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March 16, 2026
 
 
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Could off-price retailers start grabbing market share from each other?
 
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"You're going to see us -- in a nice way, as we always try to do culturally -- continue to be more aggressive than we ever have before, in driving top line, taking market share, opening stores -- wherever we think there's the right calculation of transfer sales," TJX CEO Ernie Herrman told analysts.
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