A NEW discount store has now opened its doors to the public in Southampton.

One Below, a new discount store selling everything for £1 and under, officially opened on Friday, March 13, at 10am

The new store is located at The Marlands Shopping Centre at the former Poundworld unit.

Set up by the original founders of Poundworld Retail, One Below’s arrival will create 20 local retail jobs for the area.

The store will offer a huge range of items across 10 departments including groceries, cleaning, home, health and beauty, baby care, toy and DIY.

Since its launch one year ago, the independent retailer has been bucking the declining high street trend and has opened 60 stores UK wide.

The new brand is being independently financed and launched by Yorkshire father and son retail entrepreneurs, Christopher Edwards and Christopher Edwards Senior. The successful businessmen were the original founders of former high street retailer, Poundworld Retail Limited before it was sold to American private equity conglomerate, TPG Capital in 2014.

Many of the former Poundworld staff who lost their jobs when the old Poundworld shop went into administration in 2018 have been given new employment at the brand new One Below store.

Christopher Edwards, 36, managing director of One Below Retail Limited, said: “We’re so pleased to be opening a new store in Southampton. We’ve had several our old customers on social media sending us requests to open a One Below store in the city.

"We are the only discount store in the country that sells absolutely everything for £1 or less in store and we hope it will be popular with local bargain hunters.

“We offer stand-out value and a fresh shopping experience, and we hope that local shoppers will come and take advantage of our special 75p deals.”