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Carol Meyrowitz
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Bernard Cammarata
Chairman of the Board
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way that we have no walls dividing departments
in our stores, allowing us to be flexible in present-
ing merchandise, we also have no walls,
metaphorically speaking, between our divisions.
We believe the flow of ideas and sharing of best
practices across our divisions is happening more
now than ever before and benefiting all of our
businesses. We see these cross-divisional lines
of communication as being a key element of our
success as we proceed in the future.
We would like to gratefully acknowledge
the dedicated service of Gary Crittenden and
Dennis Hightower, each of whom stepped down as
members of the Board of Directors since our last
letter. Gary Crittenden had served as Director since
2000, and Dennis Hightower since 1996. We thank
them for their significant contributions to our
Company and wish both Gary and Dennis the very
best for future success and good health.
We have great momentum heading into
2007 and many opportunities ahead. We remain
focused on our chief goal of driving profitable sales
growth and executing the fundamentals of our
off-price concept that made this Company great. We
sincerely thank our customers, our Associates, who
now number approximately 125,000, our vendors
and other business associates, and our fellow
shareholders, for their ongoing support.
Since Ben Cammarata founded T.J. Maxx in 1976,
he has led our Company with vision, knowledge,
energy, and dedication. He served as President
and CEO of The TJX Companies from 1987 to
2000, and became Chairman of the Board in 1999.
In 2005, Ben returned to active leadership of the
Company as Chairman and Acting CEO. As of the
beginning of this fiscal year, I added the title of
CEO to my role as President, and Ben continues in
his capacity as Chairman. On behalf of the entire
Company and our thousands of Associates, I want
to extend our enormous gratitude to Ben for his
tremendous leadership and passion for our busi-
ness and this Company. I look forward to continu-
ing to work with him as Chairman as we pursue
our common goal of continued success for TJX.
Respectfully,
A Message from Carol Meyrowitz,
President and Chief Executive Officer