Cook Joins Hot Topic As President
City of Industry, Calif.–based retailer Hot Topic hired Jerry Cook as president, a new position for the company. He will report to Chief Executive Officer Betsy McLaughlin.
As president, Cook will oversee information technologies, distribution, legal, loss prevention, real estate, visual, store design and operations for the company’s e-commerce site hottopic.com and its bricks-and-mortar stores.
The news of Cook’s appointment came on the heels of the company’s announcement that same-store sales in October dropped by 5.7 percent, although net sales increased 6 percent in the same period to $59.5 million. —Alison A. Nieder
