11.   This tapeless TV technology may well challenge DVDs and satellite dishes as the hottest video item in stores this year.

12.   Western wear retailers in San Antonio say sneaker boots are the hottest item on the market and can only get bigger.

13.   Al Samson thinks the hottest item in sports marketing is headgear that lights up and plays music.

14.   Texan designer Tom Ford is the hottest item on the Milan fashion ticket.

15.   The coat is the hottest single item for next winter.

16.   The hottest items are the nesting Matroishka dolls -- hand-turned, egg-shaped stacking figures that have long been favorites among travelers and souvenir collectors.

17.   They have become the hottest item on the market.