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Home > Company Index > Retail > Clothing, Shoe & Accessory Retailing > Hot Topic, Inc.

Hot Topic, Inc.
Nasdaq: HOTT
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 PROFILE
What's the Hot Topic? "Everything About the Music," according to this youth-oriented retail chain. Hot Topic's 310 mall-based stores in 47 states sell music-inspired clothing, accessories, and gift items in an industrial warehouse setting. It offers licensed T-shirts, caps, and other clothing (which together account for about 50% of sales); posters and stickers; jewelry; cosmetics; and sunglasses. Hot Topic's private-label Morbid-brand products (including Morbid Threads and Morbid Makeup) account for 20% of its sales. Developed with the MTV generation in mind, Hot Topic targets customers between the ages of 12 and 22. It is opening about 50 new stores each year, including Torrid stores for plus-sized young women.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: January
2001 Sales (mil.): 257.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 52.3%
Employees: 3,376
Revenue per employee: $76,184.83

 KEY PEOPLE
• Elizabeth M. McLaughlin
    CEO
• Jim McGinty
    CFO

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18305 E. San Jose Ave.
City of Industry, CA 91748
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Phone: 626-839-4681
Fax: 626-839-4686
Online: Web Site

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