TJX Companies, Inc. is an American off-price retail company headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, founded in 1976 as a division of the Zayre Corporation and spun off as an independent public company in 1989. It became the largest off-price apparel and home fashion retailer in the world, operating chains including T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, which sell brand-name and designer merchandise at discounted prices.
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Company TypeAmerican off-price department store retail corporation 1 Founded Year HeadquartersFramingham, Massachusetts 1 Connections
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A major retail company; classified in the atlas retail-industry.
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1. Wikipedia, TJX Companies, Inc.
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The TJX Companies, Inc. is an American multinational off-price department store corporation, headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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It was formed as a subsidiary of Zayre Corp. in 1987, and became the legal successor to Zayre Corp. following a company reorganization in 1989.
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