TJ Maxx

The first branch of TJ Maxx was opened in 1976 — an offshoot of the Zayre chain of department stores in Farmington, MA, that originated in 1956. TJ Maxx has swelled to more than 900 stores nationally and is the largest apparel and home fashions off-price department store corporation in the U.S. Buyers from TJ Maxx search for deals directly from overstocked or out of season name brand chains in order to resell the items at a discount to customers. Thus customers have access to the latest styles and name brands at a bargain price, a system that TJ Maxx has proved over the last four decades to be a huge success.