Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 28, 2012

Financial Information on Business Segments

Presented below is financial information with respect to TJX’s business segments:


	Thirteen Weeks Ended
	July 28,		July 30,
In thousands	2012		2011
Net sales:
U.S. segments:
Marmaxx	$	3,976,051	$	3,653,586
HomeGoods		597,714		515,309
International segments:
TJX Canada		660,703		637,691
TJX Europe		711,091		661,688

	$	5,945,559	$	5,468,274

Segment profit:
U.S. segments:
Marmaxx	$	581,379	$	478,922
HomeGoods		60,531		37,472
International segments:
TJX Canada		92,661		92,309
TJX Europe		24,724		7,322

		759,295		616,025

General corporate expense		67,323		47,479
Interest expense, net		9,182		9,109

Income before provision for income taxes	$	682,790	$	559,437

Financial information on TJX’s business segments (continued):


	Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
In thousands	July 28, 2012		July 30, 2011
Net sales:
U.S. segments:
Marmaxx	$	7,865,109	$	7,178,795
HomeGoods		1,193,436		1,018,592
A.J. Wright ⁽¹⁾		—		9,229
International segments:
TJX Canada		1,300,912		1,229,760
TJX Europe		1,384,188		1,252,193

	$	11,743,645	$	10,688,569

Segment profit (loss):
U.S. segments:
Marmaxx	$	1,186,007	$	969,903
HomeGoods		129,964		82,931
A.J. Wright ⁽¹⁾		—		(49,291	)
International segments:
TJX Canada		163,726		128,392
TJX Europe		36,453		(23,993	)

		1,516,150		1,107,942

General corporate expense		133,946		100,833
Interest expense, net		18,009		18,026

Income before provision for income taxes	$	1,364,195	$	989,083

(1)	The consolidation of the A.J. Wright segment was completed in fiscal 2012 (see Note B).

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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