Shoppers browse through a Hot Topic store in 2002 at the Serramonte mall in California. In the early 2000s, Hot Topic targeted a customer base between the ages of 12 and 22. (Photo: Getty Images) ...

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 ...

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The internet didn't just nuke the traditional music industry — it's been wreaking havoc on physical retail locations with increasing effect. Weathering all of this is Hot Topic, which, according to a ...

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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The U.S. retail chain Hot Topic was hit by 12 days of breaches, spread across five waves of attacks during the first half of this year, and it’s still surveying the damage. The series of breaches that ...

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Brooding-teen retailer Hot Topic Inc. is about to become family with Talbots Inc., an apparel chain beloved by moms. Hot Topic, a mall staple based in City of Industry, is being sold for $600 million ...

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