is a
North American specialty store. Like its major competitor,
Hot Topic , it is located mostly inside
Shopping Mall s.
Spencer Gifts has stores in the
United States ,
Canada , and
Puerto Rico .
Spencer Gifts specializes in catering to young adult (16-25) audiences, comical clothing,
Dirtbag Clothing , band merchandise, posters, teen to mature toys and other items. Some of its specialties involve items relating to
Alcohol , and party games. It also specializes in selling
Sex -enticing or enhancing items, and special furniture articles, such as soft seats, lamps and other lighting material. Spencer Gifts contain a series of collectable action figures from classic horror movies such as Friday the 13th or Halloween.
Spencer's has a partnership with
Playboy Magazine .
Spencer Gifts is one of the largest nationwide mall-based specialty gift store chains in North America with over 600 stores. The company also operates temporary Halloween stores under the Spirit of Halloween Superstore brand. In 2003, GB Merchant Partners purchased Spencer Gifts from
Vivendi Universal Entertainment in a leveraged buyout.
