The History of Hot Topic
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1996 // We get a full-on makeover. Because who needs a front door when you can have gates?!

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The birth of our gate stores.

1996 // Those gates? We bring ’em to the World Wide Web. HOTTOPIC.COM launches.

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Our website. **quivering with fear**

OCTOBER, 1996 // Hot Topic (HOTT) becomes a publicly-traded company on NASDAQ. It’s official. We sell out.

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1996 // Employees suggest pants with glow stick pockets. And we say: let there be light.

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Where did teens put their glow sticks before these pants were invented??