Best & Less Pty Ltd is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n retailer of clothing

Clothing

Clothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...

 and household linens.
Best & Less was founded by Berel Ginges, and opened its first store in Mascot

Mascot, New South Wales

Mascot is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mascot is located 7 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the City of Botany Bay...

, New South Wales on 27 May 1965.

In April 1998, Best & Less was acquired by Pepkor

Pepkor

Pepkor is a South African based investment and holding company with business interests in Africa, Australia, United Kingdom and Poland. Managing a portfolio of retail chains focused on the value market and selling predominantly clothing, footwear and textiles...

. The acquisition by Pepkor has enabled Best & Less to expand to 180 stores (November 2009), with an anticipated number of 184 stores by the end of 2009.

The current Best & Less head office is located in Leichhardt, New South Wales.

Best and Less was known for its frugal in-store appearance, with minimal fixtures, and its advertising tagline was "You don't pay for any fancy overheads".