TJX Companies (TJX) risk factors: FY2026 10-K

1. Failure to execute our opportunistic buying strategy and successfully manage our inventory could adversely affect our results.
2. Failure to identify consumer trends and preferences, or to otherwise meet customer demand or expectations, in new or existing markets or channels could negatively impact our performance.
3. We operate in highly competitive markets, and we may not be able to compete effectively.
4. If we fail to successfully implement our marketing efforts, if our marketing efforts are not successful in driving expected increases in sales or if our competitors’ marketing programs are more effective than ours, our revenue or results of operations may be adversely affected.
5. Failure to continue to expand our business successfully could adversely affect our financial results.
6. Failure to effectively manage the large size and scale of our operations may adversely affect our financial results.
7. We source our merchandise globally, which subjects us to risks, including when moving merchandise internationally.
8. Compromises of our cybersecurity, disruptions in our IT systems, or failure to satisfy the IT needs of our business could result in material loss or liability, materially impact our operating results or materially harm our reputation.rewordedCybersecurity
9. Our results and profitability could be adversely affected by increased labor costs, including wage, pension, health and other costs, or other challenges from our large workforce.
10. Failure to employ qualified Associates in appropriate numbers and to retain key Associates and management could adversely affect our performance.
11. Damage to our corporate reputation or any of our retail banners’ reputation could adversely affect our sales and operating results.
12. Our business is subject to changing corporate compliance, governance and public disclosure regulations and expectations, including with respect to matters relating to environmental sustainability, human capital management, social compliance and governance. Failure to meet such expectations or comply with regulations could materially impact our operating results or materially harm our reputation.
13. Further expansion of our international operations could expose us to risks inherent in operating in new countries.
14. Failure to protect our inventory or other assets from loss and theft and situations resulting in loss or theft may impact customer and Associate safety as well as our financial results.
15. We depend upon strong cash flows from our operations to supply capital to fund our operations, anticipated growth, any stock repurchases and dividends and interest and debt repayment.
16. Mergers, acquisitions or investments in new businesses, or divesting, closing or consolidating any of our current businesses, subjects our business to additional risks and could adversely affect our results.new
17. Our large number of real estate leases, which generally obligate us for long periods, subject us to potential financial risk.

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1. Economic conditions on a global level or in particular markets, geopolitical uncertainty, and other factors creating uncertainty and instability may adversely affect consumer confidence and discretionary spending, which could affect our financial performance.
2. Changes to U.S. or other countries' trade policies and tariff and import/export regulations or our failure to comply with such regulations may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.Tariffs
3. Changes in economic conditions, on a global level or in particular markets, may adversely affect our sources of liquidity and costs of capital and increase our financial exposure, and our strategies for managing these financial risks may not be effective or sufficient.
4. Our results may be adversely affected by severe or unseasonable adverse weather, serious disruptions, catastrophic events or public health crises.
5. As our business is subject to seasonal influences, a significant, unplanned decrease in sales or margins, a severe disruption or other significant event that impacts our business during the second half of the year could have a disproportionately adverse effect on our operating results.
6. Our results may be adversely affected by increased utility, transportation or logistics costs; reduced availability or increased cost of oil or other fuels; or increased costs of other commodities.
7. Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may lead to lower revenues and earnings.

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1. Failure to comply with laws, rules, regulations and orders and applicable accounting principles and interpretations could negatively affect our business operations and financial performance.
2. Our results may be materially adversely affected by the outcomes of litigation, legal proceedings and other legal or regulatory matters.
3. Quality, safety or other issues with merchandise we buy and sell could impact our reputation, sales and financial results.
4. Tax matters could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

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Headings in the FY2025 10-K with no match this year.

1. If we engage in mergers, acquisitions or investments in new businesses, or divest, close or consolidate any of our current businesses, our business could be subject to additional risks.