- Best & Less
Infobox_Company
company_name = Best & Less
company_type =Clothing Discount store
foundation =1965
location =Australia
industry =Retail
products = Clothing, manchester,and accesories.
homepage = [http://www.bestandless.com.au/ www.bestandless.com.au]Best & Less is an Australian department store chain with hundreds of stores nationally. They specialise in discounted clothing for the whole family.
History
Best & Less opened its first store at Parramatta, NSW on 27th May 1965.
In April 1998 Best & Less was propelled into a structured new growth phase when it was acquired by Pepkor Limited - a leading listed retail group in South Africa. The acquisition by Pepkor has enabled Best & Less to grow at an aggressive pace to the current 169 stores, with an anticipated 190 stores by the end of 2008.
The current Best and Less Head Office is located in
Leichhardt, New South Wales Clothing Brands
Best and less sell a variety of clothing brands which include:
*Bonds
*Rio
*Antz Pantz
*Best and Less Essentials
*Baby Baby
*Kids Stuff
*Top Girl
*Women
*Mango
*Holeproof
*Jockey
*Hestia
*Berlei
*Bad Boy
*Tilt
*Bad Girl
*Pacific Cliff
*AFL/NRL Licenced Merchandise
*Home Image
*Salt Water
*Eagle Bay
*Motivetores
New stores are frequently opening around Australia.The newest being: Rouse Hill, NSW and Willeton, WA and Plenty Valley VIC.
*As of August 2008
*ACT: 3
*NSW: 64
*VIC: 28
*TAS: 5
*SA: 6
*WA: 19
*NT: 1
*QLD: 43
*TOTAL: 169tore Livery
Best and less currently uses its slogan "It just gets better" in promotion. The stores have a color scheme of a moderately toned business blue and white colour, also used in the company's logo.
Charitable support
Best and less is a consistent support of many charitable organisations, most notably the breast cancer pink ribbon day, Jeans for Genes day and Sudden infant death syndrome foundation.
Media
They have recently been featured on Network Nine's " A current affair" as having competitively priced quality children's clothing. Also the store's advertisements are often shown on the various national free to air television networks.
External links
* [http://www.bestandless.com.au/homepage.htm Best and Less Website]
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