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TORONTO — TJX Companies Inc., owner of Winners and HomeSense, is one retailer that continues to defy the Amazon odds — it doesn’t sell its goods online or reveal its current lineup of goods on a website, but its performance is consistently strong.

The off-price retailer’s shares leapt 7 per cent Wednesday after it posted another strong year of sales growth in Canada, up 5 per cent in the period ended Feb. 3.

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That followed a robust 2016 where sales climbed 8 per cent, and prompted the retailer to boost its long-term store growth estimates in the country to 600 from a previous target of 500. TJX has 454 stores across Canada.

“We are confident that our excellent merchandise and values will continue to resonate with Canadian shoppers,” chief executive Ernie Herrman told investors on an earnings call Wednesday. He said customer traffic was up in all of the company’s divisions and was the primary driver behind same-store sales increases.