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Spirit Halloween Now Runs Hot Topic: A Pop-Up Boss on a Lease
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Transcript of the segment
What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Fortune.
Kenji MoonfieldOkay, what happened? Why is the Halloween pop-up store suddenly in charge of my mall?
Chip DarnellSpencer Spirit Holdings, the company behind Spirit Halloween, bought Hot Topic, BoxLunch and Her Universe, and the deal closed in early September.
Chip DarnellFortune says Hot Topic's CEO now reports to Spirit's boss, Steven Silverstein.
Kenji MoonfieldSo the permanent store answers to the temporary store. Hot Topic has a boss who's on a lease.
Kenji MoonfieldDoes this affect me? Because I walk past one of those stores every weekend.
Chip DarnellSpirit went from one hundred thirty stores in two thousand three to more than fifteen hundred this year.
Chip DarnellAbout a hundred of them sit in old Party City buildings, so odds are one is near you. Party City did not see that coming.
Kenji MoonfieldWhat happens next?
Chip DarnellTerms of the deal weren't disclosed, and I assume changes to the stores will come.
Chip DarnellSilverstein says it's a twenty-four seven Halloween business. I assume the other weeks it's just a very quiet, very dark store.
Kenji MoonfieldSo Hot Topic's CEO reports to the seasonal guy. I'd ask for a transfer, but his office is a former Party City.
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