 In 2001, McLaughlin founded the second Hot Topic division called Torrid, a plus-size retail chain aimed at young women.During McLaughlin's tenure as CEO, the corporation was included on the "Forbes" list of “200 Hot Companies”, "Fortune" “100 Fastest Growing Companies”, "Bloomberg Businessweek"'s “Hot Growth Companies”, and "Fortune"'s “100 Best Companies to Work for”.McLaughlin was selected by "Investor's Business Daily" as one of the “Top 5 Business Leaders of 2003” and "Top 10 CEOs with Vision", by Ad Age as one of the “Marketing 50”, and in 2005, was named by Institutional Investor as one of the “Best CEOs in America”.