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I love you guys for putting up with me. what about hot topic? decent name recognition, I think. to replace frederick's maybe? -- nm

Posted by martin luther king jr loves mandy lane (aka amanda) Jan 19 '09, 18:59

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better than Frederick's. new, hip(pish), trendy, the future. Fred's: old. -- nm - kare Jan 19, 19:05 4
- how do you pit urban against hot topic in overall impressiveness? -- nm - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 19, 19:09 3
  - I agree with kare and pixie. Urban Outfitters is cool and kitchy. - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 19:23
  - i'd rate urban over topic because they serve a broader, and likely more upscale, market -- nm - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 19, 19:11
  - urban on top, i think. by far. -- nm - kare Jan 19, 19:11
How many jobs have you had? -- nm - psilotum Jan 19, 19:05 2
- I worked for a private label manufacturer. these were my clients. -- nm - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 19, 19:09 1
  - I see. - psilotum Jan 19, 19:24
Better than Fred, I think. -- nm - mara Jan 19, 19:04
I hate to admit I like a lot of the stuff they sell. They're definitely the trendy store of the time being. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 19:04
I kind of laugh at the people that shop there, but they're good at what they do. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 19:02 14
- I laugh at people over 20 that shop there. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 19, 19:06
- Yeah, that's the thing with Freds. I have no idea how the industry perceives them, only how I perceive their brand. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 19, 19:05 12
  - I get this, but they have name recognition and decent sales volume. - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 19, 19:12 7
    - you know what they have that vicky's doesn't? A great selection of full figure bras. -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 19:13 6
      - I was surprised to find that Fred's wasn't nearly as skanky as I remembered it (when I used to walk by the stores in the mall as a teen). - kelly Jan 19, 19:18 5
        
        their quality is *awful* on most intimate apparel, but I actually have some super cute fred's pajamas. - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 19, 19:21 1
        
        if their quality is awful I would ditch them. -- nm - lileve Jan 19, 19:35
        
        Who else is going to sue you a custom Nurses outfit! ;) -- nm - lileve Jan 19, 19:19 1
        
        leg avenue! (another one of my clients. but nobody knows them, really.) -- nm - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 19, 19:23
        
        same here. I think the skanky stores really hurt them. -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 19:19
  - it's kind of shocking how stuck in the past they remain, especially given they're right in the middle of porn central - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 19, 19:08 3
    - I am surprised you know so much about women's underwear, but I totally agree. And at some point they went way downmarket. - loosilu Jan 19, 19:11 2
      - a college gf used to write copy for them - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 19, 19:13 1
        
        and you've followed them ever since? -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 19:14
(remember to consider that hot topic is considered an "emerging market" retailer as more retailers push to market to cash-rich tweens.) -- nm - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 19, 19:02
young, hip(ish). better than fred's -- nm - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 19, 19:02 3
- Hot Topic is not hip. It's lame. Emo weeping kids. Only my opinion. -- (link) - lileve Jan 19, 19:03 2
  - thanks. are you hiring for a large corporation? - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 19, 19:06 1
    - Okies. -- nm - lileve Jan 19, 19:09
oh god, Fred's before the topic, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 18:59

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