private industry retail founded 1965 1965 headquarters leichhardt new south wales australia number of locations 186 number of employees 2 272 2010 1 parent pepkor website www.bestandless.com.au a best & less store in wagga wagga best & less is an australian retailer of clothing and household linens . history edit best & less was founded by berel genges 2 in january 1965 by occupying part of the ground floor of the department store snows which was in the process of closing down . prior to trading as best & less the store was known as shenows . best & less officially opened their first store in parramatta on 27 may 1965 . best & 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 . the ads often featured joy muir then president of the australian housewive s association delivering the line to cameras . citation needed in april 1998 best & less was acquired by pepkor . 3 the acquisition by pepkor has enabled best & less to expand to 180 stores november 2009 best & less now has 186 stores located throughout australia . the current best & less head office is located in leichhardt new south wales . references edit pepkor.co.za best & less profile retrieved 21 july 2010 http westfield.com corporate pdf history chapter4.pdf pepkor best & less retrieved 21 july 2010 external links edit best & less website this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title best % 26 less & oldid 726889441 categories clothing retailers of australiacompanies based in sydneyretail companies established in 19651965 establishments in australiaaustralian company stubshidden categories use australian english from february 2014all wikipedia articles written in australian englishall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2011use dmy dates from april 2011all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 june 2016 at 03 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view