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Best & Less

Logo: Best & Less, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons⁵

Australian clothing store chain

Best & Less is an Australian retailer of clothing and household linens. As of October 2022, Best & Less has 182 stores as well as an online platform.³ Its shares trade on NYSE under the symbol BST.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1965Founded¹

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TickerBST on NYSE¹
Industryretail¹
HeadquartersLeichhardt¹
Websitewww.bestandless.com.au
Incorporated inDE⁶
Business address100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, De 19809⁶
Legal formLimited Proprietary Company⁴
LEI254900RVDL72EWV1U761⁴
StatusActive⁴
LEI statusIssued and current⁴
Registered addressL 4, 3 Rider Bvd, 2138 Sydney, Australia⁴
Registered withThe Australian Securities and Investment Commission, 003 724 696⁴

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Best & Less is an Australian retailer of clothing and household linens. As of October 2022, Best & Less has 182 stores as well as an online platform.³

The story

Best & Less was founded by Berel Ginges 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 Housewives' Association, delivering the line to cameras.

In 1998, Best & Less was acquired by the South African investment company Pepkor. Steinhoff Asia Pacific (later renamed Greenlit Brands) obtained Best & Less when it acquired Pepkor in 2014.

In December 2019, Allegro Funds acquired Best & Less from Greenlit Brands.

From Wikipedia’s article on Best & Less, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁷

Leadership

Who has led Best & Less, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

John Perlowski2014

President

John Perlowski2014

Chief financial officer

197019801990200020102020

Chief executive officerJohn Perlowski Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014⁹
PresidentJohn Perlowski Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014⁹
Chief financial officerTrent Walker Jan 12, 2021 to Jan 12, 2021¹⁰
Chief financial officerNeal Andrews Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014¹¹

Board members and other officers (26)

Vice PresidentStephen Thomas Minar May 16, 2025 to now¹²
Chief Compliance OfficerAaron David Wasserman Jul 6, 2023 to Jul 6, 2023¹³
Vice PresidentJonathan Diorio Sep 21, 2015 to Sep 21, 2015¹⁴
Chief Compliance OfficerCharles Park Oct 28, 2014 to now¹⁵
SecretaryJaney Ahn Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014¹⁶
TreasurerJay M. Fife Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014¹⁷
Vice PresidentRobert Crothers Oct 28, 2014 to Dec 17, 2014¹⁸
Board memberFrancis C. Mahoney Sep 17, 2026 to now¹⁹
Board memberArthur Philip Steinmetz Sep 14, 2023 to Sep 14, 2023²⁰
Board memberJames Phillip Holloman Jun 21, 2021 to Jun 21, 2021²¹
Board memberStayce Harris Jun 21, 2021 to Oct 29, 2024²²
Board memberLorenzo Flores Aug 9, 2021 to Aug 9, 2021²³
Board memberRobert W. Fairbairn Feb 16, 2018 to Feb 16, 2018²⁴
Board memberCatherine A. Lynch Mar 2, 2016 to Mar 2, 2016²⁵
Board memberCynthia Egan Apr 1, 2016 to Apr 1, 2016²⁶
Board memberCarl W. Kester Oct 28, 2014 to Aug 16, 2021²⁷
Board memberFrank Fabozzi Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014²⁸
Board memberHenry Gabbay Oct 28, 2014 to Jan 17, 2019²⁹
Board memberJames T. Flynn Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014³⁰
Board memberJerrold B. Harris Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014³¹
Board memberKaren P. Robards Oct 28, 2014 to Dec 19, 2014³²
Board memberKathleen F. Feldstein Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014³³
Board memberMichael J. Castellano Oct 28, 2014 to Jul 16, 2021³⁴
Board memberPaul Audet Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014³⁵
Board memberRichard Cavanagh Oct 28, 2014 to Jul 16, 2021³⁶
Board memberRobert Glenn Hubbard Oct 28, 2014 to Oct 28, 2014³⁷

Timeline

Jan 21, 20258-K Other events³⁸
Jul 26, 2021Went public Listed on Australian Securities Exchange¹
Oct 28, 2014New chief executive John Perlowski becomes CEO⁹
1965Founded Founded¹

Filings

89 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 major events, 34 insider forms, 54 other. The latest 20:

Oct 8, 2026N-CEN/A EDGAR
Sep 17, 20263 EDGAR
Sep 3, 2026N-CSRS BLACKROCK SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TRUST EDGAR
Aug 28, 2026N-PX EDGAR
Aug 25, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Aug 5, 20263 EDGAR
May 29, 2026POS EX BLACKROCK SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TRUST BST -- POS EX EDGAR
May 29, 2026424B5 BLACKROCK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TRUST EDGAR
May 28, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Apr 23, 2026N-2ASR BLACKROCK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TRUST N-2ASR EDGAR
Mar 13, 2026N-CEN EDGAR
Mar 5, 2026N-CSR BLACKROCK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TRUST EDGAR
Feb 24, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Feb 9, 20264 EDGAR
Feb 3, 20264 EDGAR
Feb 3, 20264 EDGAR
Jan 27, 20264 EDGAR
Nov 26, 2025NPORT-P EDGAR
Sep 4, 2025N-CSRS BLACKROCK SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TRUST EDGAR
Aug 28, 2025N-PX EDGAR

The 89 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

8 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 6 buys and 2 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

Date	Who	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Feb 5, 2026	Kim Tony	Buy	23,645	$38.90	$919.8K	Form 4
Jan 23, 2026	Kim Tony	Buy	16,000	$40.70	$651.2K	Form 4
Feb 20, 2025	Kim Tony	Buy	10,264	$38.78	$398.0K	Form 4
Feb 14, 2025	Kim Tony	Buy	24,000	$38.81	$931.4K	Form 4
Oct 28, 2024	Harris Stayce D.Director	Buy	30	$36.44	$1.1K	Form 4
Sep 19, 2023	Kim Tony	Sale	6,000	$31.69	$190.1K	Form 4
Aug 21, 2023	Kim Tony	Sale	3,500	$32.14	$112.5K	Form 4
Feb 2, 2022	Kim Tony	Buy	16,750	$46.45	$778.0K	Form 4

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Held by these funds

The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, the top 25 of 100. Change is in shares since the quarter before.

Fund	Shares	Value	Share of the fund	Change
Morgan Stanley	1,430,397	$72.5M	0.0%	+145,599
Raymond James Financial Inc	787,619	$39.9M	0.0%	+4,260
Karpus Management, Inc.	639,482	$32.4M	0.9%	+76,573
Invesco Ltd.	483,275	$24.5M	0.0%	+74,662
1607 Capital Partners, LLC	468,610	$23.8M	2.1%	+93,790
Z3 Capital Partners, LLC	391,338	$19.8M	4.2%	+3,131
LPL Financial LLC	278,628	$14.1M	0.0%	+3,972
Ameriprise Financial Inc	266,632	$13.5M	0.0%	−121,581
Royal Bank Of Canada	265,290	$13.5M	0.0%	−8,076
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC	211,966	$10.7M	0.1%	+4,264
Bank Of America Corp /de/	198,501	$10.1M	0.0%	−81,554
Osaic Holdings, Inc.	145,380	$7.4M	0.0%	+5,244
Alchemi Wealth, LLC	114,575	$5.8M	2.7%	−2,204
First Trust Advisors LP	83,340	$4.2M	0.0%	−768
UBS Group AG	82,906	$4.2M	0.0%	−17,419
NWF Advisory Services Inc.	70,005	$3.5M	0.3%	−2,000
Cetera Investment Advisers	68,191	$3.5M	0.0%	+10,326
Stifel Financial Corp	67,601	$3.4M	0.0%	+7,402
Wealthspire Retirement, LLC	67,442	$3.4M	0.2%	+2,412
PMG Family Office LLC	64,588	$3.3M	3.0%	+270
Oppenheimer & Co Inc	42,891	$2.2M	0.0%	−2,134
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.	39,824	$2.0M	0.0%	+29,882
HighTower Advisors, LLC	38,983	$2.0M	0.0%	−537
Jane Street Group, LLC	35,916	$1.8M	0.0%	+25,706
Envestnet Asset Management Inc	34,704	$1.8M	0.0%	+5,513

13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.

SEC filer profile

How Best & Less is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

Name on EDGARBlackRock Science & Technology Trust²
CIK0001616678
Incorporated inDelaware²
Fiscal year endsDecember 31²
Business address100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809²
Phone302-797-2000²
On EDGAR sinceAug 15, 2014²
Filings271 in all: 4 (57), 3 (40), NPORT-P (28), 40-17G (14), DEF 14A (12), N-CSR (12), N-CSRS (12), N-PX (12)²
All 35 form types
497 (9), 424B3 (8), N-CEN (8), N-Q (8), SC 13G/A (5), 4/A (4), CORRESP (4), NSAR-B (4), POS EX (4), N-2/A (3), NSAR-A (3), 424B5 (2), 486BPOS (2), 497AD (2), 8-K (2), EFFECT (2), N-2 (2), N-2ASR (2), SC 13G (2), 40-17G/A (1), 424B2 (1), 8-A12B (1), DEFA14A (1), N-2MEF (1), N-8A (1), N-CEN/A (1), NPORT-EX (1)
Latest filingsProxy statement (DEF 14A) Jun 2, 2026
Latest 8-K (8-K) Jan 21, 2025

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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WikidataBest & Less on Wikidata
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SEC EDGARBest & Less filings on SEC EDGAR
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WikipediaBest & Less on Wikipedia
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GLEIFBest & Less LEI record (254900RVDL72EWV1U761)
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Wikimedia CommonsBest & Less logo by Best & Less, CC BY-SA 4.0
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SEC EDGARBest & Less filings on SEC EDGAR
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WikipediaBest & Less on Wikipedia (revision used)
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Wikimedia CommonsBest & Less photo by Samuel Wiki, CC0
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SEC EDGARJohn Perlowski, Chief executive officer
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SEC EDGARTrent Walker, Chief financial officer
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SEC EDGARNeal Andrews, Chief financial officer
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SEC EDGARStephen Thomas Minar, Vice President
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SEC EDGARAaron David Wasserman, Chief Compliance Officer
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SEC EDGARJonathan Diorio, Vice President
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SEC EDGARCharles Park, Chief Compliance Officer
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SEC EDGARJaney Ahn, Secretary
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SEC EDGARJay M. Fife, Treasurer
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SEC EDGARRobert Crothers, Vice President
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SEC EDGARFrancis C. Mahoney, Board member
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SEC EDGARArthur Philip Steinmetz, Board member
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SEC EDGARJames Phillip Holloman, Board member
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SEC EDGARStayce Harris, Board member
23
SEC EDGARLorenzo Flores, Board member
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SEC EDGARRobert W. Fairbairn, Board member
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SEC EDGARCatherine A. Lynch, Board member
26
SEC EDGARCynthia Egan, Board member
27
SEC EDGARCarl W. Kester, Board member
28
SEC EDGARFrank Fabozzi, Board member
29
SEC EDGARHenry Gabbay, Board member
30
SEC EDGARJames T. Flynn, Board member
31
SEC EDGARJerrold B. Harris, Board member
32
SEC EDGARKaren P. Robards, Board member
33
SEC EDGARKathleen F. Feldstein, Board member
34
SEC EDGARMichael J. Castellano, Board member
35
SEC EDGARPaul Audet, Board member
36
SEC EDGARRichard Cavanagh, Board member
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SEC EDGARRobert Glenn Hubbard, Board member
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SEC EDGAROther events