Healthcare Leads 3M Sales Higher in July

In late July, 3M (NYSE: MMM) announced that second-quarter sales dropped 12.2% year over year, marking the lowest quarterly net sales total in more than five years. However, at the time, it noted an improvement in the first three weeks of July, with sales up "low-single digits year-on-year." Last week, 3M announced that total July sales actually increased 6% compared to the prior-year period.

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