Who TJX buys from and sells to
Off-price retailer (T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods) buying brands' excess stock and reselling it at a discount.
Buys from 2
- Branded apparel and home vendorscloseouts and overruns sourced from 100+ countries
- Ocean and truck carriersfreight for imported goods to distribution centres
Sells to 1
- Value-seeking shoppersdiscounted apparel and home goods in ~5,000 stores
Where the chain could break
- Model needs excess branded inventory; tight full-price retail supply shrinks its buys
- Imported goods carry tariffs, though much is bought from vendors already in-country
Competes with
- Ross StoresROSToff-price apparel and home
- BurlingtonBURLoff-price apparel
- AmazonAMZNdiscounted apparel and home online
- WalmartWMTlow-price apparel and home
Mapped by hand from filings and company reporting, as of October 2026. It shows the relationships that matter most, not every contract: most are never disclosed, and agreements change.