TJX Recalls Bar Stools
TJX is recalling 1,600 bar stools due to a fall hazard, according to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Strong Customer Traffic Drives TJX Comps In Q2
Strong customer traffic drove stellar results for TJX across its retail banners in the second quarter.
Harry Jacobs, HomeGoods, Buyer
The July 23 issue of HOMEWORLD BUSINESS® features the 19th annual Impact Merchants special report. Housewares suppliers, representing the categories that HomeWorld covers, once again were asked to nominate buyers and merchandisers believed to have made a significant impact during the past year.
Kirsten Quatromoni, HomeGoods, Buyer
The July 23 issue of HOMEWORLD BUSINESS® features the 19th annual Impact Merchants special report. Housewares suppliers, representing the categories that HomeWorldcovers, once again were asked to nominate buyers and merchandisers believed to have made a significant impact during the past year.
Strong Store Traffic Drives TJX Q1 Sales
Strong shopper traffic across its four divisions was cited as the key factor for a strong first quarter for The TJX Companies.
A Feel-Good Retail Story Everyone Needs
Need a feel-good story about brick-and-mortar housewares retailing as we head into the heart of the holiday shopping season?
Weather Flattens TJX Q3 Comps But HomeGoods Gains
With weather impacting sales, TJX posted flat comparable store sales in the third quarter versus the period a year earlier, although HomeGoods comps gained.
TJX Launching Holiday Contest
TJX, through its T.J.Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods retail banners, has prepared a holiday promotion and contest, Gift My Gathering, that will provide five families with a custom holiday get-together.
TJX Moves Forward With Aggressive Store Expansion Plans
As TJX Companies brings its HomeSense store concept to the U.S. with a total of four locations expected to open this year, the retailer also has larger expansion plans.
Home Proving To Be Retail’s Shining Star
The first eight months of 2017 have been focused on the retail apocalypse (overblown), the growing impact of Amazon and the struggles of department stores.
Strong Store Traffic Boosts TJX Q2 Sales
Second quarter sales at the TJX Companies were up as strong customer traffic across all its retail brands was cited as the primary driver of the company’s growth.
Harry Jacobs, HomeGoods, Buyer
The July 17 issue of HOMEWORLD BUSINESS® features the 18th annual Impact Merchants special report. Housewares suppliers, representing the categories that HomeWorld covers, once again were asked to nominate buyers and merchandisers believed to have made a significant impact during the past year.
TJX To Open First U.S. Homesense Store In August
TJX will open its first Homesense store in the United States with the first location planned for Framingham, MA.
TJX Recalls Glass Beer Mugs
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, TJX has issued a recall for a line of glass beer mugs. The CPSC stated that the glass beer mugs can break if heated or used with hot liquid, posing burn and laceration hazards.
Depending On Housewares Again
Housewares veterans like to remind everyone how the category historically has been a dependable business, prone to neither steep gains during economic booms nor steep declines during downturns.
What We Learned In Q1
As the spring weather warmed much of the country in mid-May, the housewares industry digested the first quarter earnings reports from a host of retailers.
TJX To Open HomeSense Store Concept This Summer
TJX will bring its home store concept, HomeSense, to the U.S. later this summer, company officials said during its first quarter investor conference call.
TJX Keeps Rolling Through Q4
For the fourth quarter ended January 28, TJX Co. posted net income of $677.9 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, versus $666.5 million, or 99 cents per diluted share, in the year-before quarter.
Ernie Herrman, TJX Companies
The August 15 edition of HOMEWORLD BUSINESS® revealed the 11th Annual “Players,” people to watch in housewares during the next 12 months.
Moody’s: Off-Price Retail Will Outpace Competition
According to a Moody’s Investors Service sector in depth report, off-price retail’s ability to deliver major label brands at significant discounts to value-hungry consumers will continue to provide a leg up on the competition, with the home business making a contribution.