Saturday, May 7, 2011

Discount Chain Five Below Bursts on the Scene with 10 New Stores in Chicagoland

Five Below, a leading retailer of extreme-value merchandise for teens and pre-teens, stormed into the Chicago market with the grand opening of its first 10 stores in the region on Friday, May 6, 2011. The simultaneous debut of these 10 Chicago area stores represents the biggest one-day push into a new market in company history.

Five Below offers thousands of brand-name items and all the latest trends for teens, preteens and everyone in between at ultra low prices. All merchandise, including fashion accessories, DVDs and video games, sports equipment, home décor, toys, games and more, is priced at $5 or less.
Five Below has announced plans to open an additional 10 stores in Greater Chicago later this summer, bringing its total in the Chicagoland area to as many as 20 by year-end. Over the next few years, Five Below intends expand its presence in the Chicago area to include as many as 75 stores.

Five Below’s 10 new stores opening on May 6 are located in Chicago, Bradley, Crystal Lake, Countryside, Geneva, Joliet, Orland Hills, Rockford, and Vernon Hills, Illinois and in Merrillville, Indiana. To celebrate the grand openings, each store is giving free Five Below t-shirts with any purchase to the first 300 customers each day during opening weekend, five-cent hot dogs, and other prizes, including a $100 Five Below shopping spree.

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