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RESTRUCTURING RESERVES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
RESTRUCTURING RESERVES | RESTRUCTURING RESERVES During 2018, Grainger substantially completed initiatives to reduce costs in the U.S. business and at the Company level (unallocated expense) and streamline and focus on profitability in the Canada business and other businesses. Restructuring costs, net of gains, for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in millions of dollars):
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2018 |
| COGS |  | SG&A |  | Total |
|  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Other charges (gains) |  |
United States | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 8 |  |
Canada | — |  |  | 24 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 35 |  |
Other businesses | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 6 |  |
Unallocated expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | ) |
Total | $ | — |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 47 |  |
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2017 |
| COGS |  | SG&A |  | Total |
|  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Other charges (gains) |  |
United States | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 11 |  |
Canada | 8 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 39 |  |
Other businesses | 4 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 55 |  |
Unallocated expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | 11 |  |  | 11 |  |
Total | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 116 |  |
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2016 |
| COGS |  | SG&A |  | Total |
|  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Other charges (gains) |  |
United States | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | 15 |  |
Canada | 2 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 16 |  |
Unallocated expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | 9 |  |
Total | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |
Other charges (gains) for all three years primarily include asset impairments, write-down losses and other exit-related costs. The charges in the U.S. and Canada businesses are partially offset by gains from the sales of assets in those segments. Included in other charges (gains) is also approximately $18 million of accumulated foreign currency translations losses reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive losses to earnings primarily related to the wind-down of Colombia during 2017. Restructuring reserves are primarily recorded as part of Accrued compensation and benefits and Accrued expenses. The following summarizes the restructuring and related reserve activity for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (in millions of dollars):
|  |  |  |  | Current liabilities |  |
| Current assets write-downs |  | Property, buildings and equipment write-downs and disposals |  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Lease termination costs |  | Other costs |  | Total
Reserves as of January 1, 2017 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 28 |
Restructuring costs, net of (gains) | 14 |  |  | — |  |  | 59 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 37 |  |  | 116 |
Cash (paid) received | (1 | ) |  | 24 |  |  | (34 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | (23 | )
Non-cash, translation and others | $ | — |  |  | $ | (23 | ) |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (17 | ) |  | $ | (39 | )
Reserves as of December 31, 2017 | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 82 |
Restructuring costs, net of (gains) | 4 |  |  | (10 | ) |  | 40 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 47 |
Cash (paid) received | (1 | ) |  | 44 |  |  | (57 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (19 | )
Non-cash, translation and others | (16 | ) |  | (35 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | (63 | )
Reserves as of December 31, 2018 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 47 |
The cumulative amounts incurred to date and expected (excluding results of sales of real estate) in connection with the Company's restructuring actions for active programs are as follows (in millions of dollars):
| Cumulative amount incurred to date |  | Additional amount expected
United States | $ | 70 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Canada | 93 |  |  | — |
Other businesses | 67 |  |  | — |
Unallocated expense | 18 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 248 |  |  | $ | 3 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2175745 + Details
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