From Grainger to Growth Platform: E&R Industrial Charts Its Independent Future

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Divested from Grainger in late 2023, metalworking and industrial supplies distributor E&R Industrial is entering a new chapter marked by independence, modernization and rapid expansion. CEO Joe Stephens stops by to tell us about what the company’s next couple of years might look like, as well as his broader thoughts on relationship selling, what it means to be tech-enabled and the role of vending today.

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