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Hot Topic Buys Geeknet for $122 Million, Adds More Online Retail, Gaming, Sci-Fi

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Hot Topic, the teen brand and retailer that is highly desirable by youth culture shoppers and continues to perform well as revealed in our 15th Annual Spring Youth Culture Study 2015, announced on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, that is was buying Geeknet for $122 million. This means that Hot Topic is moving into the realm […]

Sneaker Report 2011 -Label Networks’ Analysis on Top Styles, Colors, and Reasons Why Certain Brands Now Resonate with Youth Culture More Than Others

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Three distinct movements among a new generation of consumers are changing the course of footwear trends, particularly sneakers. Here’s what’s going on.

Country Throwdown Tour Mixes Top Country Like Montgomery Gentry and Eric Church with New Artists and Brings-Out the Cowboy in Youth Culture

The first multi-stage country tour’s success with youth culture across North America gives rise to new trends in music, songwriting, fashion, and lifestyles.

Rockstar Mayhem Fest Embodies What’s-up with Modern Day Extreme Music and with It, Regenerated a New Demo of Metal Fans, Sponsorship Opportunities, and Graphic Fashion

Not just headliners Marilyn Manson and Slayer brought fans to Rockstar Mayhem this summer, but the mash-up coming from All That Remains, Job for a Cowboy, Bullet for My Valentine caused a reverb effect that keeps ears (and new trends) ringing.

The Rise of Band Merch as Important Fashion Component in Youth Culture Lifestyles

With summer music festival season in full-swing, the focus on band merch, new T-shirt graphics, styles, and changes in spending patterns bring fresh importance to this influential component of youth culture fashion.

Rockstar Taste of Chaos Kicks-off Igniting Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, and Synth-Punk Fans to Catch the First of Breaking Bands Like Thursday and Bring Me the Horizon

The first of the winter music tours heads out with a head-banger as fans flock to the “it” place, the refurbished Palladium in Los Angeles. Plus latest on new band merch styles.

Brand Profile: Hot Topic -Tracking Youth Culture Consumer Data, Changes in Trends, and the Retailer’s Formula for Success

Hot Topic has always been a hot topic when it comes to analysts trying to understand this retailer’s appeal to youth culture. Label Networks delivers the inside data, analysis, and trends from a consumer perspective that quantify what makes things work and why.

The Rise of Band Merch as Important Fashion Component in Youth Culture Lifestyles

Data, images, style trends, top online retail from Label Networks’ Music Youth Culture Profile Report 2009 indicate where things are headed in the world of merch, key influences, and market opportunities within global youth culture lifestyles.