Hot Topic, Inc. Appoints Two New Executives

Announced today that two new executives have joined the company, Don Hendricks, CEO and Director of Information Planning Jeff Allison, and distribution.

Mr. Hendricks will direct all information technology for Hot Topic, Inc. Prior to joining Hot Topic, Mr. Hendricks was the Director of Information Gymboree Corporation, where he led many major successful deployments of systems. In addition to his responsibilities for IT, Mr. Hendricks was also responsible for distribution and logistics.

Mr. Allison leads to merchandise planning and allocation of both Hot Topic and trademarks in flames. He most recently served as Vice President, Planning and Targeting of Chico Chico FAS Inc. First, Mr. Allison served 10 years a number of management positions in sales, design and distribution, and financial opportunities for JCPenney. Mr. Allison is also a series of financial positions at Limited, Inc., 1990-2000.

In their respective roles, both Mr. Allison and Mr. Hendricks compared to Lisa Harper, director of the company management.

Lisa Harper said: "We are very pleased to have both Don and Jeff to our team. A number of retail experience and strong leadership skills in their most important strength of our management team. We believe that the quality of leaders we have chosen to fill these critical roles in helping us implement our strategy and lead the company to the next level. "

Hot Topic, Inc. is a retail shopping center and web-based operating the Hot Topic and hot brands. Hot Topic offers music / pop culture licensed and music / pop culture items influence clothing, accessories, music and gifts for young men and women, mostly between the ages of 12 and 22. Torrid offers clothing, lingerie, shoes and accessories designed for various lifestyles for large women, mostly between the ages of 15 and 29.