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SEGMENT INFORMATION
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION SEGMENT INFORMATION
Grainger's two reportable segments are High-Touch Solutions N.A. and Endless Assortment. The remaining businesses, which include the Company's Cromwell business, are classified as Other to reconcile to consolidated results. These remaining businesses individually and in the aggregate do not meet the criteria of a reportable segment.

The Company's corporate costs are allocated to each reportable segment based on benefits received. Additionally, intersegment sales transactions, which are sales between Grainger businesses in separate reportable segments, are eliminated within the segment to present only the impact of sales to external customers. Service fees for intersegment sales are included in each reportable segment's Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) and are also eliminated in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Following is a summary of segment results (in millions of dollars):
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024202320242023
 Net salesOperating earnings (losses)Net salesOperating earnings (losses)Net salesOperating earnings (losses)Net salesOperating earnings (losses)
High-Touch Solutions N.A.$3,515 $617 $3,403 $612 $10,378 $1,818 $10,052 $1,833 
Endless Assortment791 70 732 55 2,318 190 2,207 178 
Other82 (1)73 — 239 (4)222 (3)
Total Company$4,388 $686 $4,208 $667 $12,935 $2,004 $12,481 $2,008 

The Company is a broad line distributor of MRO products and services. Products are regularly added and removed from the Company's inventory. Accordingly, it would be impractical to provide sales information by product category due to the way the business is managed and the dynamic nature of the inventory offered, including the evolving list of products stocked and additional products available online but not stocked. Assets for reportable segments are not disclosed as such information is not regularly reviewed by the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker.