News alert: Holiday toy trouble
Walmart, Target, and Mattel

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Walmart and Target are cutting back for the holidays. That's bad news for Mattel

Barbie’s world just got a little less sparkly. Third-quarter results from parent company Mattel show the toy giant is feeling the pinch as it heads into the holiday season amid rising inventories and declining sales.
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