TK Maxx

If you’re British and never visited the US, you would probably think that TK Maxx is a great store to get cheap designer clothes. If you’re like me and have visited TJ Maxx stores in the US, you probably think the same as me. Higher prices and lower qaulity of goods.
From my understanding, the reason that they are called TK Maxx in the UK and not TJ Maxx as in the US, is to do with another UK store chain called TJ Hughes. This store also sells discounted goods, and think the name change was to avoid confusion.
This particular TK Maxx store does sometimes have a bargain though, which is why I go in when I’m passing. It is also one of the quieter branches too. The staock is also kept tidy and easy to navigate. It is much smaller though than the other nearest branch on Kensington High Street.
The biggest difference between TJ Maxx in the US and TK Maxx in the UK, is I’ve found clothes I purchased 2 years ago from the US with the price tags still attached, because it was such a bargain! No such experience from the UK TK Maxx experience.

I have never understood why these are called TK Maxx here and not TJ. Can anyone tell me this? Let me know.
I have known the TJ Maxx stores in the US and sadly the UK TK counterparts are nowhere near as good.
The staff in the stores all seem to be somewhat undertrained and very passive towards their interaction with customers throughout most of UK stores. Nothing offensive from them, but definitely not a world beating service here.
The main gripe I have about the TK stores are the prices. Generally in the USA. I’ve seen half decent stuff in the stores, and the prices make my eyes bug out with how low they are. It’s pretty easy to fast decisions on close when they are so cheap that you don’t have to make decisions about them. In the UK stores. However, I don’t really see that much of a discount, certainly not below what you could actually get in a sale at a place like Selfridge’s, for instance.
So then. Why do I bother coming here?
Well it seems to be the only place that I can get men’s Zirh products from in the UK. And you know what? They actually do discount them pretty well. So I keep coming back and back and back in the hope that they have some of my precious Zirh!