Sales for Framingham-based discount retailer the TJX Cos. Inc. rose 5 percent year-over-year in January, hitting $1.4 billion.
Consolidated comparable store sales for the month rose 7 percent.
The company also updated its guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, estimating earnings per share “at or slightly above” the high end of the $1.19 to $1.23 range that it had previously announced.
TJX operates T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods stores in the United States, as well as other brands in Canada and Europe.