Longtime Goth-teen store fave Hot Topic (HOTT) rocked right through the first year of the downturn. Then, fickle teens turned on the 650-store chain, shrinking its sales for a year straight, including ...

Many associate the stores with goth, emo, punk, or grunge. But Hot Topic has grown to become much more than its ‘90s persona. It’s evolved into a pop culture fashion leader and one of the ...

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Hot Topic is a retailer of music-licensed, music-influenced apparel & plus-sized fashions and accessories for teenagers. Operates over 200 stores in shopping malls throughout the United States ...