Birks Group Inc. (formerly Birks & Mayors Inc.)[2] is a designer, manufacturer, and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts, with stores and manufacturing facilities located in Canada and the United States. The Group was created in November 2005 through the merger of Henry Birks and Sons Ltd. (Canada) and Mayors Jewelers Inc. (United States).
The company is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, with American corporate offices located in Tamarac, Florida.
History
Henry Birks and Sons
Birks Group traces its origins to the opening by Henry Birks of a small jewellery shop in Montreal in 1879.[3]
With an investment of CAD$3,000, Henry Birks opened in 1879 a small jewellery shop on Saint James Street