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    Taylor M.

    This is one of my favorite stores! They have great merchandise for different shows and movies. They always have Harry Potter merchandise. They used to have Once Upon a Time merchandise back when the show was on the air. Most of my shirts and dresses came from this store. They also always have a lot of Disney merchandise. Online offers a wider selection too.

    HOT TOPIC was the subject of one of my all-time favorite SOUTH PARK episodes!
    Michelangelo S.

    Don't laugh - this is a SERIOUS yelp-review. =^..^= SITREP Really! There is some very cool sh*t here! Of course, I can't step into any one of these chain-stores anymore without the SOUTH PARK song (with clever pseudo-Peter Murphy-voice singing forth the lyrics) going through my head... "Burn down down, burn down Hot Topic. Don't let it steal your soul away. Burn down, burn down Hot Topic. Light the fire. Take control. ...Burn down... Hot Topic. Burn it down... Hot Topic." Yeah. There's THAT. COOL SH*T! But "THAT" doesn't diminish the fact that I've gotten some extremely cool sh*t here! * Metal Fashion Accessories & Pendants * Awesome XXL Black T-Shirts of Death Metal Bands (that I actually don't listen to, but they make for lounging on the couch really really comfy) * Hella Cool Buttons * [Cute Sales Representatives with Multi-colored Hair & Faux-Mohawks, really!] * Did I say Awesome XXL Black T-Shirts of Bands that I don't listen to? * Some excellent compilation CDs on sale of EBM & Industrial Bands (which actually makes some bands available to me when I can't access them on iTunes because they may be a BIT too obscure). * Occasionally some black collared XXL shirts and XL pants I can actually fit into - but believe me that is not often * And other cool random items such as lighters, make-up cases, shoes, slippers, etc. etc., that all have some cool, dark association to them. SET-UP So HOT TOPIC is one fun place - out of many boring places in Arden Faire Mall - where I can actually get my "goth-industrial-EBM on" and look for the totally random items for the sheer fun and odd-factors. Cause if you are looking for BLACK clothes....need I say more? =^..^= COSTS The store really does it's best to keep costs low, considering their CORE youthful, very hip, yet unemployed living-at-home, anarchist (and at times self-cutting, self-mutilation) demographic. Other than thrifting at CrossRoads, Salvation Army, or other thrift stores, you probably won't find lower prices on your most necessary BLACK attire - that is BLACK available in ALL 7-different shades....of BLACK. THE LOWDOWN Seriously, I love this store - and it's easier for me to just focus on shopping here now since I don't tend to hit on the young goth girls anymore.....(however, emphasis on "tend to"...) ;^D

    folded T shirts hanging from the rafters
    Robert C.

    Hot topics is a store listed under fashion in Yelp. Yeah, not exactly what I would call fashionable looks! Got a call from my wife's sister that her two teenage sons are into the Goth look, and would like some T shirts of In Flames, Storm Warrior, Panaterra, System of a Down, Anti Flag, and Beastie Modey. Not exactly household names! I check out San Jose and Sacramento, and find that there's a chain store called Hot Topics that caters to such fashion looks. The store in San Jose is in the Westgate Mall next to Steven Creek and Highway 17. After my experience with the 49er team store, I'm not going back to that traffic inferno! Big mistake. The Hot Topics store in Sacramento is located in the Arden Faire, a monster shopping mall, which makes Westgate shopping mall look like a kiddy playground! We get there the Saturday after Christmas at 2pm in the afternoon, and there is the mother of all traffic jams, with endless lines of cars trying to make left turns into the mall. Parking tougher than Levi stadium on game day. We luck out and find a spot farthest away from the mall, right next to a monster pickup truck, backed in right on the parking line. A prime spot to get rear ended backing out! Hot Topics is located on the 2nd floor right outside of the Macys. Big bright white shopping mall. Small dark store, with endless rows of black clothing, black T-shirts, chain belts, probably make-up, and other fashion items. Hey, Halloween was two months ago! As I walk in, a lady clerk immediately comes up to me, sizing me up that I'm definitely going to need help here! She's got a black shirt, and tight jeans on, hair sticking straight up, possum eye shadows, black lipstick with a ring through her nose! How charming! So I give her the list of six bands, and she's says right away that they only have T-shirts for two of the bands. We check out those two bands, and find out they are out of size large -only small and medium. My nephews are really size small, but they want the 'in look' with the T-shirts draped over them, down to their knees! We get out of there without a purchase and head for the nephews' house. Family get together, with the nephews wearing black shirts with white Frankenstein lettering, chains around their waists, shaved heads, with pink mohawk hair cuts! Family picture with all the relatives, sans nephews!

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    They never ask if you would like to join their rewards program. They just do it casually.

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    Very very slow service. Please improve and inform customers that you will be right with them.

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    Went in to find a pin-up style graphic tee. Bernard helped me right away and showed me a couple of styles. Great customer service!

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    Nice place lots of merchandise, the workers are friendly! I come here to look at their Gages collection. Good stuff

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    We love this store. It is the only place where my daughter buys her shirts. The employees are always nice and eager to help.

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    I love shopping here, I always get my favorite band t-shirts and funko pop for my little brother here. They have other cool accessories too.

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    However, the price is a little expensive, but if they do the 'buy one get one 1/2 off' deal, it makes the budget a little easier

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    Thanks to my gym, Bunda Sacramento I won a gift card to Sisu! I had looked online and was a little…read moreconfused thinking I needed to book an appointment to come shop! I reached out on insta and they said I could come in anytime during normal business hours. I decided to pop in on Black Friday and all the clothing was 30% off! I ended up buying a really cute pant and sweatshirt set! I can't wait to find the right occasion to wear it to! My shopping experience was great. I was welcomed in, got champagne and was offered a refill and treated like royalty! I'll be honest I had never even heard of this store before. It's located in east sac and is very easy to miss. Now that I know where it is.. I will be back!! I do have a few suggestions.. make the website less confusing. To me it looked like you had to book something to shop like it wasn't just a store you could come in to. If I thought this I'm sure other people think the same. My second suggestion would be utilize social media more. I think this store has such beautiful things but my entire tribe group didn't know it existed! Thank you for the hostility, and I will be back!

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    Some of the new bracelets I bought :)
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