TJX brands, the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods reported higher sales than recorded during the same period last year as stores reopened this month. More than 1,600 stores were back open globally, including stores in 25 US states and all locations in Germany, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands, and Australia. The company expects most of its stores to be fully open by the end of June.
Earlier in May, photos of shoppers waiting to be allowed inside TJ Maxx stores in some parts of the US circulated widely on social media. One tweet, showing shoppers at a store in Arkansas, has been re-Tweeted more than 4,300 times and liked more than 13,500 times.
