For the second quarter, HomeGoods comparable sales, which now include those for HomeSense stores in the U.S., came in flat even as overall TJX posted a positive 2% comp.
With nearly 20 years of experience as a retail buyer with a focus on housewares, Steven D’Iorio, kitchenware buyer for HomeGoods, has become a trusted partner for many vendors who welcome his “responsiveness and fair pricing” when it comes to negotiations.
TJX enjoyed a strong first quarter performance, highlighted by a solid comparable store sales increase above the company’s expectations.
TJX continued to strengthen its comp performance across all of its off-price banners in a strong fourth quarter.
TJX is recalling 1,600 bar stools due to a fall hazard, according to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Strong customer traffic drove stellar results for TJX across its retail banners in the second quarter.
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.
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 shopper traffic across its four divisions was cited as the key factor for a strong first quarter for The TJX Companies.
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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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 will open its first Homesense store in the United States with the first location planned for Framingham, MA.
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.
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.
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.