 MONTREAL , March 18, 2020 CNW Telbec - Birks Group Inc. the Company or Birks Group NYSE American: BGI announced today that given the rapidly changing environment due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and in order to ensure the health and safety of its employees and the community, it is temporarily closing all of its Maison Birks stores across Canada effective on March 18, 2020 until at least April 1, 2020 . The Company operates 27 stores under the Maison Birks brand in most major metropolitan markets in Canada , one retail location in Calgary under the Brinkhaus brand and two retail locations in Vancouver under the Graff and Patek Philippe brands. 