There's a deja vu I get in mall stores, but it's the kind I don't mind getting. It's not just the fact that there are 7 Hot Topics in the Salt Lake Valley, and four are in malls I frequent: The Outlets at Traverse Mountain, The Gateway, South Town, and now Layton Hills Mall.
The real reason is so many stores are inhabiting the same Pop Culture territory: Go!, Fuego, BoxLunch, Spencer's, and GameStop ... just in the Layton Hills Mall. They have things like Star Wars tuff, Pop! Funko figures; Stranger Things swag; Harry Potter wands, books, and trinkets; retro tees; rock band tees; stuff from animated shows like Rick & Morty, South Park, Bob's Burgers, Game of Thrones, and a whole bunch of ironic kitsch.
With the exception of BoxLunch, no one seems to run the gamut on these things as well as Hot Topic. These other places may have more on one or two of the items, but Hot Topic has an abundance of all of them. Hot Topic also has what probably is the best designer retro tees selection in the mall.
Keep in mind that they skew more to the female customer (I'd say 60/40), but there's something for everybody at Hot Topic. Except maybe an uptight old biddy. Yeah, old ladies, with the exception of Betty White, won't like Hot Topic. :) read more