Best & Less

Best & Less is an Australian value fashion and basics retailer trading from a national network of physical stores plus Best & Less Online at bestandless.com.au. Categories span women's, men's, kids and baby apparel (dresses, tops, bottoms, workwear, activewear, sleepwear, underwear, socks), footwear (kids shoes, women's and men's basics), maternity, plus-size, and Baby & Toddler essentials (bibs, onesies, sleepsuits, everyday baby basics at a value price). Best & Less Rewards is the free loyalty program on the Best & Less side of checkout. Activate ShopBack Australia via shopback.com.au/best-and-less before clicking through to earn cashback at the current published rate on eligible online orders.

Best & Less is most competitive on school uniform (shirts, polos, shorts, skirts, tunics, tights, socks, jumpers, blazers), kids and baby apparel (bodysuits, onesies, sleepsuits, T-shirts, leggings, PJ sets, dresses), plus-size women's basics (tees, tops, dresses, leggings, sleepwear across a broader size range than most discount department stores), maternity basics (nursing tops, over-bump leggings, sleepwear), workwear basics (business shirts, chinos, work trousers, blouses), and sleepwear and underwear multipacks for the whole household. School uniform is a load-bearing category: Best & Less is a national school uniform destination and stocks generic non-branded pieces that suit most public and independent schools.

Best & Less carries a full school uniform range at a value price point: polo shirts and button-front shirts in unisex sizing, shorts, skorts and pleated skirts, tunics and pinafores, tracksuit pants and school jumpers, blazers, tights, socks and school shoes for the primary school age band. Back-to-School is the deepest school uniform window of the year (January into early February) with catalogue markdowns across the core range; the mid-year top-up (June to July, into Term 3) is a smaller secondary window. Best & Less typically wins the school uniform decision over Big W and Kmart on breadth of size and cut (petite through plus, unisex through gender-specific), and over specialty school uniform shops on price. Activate ShopBack Australia before clicking through to bestandless.com.au.

Best & Less layers catalogue-driven events on top of a year-round value price architecture: Back-to-School (January into early February, deepest school uniform window), Australia Day (late January homewares and apparel), Easter (April kidswear and pyjamas), Mother's Day (early May, sleepwear and loungewear), Click Frenzy (mid-May and mid-November), EOFY (late June through July), Back-to-School mid-year top-up (June to July into Term 3), Father's Day (early September, workwear and basics), Black Friday and Cyber Monday (late November), Christmas gifting (November into December on sleepwear multipacks, socks and giftable basics), Boxing Day into New Year clearance (26 December onwards), and mid-season clearance at each seasonal transition. For school uniform at the deepest discount, target Back-to-School. For sleepwear and gifting multipacks, target Christmas and Boxing Day. For plus-size and maternity, target mid-season clearance.

Best & Less and Big W both cover value kids and baby apparel and both are legitimate school uniform destinations, but they are not interchangeable. Best & Less wins on school uniform breadth of size and cut, on plus-size women's basics beyond the standard band Big W carries, on maternity basics, and on core baby and toddler apparel value. Big W wins on national-brand toys during the Toy Sale window, on broader non-apparel range (home, kitchen, entertainment, party), and on Everyday Rewards familiarity for Woolworths Group households. Use Best & Less for uniform, kids and baby, plus-size and maternity; use Big W for the family basket where toys and home are also on the list.

Kmart leads on Kmart-exclusive design across kids apparel and homewares and on the lowest price band for Anko-branded basics. Best & Less leads on school uniform breadth, on plus-size women's basics beyond the standard size band Kmart carries, on maternity value, and on core sleepwear and underwear multipacks with a fashion-basic tilt. Use Kmart where the shop is Kmart-exclusive design or homewares; use Best & Less where the shop is uniform, size-inclusive basics, or maternity.

Target Australia sits a tier above Best & Less on style-forward apparel and Target-exclusive designer collaborations, with a slightly higher price point across women's and homewares. Best & Less wins on school uniform breadth and value, on plus-size basics range, on maternity, and on baby and toddler value pricing. Use Target Australia for style-led adult and homewares picks; use Best & Less for the household basics, uniform, kids and maternity shop.

Cotton On Kids leads on Cotton On Body basics carrying across the household, on Cotton On & Co. Perks loyalty depth, and on trend-led children's fashion at a slightly higher price tier than Best & Less. Best & Less leads on school uniform (Cotton On Kids does not compete on uniform breadth), on plus-size women's basics, on maternity, and on Baby & Toddler value at the lowest price band. Use Cotton On Kids for trend-led kids fashion; use Best & Less for uniform, baby and toddler value, and size-inclusive basics.

Bonds is a specialty underwear, sleepwear and baby-basics label with a premium tier on baby (Wondersuits, Zippys, sleepsuits), on the Chesty Bonds singlet, and on adult underwear multipack quality. Best & Less sits at the value tier below on the same categories, with a broader plus-size and maternity range and full school uniform breadth Bonds does not carry. Use Bonds for Wondersuits, Zippys, Chesty Bonds and premium underwear multipacks; use Best & Less for value baby basics, uniform, plus-size and maternity.

Baby Bunting is a specialty baby retailer covering the premium tier on prams, car seats, cots, feeding hardware and gifting, with a curated apparel and sleepwear range at a higher price point. Best & Less carries baby and toddler apparel, bibs, onesies, sleepsuits and everyday baby basics at the value tier and does not compete on prams or car seats. Use Baby Bunting for the hardware shop (pram, car seat, cot, high chair, monitor); use Best & Less for the everyday soft-goods shop where value matters more than premium finish.

Best & Less carries a broader plus-size women's range than most discount department stores, covering tops, tees, dresses, leggings, sleepwear and underwear across sizes generally beyond the standard band Kmart and Target carry, at a value price point. The plus-size range hits its deepest markdowns in the mid-season clearance windows and at Boxing Day.

The maternity range covers nursing tops, over-bump leggings, maternity dresses, sleepwear and everyday basics designed to carry from bump through nursing. Baby Bunting sits at the premium tier on maternity hardware and gifting; Best & Less is the value tier for the everyday maternity soft-goods shop.

Best & Less carries workwear basics at a value price: business shirts and blouses, chinos and work trousers, tailored jackets and everyday office-friendly knits. Father's Day (early September) and mid-season clearance are the deepest workwear windows.

Sleepwear multipacks (women's PJ sets, men's sleep shorts, kids PJ sets) and underwear multipacks (women's briefs, men's boxers and trunks, kids underwear, socks) are load-bearing value categories and hit their deepest catalogue markdowns at Christmas gifting (November into December), Boxing Day (26 December onwards) and Mother's Day and Father's Day. Bonds sits at the premium tier on underwear multipack quality; Best & Less is the value tier for whole-household sleepwear and underwear replenishment.

Best & Less Online offers standard home delivery (4 to 10 business days, paid, with a free-delivery threshold displayed at checkout that varies by order value and postcode), Click & Collect from participating stores for orders paid online and picked up in-store, and in-store returns and exchanges at any participating Best & Less store nationally. See also, read our AU fashion savings guide.

The change-of-mind returns window is typically 30 days on unworn items with tags attached and proof of purchase; faulty or not-as-described items are always covered under Australian Consumer Law. Online orders can be returned at any Best & Less store counter or via a prepaid return label, subject to Best & Less's current returns policy on bestandless.com.au. Cashback tracks the final settled order value after any cancellations or partial refunds.

Best & Less accepts Visa, Mastercard and American Express credit and debit cards, PayPal, Zip and Afterpay on eligible online orders, and Best & Less Gift Cards at checkout. Buy-now-pay-later splits typically compound with cashback on the underlying order value when activated pre-click via ShopBack.

Best & Less Rewards is the free loyalty program on the Best & Less side of checkout, offering member-only pricing, early sale access windows on catalogue events, and periodic member vouchers on eligible orders. Member benefits vary by campaign; verify current mechanics on bestandless.com.au. Best & Less Rewards sits on the Best & Less side of checkout; ShopBack cashback is a separate affiliate claim and can typically compound on qualifying online orders.

Sign in to ShopBack Australia, open the Best & Less merchant page, and click through to bestandless.com.au. Complete the online order in the same browser session. Current exclusions typically include gift card purchase or redemption, purchases made with vouchers or promo codes not featured on the ShopBack platform, orders below any published minimum spend, and returned or cancelled orders. Click & Collect orders placed after clicking through from ShopBack Australia typically remain eligible since the order originates online. Current cashback rate is shown in the rate table on the ShopBack Best & Less page above.

Best & Less Rewards member benefits, Best & Less's own catalogue pricing (Back-to-School, Boxing Day, EOFY, Black Friday, mid-season clearance) and ShopBack cashback typically compound on qualifying online orders because the Best & Less-side benefits apply at checkout while the ShopBack claim is post-purchase. Order: build the basket around current catalogue hero SKUs (school uniform in Back-to-School, sleepwear multipacks and gifting in Christmas, plus-size and maternity in mid-season clearance), sign in to the Best & Less Rewards account, then click through via ShopBack Australia and check out without pasting an off-platform code. Stackability varies by promotion; verify tracking after checkout.