EXHIBIT 24

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bernard
Cammarata, Donald G. Campbell and Sumner L. Feldberg 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 29, 1994 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/ Bernard Cammarata              /s/ Donald G. Campbell     
Bernard Cammarata, President,      Donald G. Campbell, Senior
Principal Executive Officer and    Vice President - Finance,
Director                           Principal Financial and
                                   Accounting Officer


/s/ Phyllis B. Davis               /s/ Robert F. Shapiro      
Phyllis B. Davis, Director         Robert F. Shapiro, Director


/s/ Stanley H. Feldberg            /s/ Burton S. Stern        
Stanley H. Feldberg, Director      Burton S. Stern, Director


/s/ Sumner L. Feldberg             /s/ Fletcher H. Wiley      
Sumner L. Feldberg, Director       Fletcher H. Wiley, Director


/s/ Arthur F. Loewy                /s/ Abraham Zaleznik       
Arthur F. Loewy, Director          Abraham Zaleznik, Director


/s/ John M. Nelson             
John M. Nelson, Director



Dated:  April 6, 1994