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08-09-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemme

TJ Maxx is pretty well known on this side of the pond. Maybe it's a merger of TK Maxx and TJ Hughes? I find it really interesting how companies will merge and twist up their names in new markets. Or there will be a couple of companies that are seemingly unrelated but are connected in that one's the parent company or both are subsidiaries of another company altogether.

HEB and Central Market are examples of this, though I do NOT save money at either one. In fact, it seems to fly out of my hands quite expeditiously.

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I had to go look.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.K._Maxx
Parent company is 'Merican and used TK because there was already TJ Hughes here.

I have to make sure I have a limited budget when footling around TK Maxx or I would bankrupt myself in a blink.