| Abstract: | Datamonitor's Hot Topic, Inc. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. Hot Topic, Inc. - SWOT Analysis examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.
Hot Topic is a specialty retailer that sells music/ pop culture-licensed and music/pop culture-influenced apparel, accessories and music; the company also sells apparel for plus-size women. The company operates in the US and Puerto Rico. It is headquartered in the City of Industry, California. The company employs 2,500 people who work on a full-time basis. The company recorded revenues of $761.1 million during the financial year (FY) ended January 2009, an increase of 4.5% over 2008. The operating profit of the company was $30.8 million (approximately $30.8 million) during FY2009, an increase of 26.9% over 2008. The net profit was $19.7 million (approximately $19.7 million) in FY2009, an increase of 23.3% over 2008. The increase in profits is largely attributable to the rise in sales from new Torrid stores and internet sales.
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- Provides all the crucial information on Hot Topic, Inc. required for business and competitor intelligence needs
- Contains a study of the major internal and external factors affecting Hot Topic, Inc. in the form of a SWOT analysis as well as a breakdown and examination of leading product revenue streams of Hot Topic, Inc.
-Data is supplemented with details on Hot Topic, Inc. history, key executives, business description, locations and subsidiaries as well as a list of products and services and the latest available statement from Hot Topic, Inc.
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| Brief Excerpt: | ...Hot Topic is a specialty retail compan y that pro vides apparel and accessor ies.The compan y is engaged in the selling of m usic-licensed and m usic-influenced apparel, accessor ies, and gift items for y oung men and w omen through its retail stores .The compan y pr imarily oper ates in the US and Puerto Rico . It is headquar tered in City of Industr y, Calif ornia and emplo ys about 9,790 people .The compan y recorded re venues of $751.6 million dur ing the fiscal y ear ended J anuary 2006, an increase of 3.6% o ver 2005. The oper ating profit of the compan y w as $21.6 million dur ing fiscal y ear2006, a decrease of 33% compared to 2005. The net profit w as $13.6 million in fiscal y ear 2006, a decrease of 39.2% compared to 2005. ...
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