Hot Topic competitors

Zippia Score 4.3

Hot Topic main competitors are Entertainment Earth, Vitamin Shoppe, and francesca's.

Competitor Summary. See how Hot Topic compares to its main competitors:

Jo-Ann Stores has the most employees (23,000).
Employees at Entertainment Earth earn more than most of the competitors, with an average yearly salary of $32,835.

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Hot Topic vs competitors

Company	Founding Date	Zippia Score	Headquarters	# of Locations	Revenue	Employees
Hot Topic	1988	4.3	Industry, CA	1	$761.0M	9,660
Torrid	2001	4.1	Industry, CA	2	$1.1B	8,100
SHOE SHOW	1960	4.1	Concord, NC	1	$6.2B	140
MovieStop	2004	3.8	Kennesaw, GA	1	$800,000	50
Vitamin Shoppe	1977	4.3	Secaucus, NJ	21	$1.1B	4,022
Plato's Closet	1998	3.1	Colorado Springs, CO	1	$1.3M	25
francesca's	1999	4.0	Houston, TX	1	$407.5M	7,500
Lane Bryant	1915	3.4	Columbus, OH	1	$1.4M	25
Five Below	2002	4.5	Philadelphia, PA	4	$3.9B	14,001
Tuesday Morning	1974	4.2	Dallas, TX	1	$749.8M	1,607
Entertainment Earth	1996	3.7	Simi Valley, CA	1	$11.0M	10
AmAppInc	1987	4.3	Selma, AL	1	$608.9M	8,000
Aldo	-	4.1	Durham, NC	1	$1.7B	25
Jo-Ann Stores	1943	4.2	Hudson, OH	1	-	23,000
Claire's	2007	4.6	Hoffman Estates, IL	2	$1.4B	18,100
Sunglass Hut	2008	3.8	Mason, OH	1	$1.2B	10,000
Payless ShoeSource	1956	4.8	Topeka, KS	1	$3.0B	18,000
Charlotte Russe	1975	4.1	San Diego, CA	1	$42.0M	6,500
GameStop	1984	4.7	Grapevine, TX	4	$3.8B	17,334
Fossil	1984	4.5	Richardson, TX	1	$1.1B	7,500
Factory Connection	1976	4.2	Guntersville, AL	2	$460.0M	3,000

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Hot Topic salaries vs Competitors

Among Hot Topic competitors, employees at Entertainment Earth earn the most with an average yearly salary of $32,835.

Compare Hot Topic Salaries VS Competitors

Company	Average Salary	Hourly Salary	Salary Score
Hot Topic	$28,147	$13.53	-
Torrid	$29,814	$14.33	-
SHOE SHOW	$30,040	$14.44	-
MovieStop	$29,459	$14.16	-
Vitamin Shoppe	$32,302	$15.53	-
Plato's Closet	$27,655	$13.30	-

Compare Hot Topic Job Title Salaries VS Competitors

Company	Highest Salary	Hourly Salary
Hot Topic	$33,072	$15.90
Entertainment Earth	$39,690	$19.08
Sunglass Hut	$35,791	$17.21
MovieStop	$35,368	$17.00
Fossil	$35,236	$16.94
Aldo	$35,220	$16.93
Claire's	$34,943	$16.80
Payless ShoeSource	$34,682	$16.67
Torrid	$34,482	$16.58
Factory Connection	$34,132	$16.41
Five Below	$34,077	$16.38
Lane Bryant	$33,801	$16.25
AmAppInc	$33,700	$16.20
Vitamin Shoppe	$33,454	$16.08
Charlotte Russe	$33,410	$16.06
Plato's Closet	$33,052	$15.89
Tuesday Morning	$32,907	$15.82
Jo-Ann Stores	$32,818	$15.78
francesca's	$32,810	$15.77
GameStop	$31,420	$15.11

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Hot Topic demographics vs competitors

Compare Gender At Hot Topic Vs Competitors

Job Title	Male	Female
Torrid	16%	84%
Jo-Ann Stores	24%	76%
Five Below	39%	61%
Fossil	45%	55%
GameStop	72%	28%
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Compare Race At Hot Topic Vs Competitors

Company	White	Hispanic or Latino	Black or African American	Asian	Unknown	Diversity Score
Five Below	63%	14%	14%	6%	3%	9.2
Fossil	55%	22%	12%	8%	4%	9.8
GameStop	59%	19%	11%	6%	3%	9.6
Jo-Ann Stores	66%	15%	10%	6%	3%	9.8
Torrid	59%	21%	11%	5%	4%	8.4

Hot Topic And Similar Companies CEOs

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Joel D. Anderson

Five Below

Experienced President with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. Skilled in Operations Management, E-commerce, Retail, Strategic Planning, and P&L Management. Strong business development professional with a BA focused in Political Science, Speech Communications from St. Olaf College.

Kosta N. Kartsotis

Fossil

Kosta N Kartsotis is based in Richardson, Texas. He has worked as President/COO at FOSSIL GROUP, INC.; VP:Marketing at FOSSIL GROUP, INC.; and Board Member at FOSSIL GROUP, INC..

Steven Lawrence

francesca's

George Sherman

GameStop

Mr. Sherman joined Advance as President in April of 2013 and assumed the title of President and Interim Chief Executive Officer in January of 2016. Mr. Sherman served as an officer in the United States Air Force for seven years. Afterward, he was with Target for 15 years where he worked his way from Store Manager to Regional Vice President, then served as Senior Vice President, Store Operations for their Mervyn’s department stores. He then moved to Home Depot where he led their installation business as Senior Vice President and President of their Home Services Division. Most recently, Mr. Sherman served as Senior Vice President, Best Buy Services, which included leading the Geek Squad.

Sharon M. Leite

Vitamin Shoppe

Sharon Leite joined the Vitamin Shoppe in August 2018 as Chief Executive Officer. In this role she is responsible for or day-to-day operations of the company as well as driving the strategy. Prior to joining The Vitamin Shoppe, Ms. Leite was the President of Godiva Chocolatier in North America since October 2017. She led the business across all channels, including stores, E-Commerce and Wholesale. Prior to that, Ms. Leite was the President of Sally Beauty, US and Canada, an international specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty products, with over 3,000 stores. Ms. Leite spent close to a decade at Pier 1 Imports with her last position in 2016 as Executive Vice President of Sales, Customer Experience, & Real Estate. Earlier in her career, Ms. Leite held various executive leadership roles at Bath and Body Works as well as various sales and operations positions with other prominent retailers including Gap, Inc., The Walt Disney Company and Express.

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Jenny Ming

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Mike Reaves

Mike Reaves is based in Wilmington, Delaware. He has worked as Product Manager/Key Accounts Manager at Kappler Inc, President/CEO at Factory Connection LLC, and VP Sales at Kappler Inc. Mike works or has worked at Paragon Software. He studied at University of Alabama.

Wade Miquelon

Jo-Ann Stores

Wade Miquelon (born October 28, 1964) is an American business executive and current CEO of Jo-Ann Stores.

What employees say about Hot Topic's competitors

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2024

Pros of working at Hot Topic

Learning social skills with both coworkers and customers, learning to improve my team and improve myself for the team

Cons of working at Hot Topic

Slow hours when there's not much to do

Hot Topic Benefits

Health benefits and product discounts

What do you like best about Hot Topic's CEO and the leadership team?

Leadership works well with the team to provide the best training that fits best with individuals

How would you improve Hot Topic's culture?

Working better at finding better marketing, the store might be popular and not need much to advertise itself but they could definitely have more to make more appeal to new products coming out.

How did you prepare for the Hot Topic interview?

I prepared by having a confidence build and showing my enthusiasm to work there with liking towards the store

How does your compensation at Hot Topic compare to the industry average?

I do my best to push for sales while continuing to have customer satisfactory which has lead me to progress into the position faster than most

What's the diversity at Hot Topic like?

Working there has increased my knowledge on what is popular and applying that into my work to understand people who come in and be able to understand what they're looking for and provide recommendations

What brings you the most joy at Hot Topic?

Talking to customers and getting to communicate likes to learn new things

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