traded as nyse tjx s & p 500 component industry retail founded 1987 ; 29 years ago 1987 formerly zayre founded in 1956 founder bernard cammarata 1 headquarters framingham massachusetts u.s. products clothing footwear bedding furniture gourmetfood jewelry beauty products housewares revenue us 30.9 billion fy2016 2 number of employees 216 000 3 divisions t.j.maxx homegoods marshalls sierra trading post winners homesense t.k. maxx trade secret 4 website www.tjx.com index.html the tjx companies inc. nyse tjx is an american apparel and home goods company based in framingham massachusetts . it claims to be the largest international apparel and home fashions off price department store chain in the united states . the company evolved from the zayre discount department store chain founded in 1956 which opened its first branch of t.j.maxx in 1976 and its first bj s wholesale club in 1984 . in 1988 zayre sold its nameplate to rival ames and t.j.maxx was renamed the tjx companies inc. . ernie herrman serves as company ceo since january 31st 2016 . the corporate headquarters are located at 770 cochituate road in framingham massachusetts . 5 contents 1 tjx nameplates 2 history 3 computer systems intrusion 4 notes 5 sources tjx nameplates edit united states t.j.maxx homegoods marshalls sierra trading post canada winners homesense marshalls 6 united kingdom t.k. maxx homesense republic of ireland t.k. maxx australia trade secret home secret germany t.k. maxx poland t.k. maxx austria t.k. maxx netherlands t.k. maxx former chains zayre acquired by ames bj s wholesale club waban bj s & homeclub spun bj s off to make it independent home club liquidation bob s stores sold to versa capital management and crystal capital the maxx ajwright stores either liquidated or converted to other tjx banners stylesense history edit stanley feldberg was one of the 1956 founders of zayre corp. he served as president of the company until 1978 and afterwards remained on the board of directors until he retired in 1989 . 7 once the company had sold off the zayre name the company consisted of its one core remaining store brand t.j.maxx . 7 the next year in 1990 tjx expanded into an additional store brand division and at the same time it first went international as it entered the canadian market by acquiring the five store winners chain . 7 two years later it launched its third brand homegoods in the united states . 7 tjx s expansion beyond north america came in 1994 when the fourth brand division t.k. maxx was founded in the united kingdom and then expanded into ireland . 7 in 1995 tjx doubled in size when it acquired marshalls its fifth brand . t.j.maxx and marshalls later became consolidated as two brands under a single division the marmaxx group . 7 the following year tjx companies inc. was added to the standard & poor s s & p 500 composite index which consists of 500 of the largest companies in the united states . 8 tjx launched a sixth brand a.j. wright in 1998 in the eastern u.s. the brand went national in 2004 when it opened its first stores in california on the west coast . 7 the company s seventh brand division homesense formed in 2001 was a canadian brand modeled after the existing us brand homegoods . 7 in 2002 tjx revenue reached almost 12 billion . 7 in mid 2003 tjx acquired an eighth brand division bob s stores concentrated in new england . in canada tjx began to configure some winners and homesense stores side by side as superstores . the superstores feature open passageways between them with dual branding . tjx s revenue in 2003 reached over 13 billion . 7 tjx began to test the side by side superstore model in the united states in 2004 combining some of each of the two marmaxx brand stores with homegoods . the company reached 141st position in the 2004 fortune 500 rankings with almost 15 billion in revenue . that year was also marked by the death of retired zayre founder stanley feldberg . 7 in april 2008 tjx launched the homesense brand in the uk with six stores opening throughout may . the brand is more upmarket than its canadian namesake . later that year in august tjx sold bob s stores to versa capital management and crystal capital . 9 in december 2010 tjx announced that the a.j. wright stores would be closed cutting about 4 400 jobs and that more than half of them would reopen under other company brands . 10 in july 2015 tjx acquired the trade secret and home secret off price retail businesses from australian company gazal corporation limited . the deal will be completed december 2015 . computer systems intrusion edit on january 17 2007 tjx announced that it was the victim of an unauthorized computer systems intrusion . it discovered in mid december 2006 that its computer systems were compromised and customer data was stolen . 11 the hackers accessed a system that stores data on credit card debit card check and merchandise return transactions . 12 the intrusion was kept confidential as requested by law enforcement . tjx said that it is working with general dynamics ibm and deloitte to upgrade computer security . by the end of march 2007 the number of affected customers had reached 45.7 million 13 and has prompted credit bureaus to seek legislation requiring retailers to be responsible for compromised customer information saved in their systems . in addition to credit card numbers personal information such as social security numbers and driver s license numbers from 451 000 customers were downloaded by the intruders . the breach was possible due to a non secure wireless network in one of the stores . 14 eleven men have been charged in the theft and one damon patrick toey has pleaded guilty to numerous charges related to the breach . 15 one man jonathan james professed his innocence and later committed suicide apparently out of the belief that he was going to be indicted . 16 the alleged ringleader albert gonzalez was indicted in august 2009 with attacking heartland payment systems in which 130 million records were compromised . 17 notes edit 1 2 3 4 the tjx companies inc. announces ceo succession plans . http investor.tjx.com phoenix.zhtml c 118215 & p irol newsarticle & id 903202 . external link in website help ; missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help http www.financialpost.com open marshalls canada 3300522 story.html a b c d e f g h i j k 2004 annual report sam stovall sector investing mcgraw hill 1996 appendix a the s & p 500 composite index isbn 0 07 052239 1 financial wire 2008 august 20 . tjx sells bob s stores chain to versa capital crystal capital terms undisclosed . financial wire retrieved september 22 2008 from http www.tradingmarkets.com . site news stock % 20news 1836096 us retail news 10 december 2010 . tjx plans to close a.j. wright stores cut 4 400 jobs . bloomberg.com retrieved december 10 2010 from http www.bloomberg.com news 2010 12 10 tjx plans to convert or shut its a j wright stores cut 4 400 positions.html the tjx companies inc. victimized by computer systems intrusion ; provides information to help protect customers press release . the tjx companies inc. 2007 01 17 . retrieved 2009 12 12 . lavoie denise 2007 01 18 . credit cos. watchful after tjx breach . archived from the original on 2007 01 23 . retrieved 2007 01 18 . largest customer info breach grows . myfox twin cities 29 march 2007 . joseph pereira . breaking the code how credit card data went out wireless door . wall street journal may 4 2007 . subscription might be needed tomsho rob 2008 september 12 . hacker pleads guilty in tjx security breach . the wall street journal retrieved september 12 2008 from http online.wsj.com article sb122122769957627957.html mod hps us whats news poulsen kevin 2009 07 09 . former teen hacker s suicide linked to tjx probe . wired . retrieved 2009 10 29 . hacker charged with heartland hannaford breaches wired.com august 17 2009 sources edit maryland portal companies portal yahoo inc. 2007 01 29 . tjx profile for tjx cos inc. . yahoo 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