The TJX Companies, Inc.

The TJX Companies, Inc.

The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) is a multinational off-price retail corporation headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts. A publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TJX), it was formed in 1987 but traces its roots to the Zayre Corp. retail chain. TJX is a Fortune 100 company with reported revenue of $54.2 billion and approximately 349,000 employees in 2024.

TJX operates a global portfolio of off-price retail stores that sell apparel, footwear, accessories, home fashions, and other merchandise. Its major retail brands in the United States include T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Sierra, and Homesense. The company also operates Winners, HomeSense, and Marshalls in Canada, and T.K. Maxx and Homesense stores across Europe and Australia. The company's business model is based on purchasing brand-name and designer goods at a discount and selling them to consumers at prices significantly lower than traditional retailers.

As an operating company, The TJX Companies, Inc. appears in patent litigation as a defendant. The provided database shows one case filed against the company, placing it in a defensive posture against patent assertions. This suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue commonly favored by patent plaintiffs.

The single tracked case is Alpha Modus Corp. v. The TJX Companies, Inc., filed in early 2025. The plaintiff, Alpha Modus, is a technology company that has filed numerous patent infringement lawsuits against a wide range of retailers. Its litigation campaigns assert patents covering in-store retail technologies such as real-time consumer behavior analysis, AI-driven marketing, and inventory intelligence systems. The case against TJX is part of this broader assertion effort targeting the retail industry.