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TJX

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TJX Companies is an American off-price retailer whose chains include T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods.

We dig behind TJX's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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Company profile

Industry
Off-price retail
Headquarters
Framingham, United States
Ownership
Publicly traded

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The analyses

The Counterfactual · Decision Forks
TJX Has 5,000 Stores and Almost No Website. It Isn't Brave - It's Trapped by Its Own Genius.
TJX runs over 5,000 stores and six websites that together move less than 2% of $56.4B in sales. The story is that management bravely resists the internet. The truth is the off-price model can't be put online without breaking the thing that makes it work.
7 min
The Moat Anatomy · Moat & Competition
1,400 Buyers Make TJX the First Call When a Brand Needs Its Worst Overstock Gone
Everyone thinks TJX is protected by cheap prices and the thrill of the hunt. The real moat is upstream: 1,400 buyers across 100+ countries make TJX the only retailer that can absorb a brand's worst overstock - which is why it gets the first call.
7 min
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