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Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe

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Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe

As part of its 6th annual Toy Safety Awareness Month, The Toy Association will be sharing safety tips throughout November on social media and at PlaySafe.org, highlighting the importance of avoiding dangerous knockoff toys; tips for safe play with sq

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XRT SPDR S&P Retail ETF

    SPDR S&P Retail ETF: it holds retailers. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR+2.3% 30d

    Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR: it holds retailers. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • WMT Walmart+14.9% 30d

    Walmart (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • AMZN Amazon.com-7.0% 30d

    Amazon.com (catalog and mail-order houses): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • COST Costco Wholesale+12.7% 30d

    Costco Wholesale (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • TGT Target-2.8% 30d

    Target (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
XRT-1.50%-2.24%base+2.43%after closeafter closeafter close
XLY-0.96%-0.06%base+3.25%after closeafter closeafter close
WMT-2.61%-3.79%base+1.87%after closeafter closeafter close
AMZN+3.66%+5.97%base+5.13%after closeafter closeafter close
COST-0.73%-2.96%base+1.32%after closeafter closeafter close
TGT-3.73%-3.40%base+1.49%after closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe The Toy Association

Source: The Toy Association

Price since this story was published: Spdr Series Trust (XRT)

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Amazon Com (AMZN)that day+5.13%still updating
Amazon Com (AMZN)three days earlier+5.97%final price
Amazon Com (AMZN)five days earlier+3.66%final price
Costco Wholesale (COST)that day+1.32%still updating
Costco Wholesale (COST)three days earlier-2.96%final price
Costco Wholesale (COST)five days earlier-0.73%final price
Target (TGT)that day+1.49%still updating
Target (TGT)three days earlier-3.40%final price
Target (TGT)five days earlier-3.73%final price
Walmart (WMT)that day+1.87%still updating
Walmart (WMT)three days earlier-3.79%final price
Walmart (WMT)five days earlier-2.61%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLY)that day+3.25%still updating
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLY)three days earlier-0.06%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLY)five days earlier-0.96%final price
Spdr Series Trust (XRT)that day+2.43%still updating
Spdr Series Trust (XRT)three days earlier-2.24%final price
Spdr Series Trust (XRT)five days earlier-1.50%final price

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Who gains and who loses around Spdr Series Trust (XRT)

Companies carried with this story

  • XRT Spdr Series Trust

    In “Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe,” Spdr Series Trust (XRT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: SPDR S&P Retail ETF: it holds retailers. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story

  • XLY Select Sector Spdr Tr

    In “Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR: it holds retailers. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story

  • WMT Walmart

    For “Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe,” Walmart (WMT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Walmart (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story

  • AMZN Amazon Com

    For “Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe,” Amazon Com (AMZN) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Amazon.com (catalog and mail-order houses): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story

  • COST Costco Wholesale

    Costco Wholesale (COST) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Nov 2026 story “Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe.” Reason on file: Costco Wholesale (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story

  • TGT Target

    In “Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe,” Target (TGT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Target (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story

Spdr Series Trust (XRT)

Spdr Series Trust (XRT) is the company in “Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe,” the 2 Nov 2026 this story story.

The link for Spdr Series Trust (XRT) is this: SPDR S&P Retail ETF: it holds retailers. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story

A second company, Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLY), is listed for a different reason: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR: it holds retailers. Linked by “toy” (retail and consumer goods) in this story

Dates in the story, and the Spdr Series Trust (XRT) price range

WMT traded between 103.39 and 124.28 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 123.51. XLY traded between 110.58 and 116.77 across 19 sessions. The latest close on file is 115.38.

What the saved facts support for Spdr Series Trust (XRT)

46 out of 100Price not final

“Toy Safety Awareness Month Kicks off with Holiday Guidance: Buy Smart, Play Safe” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 6 linked companies. The price is not final yet.