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Summary of Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2017
Summary of Net Interest Expense | Interest: TJX’s interest expense is presented net of capitalized interest and interest income. The following is a summary of net interest expense:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
Dollars in thousands |  | January 28, 2017 |  |  | January 30, 2016 |  |  | January 31, 2015 |
Interest expense |  | $ | 69,219 |  |  | $ | 68,253 |  |  | $ | 64,783 |
Capitalized interest |  |  | (7,548 | ) |  |  | (7,984 | ) |  |  | (9,403) |
Interest (income) |  |  | (18,137 | ) |  |  | (13,869 | ) |  |  | (15,593) |
Interest expense, net |  | $ | 43,534 |  |  | $ | 46,400 |  |  | $ | 39,787 |
Roll Forward of Goodwill by Component | The following is a roll forward of goodwill by component:
Amounts in thousands |  | Marmaxx |  |  | Winners |  |  | Sierra Trading Post |  |  | Trade Secret |  |  | Total |
Balance, February 1, 2014 |  | $ | 70,027 |  |  | $ | 1,992 |  |  | $ | 97,254 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 169,273 |
Effect of exchange rate changes on goodwill |  |  | — |  |  |  | (251 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (251 | )
Balance, January 31, 2015 |  |  | 70,027 |  |  |  | 1,741 |  |  |  | 97,254 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 169,022 |
Additions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,233 |  |  |  | 25,233 |
Effect of exchange rate changes on goodwill |  |  | — |  |  |  | (154 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (190 | ) |  |  | (344 | )
Balance, January 30, 2016 |  |  | 70,027 |  |  |  | 1,587 |  |  |  | 97,254 |  |  |  | 25,043 |  |  |  | 193,911 |
Effect of exchange rate changes on goodwill |  |  | — |  |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,861 |  |  |  | 1,960 |
Balance, January 28, 2017 |  | $ | 70,027 |  |  | $ | 1,686 |  |  | $ | 97,254 |  |  | $ | 26,904 |  |  | $ | 195,871 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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