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Welcome to The TJX Companies' fourth-quarter and year-end financial results conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session. ...

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</description><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Transcript</ccbn:type><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">T1710644</ccbn:docid><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson StreetEvents</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/spcred/615858</link><guid isPermaLink="false">spcred/615858</guid><spcred:index_mode xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">norm</spcred:index_mode><title>Summary: TJX Cos. 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Inc. (TJX) reflect the company's leading position in off-price retailing and its strong profitability measures and cash flow-generating capabilities. TJX is the largest off-price apparel retailer in the U.S., with more than 2,500 stores in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The company holds a share of about 50% in the off-price market and about 9% in the total retail market. TJX's highly regarded management team has done a good job operating multiple off-price businesses. A critical tenet of the company's strategy is to maintain a certain price differential with department stores and to have quick-turning assortments to attract shoppers frequently. 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Participates in the mature and highly competitive retail industry; and Needs to find additional avenues for growth over the long term. The ratings on Framingham, Mass.-based TJX Cos. Inc. (TJX) reflect the company's leading position in off-price retailing and its strong profitability measures and cash flow-generating capabilities. TJX is the largest off-price apparel retailer in the U.S., with more than 2,500 stores in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The company holds a share of about 50% in the off-price market and about 9% in the total retail market. 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Earnings Conference Call Transcript</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">TJX</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">11:00am ET</ccbn:time><title>Q3 Fiscal 2008 The TJX Companies, Inc. Earnings Conference Call Transcript</title><description>...Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the TJX Companies third-quarter financial results conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. (OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS). As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded Tuesday, November ##, ####. I would like to turn the conference call over to Ms. Carol Meyrowitz, President and CEO for the TJX Companies. Please go ahead. ...

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