Hot Topic, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mall and Web-based specialty retailer in the United States. It operates Hot Topic and Torrid store concepts. The company’s Hot Topic stores sell music/pop culture-licensed merchandise, including tee shirts, hats, stickers, novelty accessories, CDs, and DVDs; and music/pop culture-influenced merchandise comprising women’s and men’s apparel and accessories, such as woven and knit tops, skirts, pants, shorts, jackets, shoes, costume jewelry, body jewelry, intimate apparel, sunglasses, cosmetics, leather accessories, and gift items. Its Torrid stores sell casual and dressy jeans and pants, fashion and novelty tops, sweaters, skirts, jackets, dresses, hosiery, shoes, intimate apparel, and fashion accessories for plus-size young women. As of January 28, 2012, the company operated 628 Hot Topic stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada; and 148 Torrid stores, as well as Internet stores hottopic.com and torrid.com. Hot Topic, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in City of Industry, California.

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