F. Hinds End Award Winning Year with Two New Store Openings

20 Dec 2023

Family-run business F. Hinds opened in two new locations last week, with their first-ever store in Scotland and a welcome return to Watford. 

The jewellers, established in 1856, boast 117 F Hinds stores plus 12 Chapelle outlets, making 129 in total in the group. Previously, these covered England and Wales, but they can now be found in the Thistles Shopping Centre in Stirling, Scotland, and they have also opened in Atria Watford. 

F.Hinds is renowned for its sparkling customer service and product quality and has supplied its loyal customers for well over 150 years. Their expansion and refurbishment programme in 2023 provided employment opportunities across the UK and reinforced the company’s commitment to development, which was formally recognised by the company’s win at the UK Jewellery Awards earlier this year. 

The Stirling store was very aptly opened on St Andrew’s Day (30th November) by Sales Director Jeremy Hinds. Jeremy is the seventh generation of the Hinds family to play an active role in the running of the business.

Paul Hinds, Managing Director at F. Hinds, commented,

“Our journey into the heart of Scotland in Stirling has been a landmark opening for all of us here at F.Hinds. We could not be prouder to open our very first Scottish store in such a beautiful and historic city and we were delighted to be able to open our doors so appropriately on St. Andrew’s Day.”

Company Chair Andrew Hinds officially opened the store in Watford on Friday 8th December. F. Hinds has a longstanding relationship with the Hertfordshire town, having been the jeweller in Clements Department Store from 1969 to 1986. As born and bred supporters of Watford Football Club, seven family members have had season tickets for many years and cheer on their team home and away. 

Andrew adds,

“We were thrilled to finally cut the ribbon on our highly anticipated Watford store. It’s great to be back in our fantastic hometown and to be a part of Atria, which offers such a great shopping experience, particularly at Christmas.” 

The Atria Watford store is the final opening in what has been a particularly successful year for the company.

Paul concludes,

“This marks the final store opening for us of the year, and what a year it’s been! From watching our brand grow around the UK to picking up Retailer of the Year at the UK Jewellery Awards 2023, we could not be prouder of what our team have accomplished. We’d like to express a huge thank you to our loyal customers for shopping at our family-run business since we began in 1856, and we can’t wait to see what 2024 has in store for us!” 

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