HomeGoods will offer Maryland shoppers another place to buy its discount furniture in May.
The 25,000-square-foot shop will replace a former A.J. Wright store at the Harundale Mall Shopping Center at 7736 Ritchie Hwy.
Last year, parent company TJX Cos. Inc. said it would shutter all A.J. Wright stores nationally. Now the Framingham, Mass., firm is in the process of converting some of them to its other brands, T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods.
HomeGoods opens in markets where shoppers want to buy home d�cor, including designer brands, at a discount, HomeGoods spokesman Philip Tracey says. Its other Maryland stores are located in Columbia, Gambrills, and Owings Mills.
The store will employ 60 full and part-time employees. Former A.J. Wright employees will be given the opportunity to work for the new
HomeGoods and get paid during the interim period when the store is closed for renovations, says
TJX spokeswoman Doreen Thompson.
HomeGoods operates more than 330 stores across the country. The shops sell furniture, lighting, rugs, bedding, and bath decor.
Writer: Julekha Dash
Sources: Doreen Thompson, Philip Tracey, Robyn Arvedon, TJX Cos. Inc.