Melville HomeGoods Store to Open May 6

A new home-decor store in Melville will open its doors May 6.

Discount retailer HomeGoods will occupy 21,180 square feet of space at 881A Walt Whitman Road, behind Bertucci’s.

The new Melville location will be the 70th in the New York market.

HomeGoods said it expects  to fill approximately 65 full and part-time positions.

HomeGoods merchandise departments include furniture, rugs, lighting, decorative accessories, gourmet kitchen and dining, bedding, bath, kid’s décor and toys, outdoor living, pet accessories, storage, workspace and more.

“Our shopping experience is unlike any other retailer; our amazing values, designer brands and unique assortment make HomeGoods an exciting destination for shoppers,” states John Ricciuti, president of HomeGoods. “Our stores help make houses feel like home.”

Regular store hours are Monday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.  Special Grand Opening Day hours will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

HomeGoods operates more than 650 stores across the country and is a division of The TJX Companies, Inc., the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. As of Feb. 3,TJX operated more than 4,000 stores, including TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Sierra Trading Post, and Homesense, as well as tjmaxx.com andsierratradingpost.com, in the U.S.; Winners, HomeSense, and Marshalls in Canada; and TK Maxx in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands, and Australia, as well as Homesense in the U.K. and Ireland, and tkmaxx.com in the U.K.