Michael Hill International Ltd. is a specialty retailer of jewellery. As of June 2024, it operates 300 stores in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.[2] The company employs approximately 2,600 permanent employees.[3] Its headquarters are in Brisbane, Australia.
History
The company started in 1979, when Michael Hill and his wife, Christine, opened their first store in the New Zealand town of Whangārei. A unique retail jewellery formula that included dramatically different store designs, a product range devoted exclusively to jewellery and almost saturation levels of high impact advertising elevated the company to national prominence.[1]
The company expanded to 10 stores by 1987, the same year it listed on the NZX. Also in this year, Michael Hill Jeweller expanded into Australia, opening four stores.[4]