The TJX Companies, Inc. sales for the four-week period ended August 2, 2008, were $1.4 billion, up 6% over the $1.3 billion achieved during the four-week period ended August 4, 2007.
Q2 2009 Outlook
The company is updating its second quarter earnings per share guidance to the range of 44 cents to 45 cents to reflect its strong margin performance and to include the negative impact of an anticipated impairment charge of approximately 2 cents per share after tax, related to Bob’s Stores, which was not contemplated in the Company’s prior guidance for the period. This range compares to the reported 13 cents in diluted earnings per share in the prior year, which includes a 25 cents per share charge related to the previously announced computer intrusion.
