A massive new thrift store is set to open its doors in Chesterfield on Thursday, bringing national secondhand retailer Savers to the Richmond area for the first time. The nearly 29,000-square-foot store takes over the former American Freight furniture space at 9131 Midlothian Turnpike, serving as the anchor tenant at Arch Village Shopping Center.
First Richmond-Area Store Fills Vacant Furniture Space
As reported by Axios, Savers describes itself as a national for-profit secondhand retailer known for designer pieces, vintage finds and home decor. The Chesterfield location's closest prior Savers store sits roughly 80 miles away in Woodbridge, according to the same report. Richmond BizSense first reported in March that Savers had found the Midlothian Turnpike spot, noting the building was formerly occupied by furniture store American Freight and functions as the anchor space at Arch Village Shopping Center.
Savers' own store page lists the Midlothian location as situated in the Arch Village Shopping Center and shows a grand opening date of November 12. Per the same listing, the store will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., except Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Donation Perks and Where the Money Goes
Shoppers who drop off eligible clothing and household items can save 20% on their next purchase, per Savers' store listing. That page also states that donations of used clothing and household items at this location benefit the Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, while describing TVI, Inc., doing business as Savers, as a for-profit paid solicitor that accepts those secondhand goods on the foundation's behalf.
The same store page is explicit that shopping in Savers stores does not benefit any nonprofit — donations are the piece tied to the charitable arrangement, not purchases. The report's explanation lines up with how Richmond BizSense has described the company's model elsewhere: the retailer pays charities for the donated goods and then sells the items in its stores.
More Stores Coming to Henrico
Savers has an incoming location in Henrico as well, with plans for another store in the former Sam Ash Music space on West Broad Street, according to Axios. Richmond BizSense reported in July 2025 that Savers had signed a lease on a 32,000-square-foot space at 9110 W. Broad St. in the Tuckernuck Plaza shopping center, next to Value City Furniture, in a spot formerly occupied by Sam Ash Music. At the time, leasing representative Melissa Lippe told the outlet the store was anticipated to open the following February or March. Sam Ash had announced plans to shut down all its stores, including its sole Richmond-area outpost at that same West Broad Street address, Richmond BizSense reported in 2024. Axios notes that Savers has not provided an updated opening timeline for the planned West Broad Street store.
The expansion into the Richmond market comes as Savers has grown rapidly on a national scale. The company said in its 2024 impact report that it operated nearly 330 stores across the United States, Canada and Australia at the end of the previous year, a figure that climbed to more than 350 stores under its various brands by the time of its 2025 impact report, both according to Richmond BizSense.
Not everyone is sold on the chain's expansion, however. Some thrifters have criticized Savers' prices, with one telling Axios, “I fear the name is becoming misleading.”
