How has an enclave for emo kids and mall goths resisted the retail apocalypse? With merch. By Paula Mejía On a recent afternoon, the Hot Topic store at the King of Prussia Mall, outside of ...

Shoppers browse through a Hot Topic store in 2002 at the Serramonte mall in California. In the early 2000s, Hot Topic targeted a customer base between the ages of 12 and 22. (Photo: Getty Images) ...

There's no denying that the Hot Topic you can visit in your local mall today is dramatically different from the Hot Topic in your memories from the early aughts. One creator on TikTok revealed just ...

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Leveraging thredUP's Resale-as-a-ServiceⓇ, Hot Topic now offers secondhand items from its own brand and other pop culture brands "Incorporating resale into our business model is another step towards ...