Editing Hot Topic (section)

{{Short description|American retail chain}}
{{For|the Le Tigre song|Le Tigre (album)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Hot Topic, Inc.
| logo = Hot Topic logo.svg
| image = Hot Topic Southern Park Mall.jpg
| image_caption = Hot Topic inside [[Southern Park Mall]]
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|HOTT}}
| industry = [[Retailing|Retail]]
| key_people = Steve Vranes ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]] (2016–present)<br />[[Betsy McLaughlin]] (CEO) (2000–2011)<br />Bruce Quinell ([[chairman of the board]])
| products = clothing, accessories, music, jewelry
| revenue = {{profit}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]741.8 million (''FY 2013'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |title=A50590453.HTM |access-date=2023-08-16 |archive-date=2023-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816235400/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| operating_income = {{profit}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]30.8 million (''FY 2013'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |title=A50590453.HTM |access-date=2023-08-16 |archive-date=2023-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816235400/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| net_income = {{profit}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]19.5 million (''FY 2013'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |title=A50590453.HTM |access-date=2023-08-16 |archive-date=2023-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816235400/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| assets = {{decrease}} [[United States dollar|US$]]274.9 million (''FY 2013'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |title=A50590453.HTM |access-date=2023-08-16 |archive-date=2023-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816235400/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| equity = {{decrease}} [[United States dollar|US$]]172.8 million (''FY 2013'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |title=A50590453.HTM |access-date=2023-08-16 |archive-date=2023-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816235400/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| owner = [[Sycamore Partners]]
| divisions = Blackheart Lingerie<br />BoxLunch
| subsid = 
| homepage = [http://www.hottopic.com www.hottopic.com]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1989|10}}<br />[[Montclair Plaza]]<br />[[Montclair, California]], U.S.
| founder = Orv Madden
| location = [[City of Industry, California]], U.S.
| locations = 675 (April 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/style/hot-topic-stores.html|title=Hot Topic Is Still Hot|first=Paula|last=Mejía|date=April 6, 2019|access-date=2019-09-14|website=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=2019-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905181858/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/style/hot-topic-stores.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''Hot Topic, Inc.''' is an American [[fast-fashion]] company specializing in [[counterculture]]-related [[clothing]] and [[fashion accessory|accessories]], as well as licensed music. The stores are aimed towards an audience interested in [[rock music]] and [[video gaming]], and most of their audience ranges from teens to young adults. In 2007, approximately 40% of Hot Topic's revenue comes from sales of licensed band T-shirts.<ref name = 2007AR/> The majority of the stores are located in regional [[shopping mall]]s.<ref name = 2007AR>{{cite web | title = Hot Topic Annual Report 2007 | publisher = Hot Topic, Inc. | url = http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/12/120007/2007_annual_report_2.pdf | access-date = 2008-12-09 | date = 2008-04-28 | archive-date = 2016-03-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170140/http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/12/120007/2007_annual_report_2.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>