TJ Maxx prepares to open first Hawaii store on Thursday

TJ Maxx is getting an early start for the opening of its new Hawaii store on Thursday. The 35,000-square-foot store at the Ward Village Shops — the first TJ Maxx store in Hawaii in 16 years — will open at 8 a.m., following a 7 a,m. blessing ceremony. It’s the first of three stores TJ Maxx, a division of Massachusetts-based TJX Cos. (NYSE TJX), plans to open on Oahu next month. The company will open its second TJ Maxx store on May 10 in a newly constructed 25,000-square-foot pad site at the...