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March 6th, 2018

HOMESENSE + WINNERS CELEBRATE

GRAND OPENING IN THUNDER BAY
Canada’s leading off-price retailers offer brand name products for less

MISSISSAUGA, ON – HomeSense and WINNERS, Canada’s largest off-price retailers, will

celebrate the grand opening of their new superstore location in Thunder Bay, ON, on Tuesday,
March 20th at 8:30 am. Located at 347 Main Street, the new store will offer over 42,000 square
feet of designer and brand name merchandise for less than department and specialty store prices
every day. The store will feature fashions for the entire family as well as accessories, home
accents and giftware.

“We are very excited about the grand opening of our new Superstore in Thunder Bay,” says
Tamara Robbins Griffith, HomeSense Spokesperson. “The HomeSense and WINNERS
superstore will provide our customers who live and work in the area with the convenience, value,
quality and brand name selection that HomeSense and WINNERS are known for. With new
items arriving in-store daily, the store will offer shoppers an exciting destination with irresistible
finds at exceptional prices.”

The grand opening ceremony will take place at 8:15 am. Regular store hours are Monday to
Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m.

To mark the grand opening of the Thunder Bay superstore, HomeSense and WINNERS will be
presenting a $5,000 donation to The Canadian Women’s Foundation.

The HomeSense and WINNERS brands have become synonymous with off-price shopping.
With more than 360 stores nationwide, HomeSense and WINNERS utilize their tremendous
buying power and strong vendor relationships to deliver high-quality, brand name merchandise
at a great value. New items are always arriving, so HomeSense and WINNERS are never the
same store twice.
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HOMESENSE + WINNERS CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING

IN THUNDER BAY

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For more information about HomeSense and WINNERS or for store locations, customers can
visit our websites at homesense.ca and winners.ca.

HomeSense and WINNERS are owned by The TJX Companies, Inc.; the leading off-price
retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. As of February 3, 2018, the end
of the Company’s fiscal year, the Company operated a total of 4,070 stores in nine countries, the
United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands,
and Australia, and three e-commerce sites. These include 1,223 TJ Maxx, 1,062 Marshalls, 667
HomeGoods, 27 Sierra Trading Post, and 4 Homesense stores, as well as tjmaxx.com and
sierratradingpost.com in the United States; 264 Winners, 117 HomeSense, and 73 Marshalls
stores in Canada; 540 TK Maxx and 55 Homesense stores, as well as tkmaxx.com, in Europe;
and 38 TK Maxx stores in Australia. TJX’s press releases and financial information are available
at tjx.com.

For further media information contact:

Sasha Rawana
Public Relations & Social Media Coordinator
905-405-8000 x.6429
sasha_rawana@tjxcanada.ca

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