Five Below — Local services in Beaumont

Have to say, I was really happy when I heard that a Five Below was coming here but on the whole I’m disappointed with the store. The people who work here are great. Always greeted with a smile and welcome. The store is clean, bright and rarely a mess. The problem with this store is that it is never stocked. Walk through here on any given day and there are ALWAYS empty shelves. My kids love to look for toys in Five Below but anytime we walk in the location it feels like your walking through the last days of a closing Kmart. Last couple of months I find myself skipping this location altogether and going to the Redlands Five Below or even the Palm Springs location. I don’t know what the problem is but I hope they get the issue...

So 5 and Below is a store targeted primarily for the youth (ages 8-17). I had never been into one until about a year ago when our girls asked me if I would take them to get a couple items. It basically was like if you took a Nickelodeon version of Hot Topic, a Disney version of Spencer's, the electronics dept of any drugstore/pharmacy, and the junk food/candy aisle at the 99¢ store and put them together- That is $5 and Below... Clean, friendly associates, self checkout...

This was my first time visiting this retail store, and although the store offered plenty of nice things and at reasonable prices, it was a small store with more so impulse buying items. The self checkout lanes where very crowded side by side registers, that limited the access through the registers by other customers or the shopping carts. The checkout lanes are just simply not well laid out and...