GWW vs BSBR Comparison

Founded in 1927, W.W. Grainger originally distributed various motors via a mail-order catalogue. Over the course of the 20th century, the firm expanded into new industrial product categories and launched its first digital catalogue in 1995. Today, the company organizes itself into two segments focused on different customer bases. Its larger segment, high-touch solutions, offers a vast array of maintenance, repair, and operations, or MRO, supplies and bespoke inventory management services to larger businesses. Its smaller segment, endless assortment, operates two online platforms, Zoro and MonotaRO, that offer comprehensive catalogues of MRO supplies to smaller businesses. Grainger has operations throughout the world but primarily generates sales within the US.

Banco Santander (Brasil) SA is part of Santander Group, a Spanish bank. It operates across two segments; the Commercial Banking segment, catering to both individual and corporate client and the Global Wholesale Banking segment, which encompasses Investment Banking and Markets operations, including the Treasury and Equity Business Departments. The bank generates majority of its revenue from the Commercial Banking segment and has operations in Brazil and internationally.