EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Carol Meyrowitz and Jeffrey G. Naylor 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K to
be filed by The TJX Companies, Inc. for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2007
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/ Carol Meyrowitz                               /S/ Jeffrey G. Naylor
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Carol Meyrowitz, Chief Executive                  Jeffrey G. Naylor, Senior
Officer, President and Director                   Executive Vice President,
                                                  Chief Financial and Accounting
                                                  Officer


/S/ David A. Brandon                              /S/ John F. O'Brien
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David A. Brandon, Director                        John F. O'Brien, Director


/S/ Bernard Cammarata                             /S/ Robert F. Shapiro
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Bernard Cammarata, Chairman of the                Robert F. Shapiro, Director
Board of Directors


/S/ Gail Deegan                                   /S/ Willow B. Shire
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Gail Deegan, Director                             Willow B. Shire, Director


/S/ Amy B. Lane                                   /S/ Fletcher H. Wiley
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Amy B. Lane, Director                             Fletcher H. Wiley, Director


/S/ Richard G. Lesser
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Richard G. Lesser, Director



Dated: January 29, 2007