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Anyone noticed that the store hot topic seemd to got rid of their emo/punk/goth merchandise?

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I wonder if anyone noticed that Hot topic got rid of their emo/punk/gothic merchandise and replaced it with anime and funpops?

The stores now look like A&F or Hollister Co..

I even remember when the stores played punk/darkwave/metal and such.
 
axelthefox said:
I wonder if anyone noticed that Hot topic got rid of their emo/punk/gothic merchandise and replaced it with anime and funpops?

The stores now look like A&F or Hollister Co..

I even remember when the stores played punk/darkwave/metal and such.
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I used to take my daughter there all the time, but is been about 20 years since I've been in one. I didn't even know the were still around.
 
Demon said:
I used to take my daughter there all the time, but is been about 20 years since I've been in one. I didn't even know the were still around.
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Yes, the stores have turned brighter though and they don't have those big gates in front.
 
axelthefox said:
Yes, the stores have turned brighter though and they don't have those big gates in front.
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I don't remember gates (the one we went to was inside a mall, not a stand alone store), but I do remember the music. And lots of black clothes with metal. Posters everywhere...
 
Demon said:
I don't remember gates (the one we went to was inside a mall, not a stand alone store), but I do remember the music. And lots of black clothes with metal. Posters everywhere...
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Mine was in a store in a mall.

Looked like this with the red letters.

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I'll ask my daughter tomorrow if she remembers the gates. Seems to me like every time I was there they were already wide open and stayed that way.
 
Demon said:
I'll ask my daughter tomorrow if she remembers the gates. Seems to me like every time I was there they were already wide open and stayed that way.
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I also remember that the gates were open when the store was open.
 
axelthefox said:
I wonder if anyone noticed that Hot topic got rid of their emo/punk/gothic merchandise and replaced it with anime and funpops?

The stores now look like A&F or Hollister Co..

I even remember when the stores played punk/darkwave/metal and such.
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What is Hot Topic?

Hollister markets to a different demographic than does A&F so all in all, I have no clue what you are talking about.

All is good though, I still like your threads.
 
noonereal said:
What is Hot Topic?

Hollister markets to a different demographic than does A&F so all in all, I have no clue what you are talking about.

All is good though, I still like your threads.
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It's a store.

They used to market to alternative music styles, like Emo and such.

en.wikipedia.org

Hot Topic - Wikipedia

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axelthefox said:
It's a store.

They used to market to alternative music styles, like Emo and such.

en.wikipedia.org

Hot Topic - Wikipedia

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Just saw the pic you posted, we must have had one in our mall but I don't recall it. It is not the kind of store my daughter would have shopped in so we may have passed it and simply never considered it. Ignored it.
 
I remember it before it was emo, back when it was all metal, industrial and goth. I even thought the emo phase was bad. Do I even want to know what it looks like now?
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I bought some stage clothes there back in the day.
 
axelthefox said:
I also remember that the gates were open when the store was open.
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Well, I had forgotten to ask my daughter, then Helix's post reminded me. She doesn't remember gates being on the store inside the mall that I took her to. However, she does remember gates on their downtown store, which opened up to the street, not inside a mall, when she was a few years older.
 
Demon said:
Well, I had forgotten to ask my daughter, then Helix's post reminded me. She doesn't remember gates being on the store inside the mall that I took her to. However, she does remember gates on their downtown store, which opened up to the street, not inside a mall, when she was a few years older.
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Well i'm probably older.

This was about 1998-2000
 
Actually, I'm happy you brought it to my attention that "Hot Topic no longer sells emo and goth merch", because it gave me a new source of pride! That is, pride in having failed to pay attention to "what's hot" at Hot Topic! Undoubtedly there are many other modern society facts that I can take even more pride in NOT KNOWING anything about! Like when I read the top 40 pop charts, and realized that I didn't know a damn thing about 85% of the "artists" on that list. I was overwhelmed with pride on that one!
 
Demon said:
I don't remember gates (the one we went to was inside a mall, not a stand alone store), but I do remember the music. And lots of black clothes with metal. Posters everywhere...
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Oh, so Hot Topic WAS cool at some point??
 
Demon said:
It was with teenagers, at least.
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Yeah, I just re-read your post and realized I'd misinterpreted it. I thought you were saying it was catering to the "metal" genre. But apparently you were actually saying that there was lots of "metal" objects everywhere, not referring to metal music.
 
ModerationNow! said:
Yeah, I just re-read your post and realized I'd misinterpreted it. I thought you were saying it was catering to the "metal" genre. But apparently you were actually saying that there was lots of "metal" objects everywhere, not referring to metal music.
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At one point the stores used to play punk rock,metal,gothic music,emo,and screamo. But more recently they have played rap and pop.
 
ModerationNow! said:
Yeah, I just re-read your post and realized I'd misinterpreted it. I thought you were saying it was catering to the "metal" genre. But apparently you were actually saying that there was lots of "metal" objects everywhere, not referring to metal music.
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Well, metal music too.
 
axelthefox said:
At one point the stores used to play punk rock,metal,gothic music,emo,and screamo. But more recently they have played rap and pop.
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Give it another 6 months, and 90% of their business will be online, with little need for an actual store. So unless you specifically bring up their web page, Hot Topic will be 'out of sight, out of mind'.
 
axelthefox said:
I wonder if anyone noticed that Hot topic got rid of their emo/punk/gothic merchandise and replaced it with anime and funpops?

The stores now look like A&F or Hollister Co..
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A&F and Hollister have anime?
 
My first thought was....wait, theres still hot topics in malls?

Then I was like....wait, there's still malls?
 
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