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| Company type | Public (NASDAQ: BESTQ) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail (Catalog merchant showroom) |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Founder | Sydney Lewis Frances Lewis |
| Defunct | February 9, 1997 (last stores closed) December 1998 (liquidation completed) |
| Fate | Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation |
| Headquarters | Richmond, Virginia |
| Products | Home furnishings, consumer electronics, jewelry, housewares, toys |
| Subsidiaries | Ashby's, Basco, Dolgin's, Great Western, Jafco, Labelle's, Miller Sales, Modern Merchandising, Rogers |
Best Products Company, Inc., or simply Best, was a chain of American catalog showroom retail stores founded by Sydney and Frances Lewis in 1957 and formerly headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The company was in existence for four decades before closing all of their stores by February 1997 and completely liquidating by December 1998. At the time of their second bankruptcy filing in September 1996, the company operated 169 Best stores and 11 Best Jewelry stores in 23 states, as well as a nationwide mail-order service. When in operation, Best Products was traded on the NASDAQ exchange as "BESTQ".