TJX: Sailing In Slumping Retail Market

TJX's Core Business Model; Opportunistic Buying, Off-Price Retail

Marshalls and T.J. Maxx (TJX), Macy's (M), Nordstrom (JWN), J.C. Penney (JCP), Sears (SHLD), and Wal-Mart (WMT). From the outside, these retail giants look the same. Characterized by massive parking lots and their tendency to swallow up square footage in plazas across the United States, the retail model has remained relatively unchanged since the boom of shopping malls that emerged onto the consumer spending scene in the mid-1950s.

Where Macy's, Nordstrom, J.C. Penney, and others lack the greatest isn't their exposure risk to online retail; it's their core business. Retail isn't dying; these once behemoths in retail are shrinking because their core business isn't sustainable. The reason for this is relatively simple, and it starts by analyzing the two different markets that these retail stores operate in.

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