Five Below is the latest chain to retreat from self-checkout

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A shopper walks in front a Five Below store at Monroe Marketplace in Pennsylvania.
Discount chain Five Below.

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I shopped like Gen Z and saved $456 on dupes I found at Five Below

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Water bottles at Five Below.

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I went holiday shopping at Five Below with a $50 budget and now understand why the store is expanding rapidly

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A view of the Five Below logo on a wall above an escalator in the store.
Five Below.

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Inflation pushed the wealthy to shop at dollar stores. Now even those places are seeing people get tighter with their money.

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Dollar General sign and a man dressed as Mr. Monopoly,
Dollar General sign and a person dressed as Mr. Monopoly, "Milburn Pennybags."

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