
	The TJX Companies, Inc., is the largest international apparel and home fashions off-price department store chain in the United States. Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company originally 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&#39;s Wholesale Club in 1984. In 1988, Zayre sold its nameplate to rival Ames, with T.J. Maxx renaming itself to The TJX Companies, Inc. Since 2004, the company&#39;s Chairman has been Bernard Cammarata; headquarters is at 770 Cochituate Road in Framingham.
