -60,036,000 -52,379,000 -78,768,000  -107,905,000 -53,920,000 -51,797,000 -120,671,000 -82,324,000 -71,384,000 -99,489,000 -147,194,000 -83,986,000 -90,546,000 -65,664,000 -123,784,000 -65,186,000 -40,213,000 -42,962,000 -94,697,000 -58,785,000 -55,742,000 -40,636,000                         
          proceeds from sales of assets and divestitures
                                                                                        
          change in operating assets and liabilities – net of business acquisitions:
                                                                                        
          gains from sales of assets and write-offs
                                           -10,966,000                                             
          payment for employee taxes withheld from stock awards
                                           -11,625,000                                             
          impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets
                                                                                        
          losses from non-cash charges and sales of assets
                                                3,474,000 -658,000                                       
          change in assets and liabilities – net of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                                        
          gains from sales of assets, net of asset impairment
                                                                                        
          prepaid income taxes and other expenses
                                                                                        
          net cash paid for business acquisitions
                                                         -119,726,000    -48,000                       -20,531,000 468,000 -14,327,000 
          (gains) from sales of assets, net of asset impairment
                                                                                        
          net cash received for business divestiture
                                                                                        
          (gains) from non-cash charges and sales of assets
                                               -7,465,000                                         
          payments of long-term debt and commercial paper
                                                        -2,524,000 -9,312,000   -1,600,000 52,233,000   -108,649,000                        
          employment-related and other non-current liabilities
                                                 -1,830,000 1,935,000 2,296,000  2,545,000 5,535,000 1,177,000  5,867,000 2,468,000 5,620,000  9,592,000 -20,360,000 22,246,000                         
          proceeds from sales of property, buildings and equipment
                                                 2,232,000 2,786,000 7,333,000  3,646,000 4,954,000 462,000 23,047,000 1,126,000 955,000 1,573,000                             
          net cash paid for business acquisitions, net of divestitures
                                                                                        
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                  -27,504,000 34,433,000                                     
          net cash received for business divestitures
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt and commercial paper borrowings
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuance of commercial paper
                                                   190,000,000    40,000,000                                 
          net decrease in long-term debt
                                                   -1,860,000   -3,731,000 -5,807,000                                 
          losses from sales of assets and write-offs
                                                     581,000                                   
          net borrowings under revolving credit facility
                                                                                        
          net borrowings of commercial paper
                                                                                        
          losses from sales of assets
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated entity
                                                                                        
          cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          net increase in long-term debt
                                                           -3,750,000    3,252,000                         
          gain on investment in unconsolidated entities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of property, buildings and equipment
                                                            3,495,000 1,085,000 3,348,000 602,000                         
          supplemental cash flow information
                                                                                        
          additions to property, buildings and equipment – net of dispositions
                                                                 -44,040,000 -51,407,000 -28,393,000 -55,749,000 -37,925,000 -13,123,000 -13,819,000  -41,356,000 -19,491,000 -27,305,000  -27,407,000 -66,551,000 -31,062,000  -55,603,000 -40,895,000 -32,246,000  -33,067,000 -23,862,000 -28,632,000 
          net cash paid for business acquisitions and other investments
                                                                 -348,239,000                       
          (gain) write-off of unconsolidated entities
                                                                                        
          prepaid expenses
                                                                                        
          accrued employment-related benefits costs
                                                                                        
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                      -160,412,000 88,598,000  255,744,000     140,805,000 3,992,000     -78,883,000    
          (gain) on previously held equity interest – net
                                                                                        
          net cash (paid for) acquired in business acquisitions and other investments
                                                                     -10,598,000                   
          payment of long-term debt
                                                                     -205,178,000 -12,273,000 -8,333,000                 
          stock options exercised
                                                                     22,213,000 14,237,000 31,875,000  38,464,000 15,787,000 5,689,000  9,212,000 28,332,000 3,559,000 10,035,000 8,145,000 64,043,000 31,277,000 17,186,000 3,589,000 18,369,000 25,293,000 
          change in operating assets and liabilities – net of business acquisitions
                                                                                        
          decrease in accounts receivable
                                                                      -36,794,000 -62,976,000 26,184,000 -30,008,000 -16,692,000 23,310,000             
          decrease in inventories
                                                                      -16,124,000 44,520,000 -19,110,000 73,868,000 73,285,000 47,243,000    -23,619,000 -57,702,000 -34,489,000 -17,385,000 12,342,000 -58,196,000 10,071,000   
          decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets
                                                                      -2,294,000 19,890,000  987,000               
          increase in trade accounts payable
                                                                      35,595,000 11,737,000 16,328,000 8,712,000 -6,786,000 -34,990,000 -20,029,000 -14,692,000 -13,707,000 41,468,000 -78,624,000 -11,268,000 6,452,000 44,004,000 -11,572,000 25,598,000 -39,562,000 36,424,000 
          increase in other current liabilities
                                                                      53,270,000 -93,522,000 59,866,000 50,378,000 18,469,000 -181,657,000             
          increase in current income taxes payable
                                                                      -41,095,000 35,922,000 3,528,000 -1,934,000 -34,176,000 35,054,000 -14,250,000   60,932,000 -1,294,000 7,049,000 -47,622,000 44,171,000 -10,062,000 -24,489,000 -28,464,000 45,620,000 
          increase in accrued employment-related benefits cost
                                                                      5,625,000 7,748,000  8,665,000 11,234,000 496,000  2,717,000 4,914,000 1,867,000         
          change in operating assets and liabilities – net of business acquisition
                                                                                        
          net cash paid for business acquisition and other investments
                                                                       -9,072,000                 
          borrowings under line of credit
                                                                       12,981,000 7,154,000 35,975,000 1,289,000 1,707,000 10,823,000 11,694,000 3,521,000 3,921,000         
          payments against line of credit
                                                                       -12,494,000 -6,216,000 -36,551,000 53,000 -869,000 -6,638,000 -8,688,000 -57,000 -54,000         
          tax benefit of stock incentive plans
                                                                        1,688,000 521,000 384,000 301,000 313,000 515,000 1,043,000 54,000 373,000 627,000 1,305,000 888,000 -3,061,000 25,000 1,655,000 2,944,000 
          net losses on property, buildings and equipment
                                                                                        
          income from unconsolidated entities – net
                                                                                        
          decrease in prepaid expenses
                                                                           -3,124,000         -11,526,000    
          increase in accrued employment-related benefits costs
                                                                                        
          cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other investments
                                                                                        
          investments in unconsolidated entities
                                                                            -1,000            
          net cash used in financing activities
                                                                                        
          net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                           -138,720,000 31,873,000            
          noncash investing activities:
                                                                                        
          fair value of noncash assets acquired in business acquisitions
                                                                                        
          liabilities assumed in business acquisitions
                                                                                        
          net losses on sales of property, buildings and equipment
                                                                                        
          (income) from unconsolidated entities – net
                                                                         -578,000 -707,000 -76,000             
          cash acquired, net of cash paid for business acquisitions
                                                                                        
          net increase in short-term debt
                                                                                        
          depreciation and amortization:
                                                                                        
          property, buildings and equipment
                                                                          27,817,000 26,547,000 30,936,000 29,141,000 27,033,000 25,333,000 31,726,000 26,595,000 24,630,000 23,888,000 29,407,000 24,957,000 23,483,000 23,128,000 
          capitalized software and other intangibles
                                                                          7,055,000 7,086,000 7,869,000 6,729,000 6,306,000 6,223,000 6,674,000 6,277,000 6,174,000 6,035,000 4,789,000 4,591,000 4,224,000 3,989,000 
          net gains on sales of property, buildings and equipment
                                                                          3,000 50,000 -4,472,000 -1,394,000 -2,050,000 -1,316,000 -1,821,000 -1,321,000 -2,812,000 -1,300,000 -3,362,000 -1,405,000 -6,232,000 -36,000 
          additions to capitalized software
                                                                          -4,006,000 -1,102,000 -5,727,000 -2,404,000 -1,853,000 -2,313,000 -2,830,000 -3,159,000 -1,840,000 -727,000 -3,783,000 -1,799,000 -1,832,000 -1,536,000 
          net cash acquired (paid) for business acquisitions
                                                                                        
          decrease in prepaid income taxes
                                                                           22,556,000             
          proceeds from sale of marketable securities
                                                                            221,000           
          income from unconsolidated entities
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of unconsolidated entity
                                                                                       
          write-off of unconsolidated entity
                                                                                        
          (increase) in accounts receivable
                                                                            120,344,000 -43,007,000 -33,992,000 -48,937,000  -36,725,000 -22,407,000 -46,013,000  -3,857,000 -36,366,000 -52,205,000 
          (increase) in inventories
                                                                            -75,158,000 4,747,000          -14,256,000 
          (increase) in prepaid income taxes
                                                                                        
          (increase) in prepaid expenses
                                                                              4,914,000 -5,355,000   6,372,000 -7,733,000   1,172,000 -4,411,000 
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                                        
          purchase of marketable securities
                                                                                   -125,000    
          proceeds from sale of unconsolidated entity
                                                                                    430,000   
          net cash used in investing activities
                                                                                        
          losses from unconsolidated entities – net
                                                                                        
          (decrease) in other current liabilities
                                                                             59,138,000 61,156,000 -162,485,000  55,740,000 39,059,000 -111,123,000  34,170,000 33,815,000 -112,565,000 
          purchases of marketable securities
                                                                                        
          net (decrease) in commercial paper
                                                                             591,000           
          net increase in short term debt
                                                                                        
          losses from unconsolidated entities
                                                                              -1,343,000 -737,000         
          (decrease) in current income taxes payable
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sales of property, buildings and equipment – net
                                                                                        
          (investments in) and loan repayment from unconsolidated entities
                                                                                        
          deferred income taxes
                                                                                 -4,092,000 -6,639,000 3,294,000 8,448,000 16,268,000 -13,902,000 -956,000 
          (income) from unconsolidated entities
                                                                                        
          increase in accrued employment-related benefits
                                                                                        
          cash flows financing activities:
                                                                                        
          net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                   -22,999,000   -40,342,000 -51,011,000 
          increase in accrued employment-related benefit costs
                                                                                  5,610,000 6,255,000  3,343,000 4,031,000 4,940,000 
          increase in short-term debt
                                                                                        
          loss from unconsolidated entities
                                                                                   342,000     
          (gains) on sales of unconsolidated entities
                                                                                        
          change in operating assets and liabilities – net of business acquisitions and joint venture contributions:
                                                                                        
          long-term debt payments
                                                                                        
          equity in income of unconsolidated entities
                                                                                     -480,000 -862,000 -1,207,000 
          purchase of treasury stock – net
                                                                                      -114,265,000 -35,851,000