Comments on: Hot Topic: Goth - Emo Store Suffering Sales Loss http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Miles http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-145951 Miles Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:21:17 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-145951 AJ is right...last time I checked the motto was,"All about the music". It's not just that anymore. And sometimes(just like the mall I go to)the employees look at people who came in and just because they are not wearing whats "in" at the time and yet, they sell the stuff thats not "in" or cool to them and BAM, that person is looked at and treated wrong. AJ is right…last time I checked the motto was,”All about the music”.
It’s not just that anymore.
And sometimes(just like the mall I go to)the employees look at people who came in and just because they are not wearing whats “in” at the time and yet, they sell the stuff thats not “in” or cool to them and BAM, that person is looked at and treated wrong.

]]> By: Megan http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-88672 Megan Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:47:03 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-88672 Umm.. yeah right. Most of the people at my school are Hot Topic addicts. Well besides the football players and the cheerleaders. And in high school most of the cheerleading team is gothic/punk/emo. Why do they think that just because a few other preppy stores are doing better, that Hot Topic is just a waste of space? I love Hot Topic and over the last 2 years, i've spent over $1,000 there. I hate Hollister, it is for preps who all want to be a-like, and Hot Topic are people who want to be unique. When you go to Hollister, everything looks the same, and it's cheap fabric. When you go to Hot Topic you see a variety of stuff, and it's really nice. Hot Topic's prices are a bit extreme, but I would rather go to Hot Topic then Hollister just to get something cheaper. I Umm.. yeah right. Most of the people at my school are Hot Topic addicts. Well besides the football players and the cheerleaders. And in high school most of the cheerleading team is gothic/punk/emo. Why do they think that just because a few other preppy stores are doing better, that Hot Topic is just a waste of space? I love Hot Topic and over the last 2 years, i’ve spent over $1,000 there. I hate Hollister, it is for preps who all want to be a-like, and Hot Topic are people who want to be unique. When you go to Hollister, everything looks the same, and it’s cheap fabric. When you go to Hot Topic you see a variety of stuff, and it’s really nice. Hot Topic’s prices are a bit extreme, but I would rather go to Hot Topic then Hollister just to get something cheaper. I

]]> By: AJ-KOAR http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-52758 AJ-KOAR Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:36:48 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-52758 Hot Topic's first store didn't open until the late 80s and wasn't in EVERY mall until well into the 90s. It's not a store for the underground...its a corporation making the underground mainstream. Go ahead and bitch about it changing focus, but I've never known a legitimate goth or punk who would be caught dead in that store. Hot Topic is anti-everything those sub cultures are about. Don't see this as the end of your style. See this as an opportunity to stop being a corporate whore. You want to buy a band shirt? Why don't you buy it from the BAND? Pants with chains? Hit up a hardware store. Seriously... "punks" complaining about not being able to buy their clothes in the mall????? Is this the Twilight Zone? Hot Topic’s first store didn’t open until the late 80s and wasn’t in EVERY mall until well into the 90s. It’s not a store for the underground…its a corporation making the underground mainstream.

Go ahead and bitch about it changing focus, but I’ve never known a legitimate goth or punk who would be caught dead in that store. Hot Topic is anti-everything those sub cultures are about.

Don’t see this as the end of your style. See this as an opportunity to stop being a corporate whore. You want to buy a band shirt? Why don’t you buy it from the BAND? Pants with chains? Hit up a hardware store.

Seriously… “punks” complaining about not being able to buy their clothes in the mall????? Is this the Twilight Zone?

]]> By: Jaymi http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-52540 Jaymi Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:10:21 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-52540 I think this is unfair because preppys have enough stores for them and the punk-emo-gothic people don't have any other store like this one at least here in Puerto Rico and it has been chaged to a fu!@$*& preppy store!!!!!!!!! I think this is unfair because preppys have enough stores for them and the punk-emo-gothic people don’t have any other store like this one at least here in Puerto Rico and it has been chaged to a fu!@$*& preppy store!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: donna http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-4788 donna Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:34:57 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-4788 I think that hot topic is an ausome store! I mean, yeah, sometimes I go there to find the shirts with the funny sayings, and I can only seem to find the band shirts, or the shirts that say "vans" and stuff...Any who...I will continue to buy stuff from there and they're the only store I know of down here that sells all the pants with the chains and zippers, can't find them in a walmart, now can we... I think that hot topic is an ausome store! I mean, yeah, sometimes I go there to find the shirts with the funny sayings, and I can only seem to find the band shirts, or the shirts that say “vans” and stuff…Any who…I will continue to buy stuff from there and they’re the only store I know of down here that sells all the pants with the chains and zippers, can’t find them in a walmart, now can we…

]]> By: Kayla http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-723 Kayla Thu, 25 May 2006 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-723 I tihnk hot topics hads some Ok stuff. I shop there every once and a while, and most of my friends love their store. I tihnk hot topics hads some Ok stuff.
I shop there every once and a while, and most of my friends love their store.

]]> By: Mat http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-708 Mat Tue, 23 May 2006 02:08:35 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-708 You couldn't be more right AJ. I worked at Hot Topic for a while a couple of years back. They have indeed been on a steady decline as far as quality, price, and aesthetic. I remember when investing in Hot Topic stock was HIGHLY recomended! They need to find a middle ground between the "flavor of the week" products and the products that have more longevity. "Here today gone tomorrow" trends are never investments that you should put ALL of your chips on. Maybe the record industry would do well to take note of that. ;) It's time for someone at corporate to WAKE UP! (lol) You couldn’t be more right AJ. I worked at Hot Topic for a while a couple of years back. They have indeed been on a steady decline as far as quality, price, and aesthetic. I remember when investing in Hot Topic stock was HIGHLY recomended! They need to find a middle ground between the “flavor of the week” products and the products that have more longevity. “Here today gone tomorrow” trends are never investments that you should put ALL of your chips on. Maybe the record industry would do well to take note of that. ;) It’s time for someone at corporate to WAKE UP! (lol)

]]> By: AJ-KOAR http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-678 AJ-KOAR Fri, 19 May 2006 20:51:52 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-678 I don't think Hot Topic's problem is that mainstream trends are changing. Hot Topic used to be full of all kinds of band merch and vinyl and other cool things that seemed to be meant specifically for music enthusiasts? Now its all 'ironic' T-shirts, Napoleon Dynamite wristbands and Care Bear glitter fun body gel or some shit...clearly aimed at the young teen crowd. The store has been steadily dropping in quality and focus for a long time. Also, anything you could possibly want to buy in a Hot Topic is available online for less. I don’t think Hot Topic’s problem is that mainstream trends are changing. Hot Topic used to be full of all kinds of band merch and vinyl and other cool things that seemed to be meant specifically for music enthusiasts? Now its all ‘ironic’ T-shirts, Napoleon Dynamite wristbands and Care Bear glitter fun body gel or some shit…clearly aimed at the young teen crowd. The store has been steadily dropping in quality and focus for a long time. Also, anything you could possibly want to buy in a Hot Topic is available online for less.

]]> By: you know who http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-677 you know who Fri, 19 May 2006 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/05/19/hot-topic-goth-emo-store-suffering-sales-loss/#comment-677 IT HAS BEGUN.................. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!! IT HAS BEGUN………………
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!

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