Hot Topic News

Hot Topic has just started running an additional 50% off its clearance items, but it is only through this weekend.

U.S. retailers posted better-than-expected October sales, helped by a bout of cold weather that bolstered seasonal merchandise, continued promotions, and easier comparisons against downbeat sales a year earlier.

CITY of INDUSTRY, Calif. -- Hot Topic Inc. said Wednesday that sales at stores open at least a year fell 2.6 percent in October, beating a consensus forecast from Wall Street.

Would you like a chance to meet some of the cast members of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon?" Come on, of course you would.

Nikki Finke reports that Summit Entertainment is sending the cast of New Moon , plus some of the bands on the movie's soundtrack, on a 15-city mall tour in November to drum up even more hype for the second film in the Twilight saga.

Last year, I hit the mall down the street from my house, just to get some ice cream.

And to top it off, a little over an hour ago they announced a 15-city tour featuring appearances by New Moon castmembers and performances by bands on the soundtrack.

Halloween is just less than two weeks away and if you haven't already selected a costume, you're no doubt contemplating one.

The undead are expected to bring some life back into retail. The launch of "New Moon," the second movie in the famed vampire series Twilight , is being welcomed by retailers like Nordstrom , Hot Topic and Wal-Mart Stores , which are adding themed merchandise to shelves to kick off the premier.

Many retailers reported better-than-expected sales in September, and economist Michael Niemira said it was proof a long-awaited recovery had started.

The S&P 500 is on its strongest streak in a month, with upbeat economic and earnings updates sending the index higher for a fourth successive session.

Alcoa Inc. will start the third-quarter earnings season during Wednesday's late-trading session, with the aluminum giant expected to post a quarterly loss on a double-digit sales decline.

The pre-packaged music that pumped through Hot Topic's speakers stopped abruptly, and the store manager's voice crackled over the P.A. system.

ICMI, producer of the 2009 ACCE conference, has announced the winners of its Customer Experience Video Contest.

FANGORIA PRESENTS THE FIRST ANNUAL TRINITY OF TERRORS IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AT THE PALMS CASINO RESORT ROCK POWERHOUSE SLIPKNOT TO CAP OFF THE WEEKEND WITH A SPECIAL HALLOWEEN NIGHT SHOW AT THE PEARL New York, NY, September 22, 2009 - " Fangoria Entertainment , publisher of the world's best-selling horror magazine and industry leader of all things ...

If the current South Florida thrash scene were a rotting animal carcass, then Vultures are Wolves would be the three-headed scavenger beast sent forth from, as the band describes it, the "disgusting swamps of Miami" to clean up the mess.

Although its signage definitely makes my eyes pop out of my head, I don't find Abercrombie & Fitch's stock has the same effect.

The poor economy is continuing to take its toll on Los Angeles retailer American Apparel Inc., which on Thursday reported a 20 percent decline in same-store sales last month.

Hurt by sluggish back-to-school sales and consumers waiting for more decisive signals on whether the soured economy has turned for the better, U.S. retailers turned in a disappointing August, results showed Thursday.

With its culture-heavy strategy, teen retailer Hot Topic has sizzled during the downturn.