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Analysis: Zoro’s Explosive Marketplace Growth

Mike Hockett dives into the numbers behind Grainger’s $1 billion U.S. digital marketplace, what Zoro has done to support its rapid growth and why there’s no slowdown in sight.

December 23, 2022

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When Grainger announced Dec. 14 that Zoro — the MRO products distribution giant’s Endless Assortment U.S. marketplace — had topped $1 billion in annual sales for the first time since its 2011 launch, it was easy to be wowed at that number. For context, $1 billion would rank No. 26 on MDM’s

2022 Top Industrial Distributors list

 and No. 14 on Top MRO Distributors. Zoro’s now-12-year presence and Grainger backing make it one of the first names that come to mind when discussing industrial products marketplaces. That field has quickly become crowded in the past few years as industry-specific…

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