[1] After the opening of its first location in 1984, the company has grown steadily in its forty years of operation, servicing a demographic of young Canadian women and employing more than 2,300 people.
[1] Aritzia sets its itself part by designing and producing its many in house brands including: TNA, Talula, Babaton, Wilfred, Wilfred Free, Community, Le Fou, La Notte, Sunday Best, Paradise Mine, The Castings, SIXELEVEN and Auxiliary.
In 1984, Hill and his brother Ross opened the first Aritzia boutique store at Oakridge Centre,[2] a shopping mall on the West Side of Vancouver, BC.
[3] Aritizia's six private in-house brands—Wilfred, TNA, Talula, Sunday Best, Community and Babaton accompanied by their two accessory brands SIXELEVEN and Auxiliary—are responsible for generating 80 percent of the company's sales.
[6] Hill and his wife support the BC Children's Hospital Foundation and the Vancouver Art Gallery.