Betsy McLaughlin

Hot Topic will discontinue ShockHound.com, its website that sells music merchandise and MP3s, and said Amy Kocoureke, merchandising chief of its namesake division, left the company as it overhauls its business.

Hot Topic has announced that Chris Daniel, president of the company's plus-size Torrid division, has resigned, effective April 29. The company has named Betsy McLaughlin as interim head of Torrid upon Daniel's departure, and said it will conduct an outside search for a permanent replacement.