TJX Cos, owner of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Home Goods, will boost pay for its US workers to at least $9 an hour in sign more competitors could follow suit...In 2016, the company plans to pay all associates who have worked at its stores for more than six months at least $10 per hour...Ikea gave workers at its US division a 17 percent average raise to $10.76 an hour...Gap Inc raised its minimum hourly wage to $9 last year and to $10 this year. [also refers to Sierra Trading Post (part of TJX)]