EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Edmond English and Donald G. Campbell and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the form 10-K to be filed by
The TJX Companies, Inc. for the fiscal year ended January 25, 2003 and any or
all amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/ Edmond English                        /s/ Donald G. Campbell
______________________________            ____________________________________
Edmond English, President,                Donald G. Campbell, Executive Vice
Principal Executive Officer and           President-Finance, Principal Financial
Director                                  and Accounting Officer

/s/ David A. Brandon                      /s/ Richard Lesser
______________________________            ____________________________________
David A. Brandon, Director                Richard Lesser, Director

/s/ Bernard Cammarata                     /s/ John F. O'Brien
______________________________            ____________________________________
Bernard Cammarata, Director               John F. O'Brien, Director

/s/ Gary Crittenden                       /s/ Robert F. Shapiro
______________________________            ____________________________________
Gary Crittenden, Director                 Robert F. Shapiro, Director

/s/ Gail Deegan                           /s/ Willow B. Shire
______________________________            ____________________________________
Gail Deegan, Director                     Willow B. Shire, Director

/s/ Dennis F. Hightower                   /s/ Fletcher H. Wiley
______________________________            ____________________________________
Dennis F. Hightower, Director             Fletcher H. Wiley, Director

Dated:   April 8, 2003