Five Below has opened its new Martinsville location at the Village of Martinsville, celebrating with a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 24 and a weekend of giveaways, promotions and trivia for shoppers.
The national retailer offers a variety of products, many priced at $5 or less, while also carrying select higher-priced items.
District Manager Crystal Bass said the store has received an enthusiastic response from the community.
“I think we’re going to bring a lot of fun traffic to the shopping center,” Bass said. “Everybody was super pumped up. And we opened on Tuesday, and it’s been going ever since.”
Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce President and Executive Director Brenell Thomas welcomed the retailer to the community.
“It’s a big deal for Martinsville to be here. So when we talk about this crowd, just, and the amount of folks that are still coming in, they’re streaming in, we know about all of the promotions that they’re doing,” Thomas said.
Thomas said the new store gives residents another affordable shopping option close to home.
“We always talk about what we don’t have in Martinsville, but let’s celebrate the things that we do. So this is an affordable place. I’m seeing back-to-school stuff,” Thomas said.
She said the store offers merchandise that previously required residents to travel or shop online.
“Just a lot of the fun things that people were going out of town for now and they can get it right here at home,” Thomas said.
“Where we thought we might have to order online or travel to go get it, Five Below is bringing some of those oddities right here, and at an affordable price.”
Thomas said she had already found several items she planned to purchase, including books and a fan.
Five Below is located at 240 W. Commonwealth Blvd. The store is open 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Five Below celebrated the opening of its Martinsville store with a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 24.
