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<CONFORMED-NAME>CHILDRENS PLACE RETAIL STORES INC
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Confidential, for
  Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  Children&#146;s Place Retail Stores, Inc.</font></p>
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  of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></p>
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  of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than Registrant)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the
  appropriate box):</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No fee required.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee computed on table below per
  Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title of each class of securities to
  which transaction applies:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aggregate number of securities to
  which transaction applies:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Per unit price or other underlying
  value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth
  the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was
  determined):</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposed maximum aggregate value of
  transaction:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total fee paid:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
May&nbsp;13, 2009, The Children&#146;s Place Retail Stores,&nbsp;Inc., published the
following press release announcing the filing of a preliminary proxy statement
in connection with its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:</font></p>

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<h1 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-decoration:underline;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</font></u></b></h1>

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<h2 align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE CHILDREN&#146;S PLACE
RETAIL STORES, INC. FILES <br>
PRELIMINARY PROXY MATERIALS</font></b></h2>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Nominates Three Highly Qualified and Experienced Independent Incumbent
Directors,</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Sally Frame Kasaks, Malcolm Elvey and Norman Matthews, for Election at
2009 Annual Meeting</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Secaucus, New Jersey &#151; May&nbsp;13, 2009 &#151; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Children&#146;s Place Retail Stores,&nbsp;Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCE)</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> today
announced that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
preliminary proxy materials in connection with its 2009 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on June&nbsp;26, 2009.&#160;
The Children&#146;s Place Board of Directors is recommending that, at the
Annual Meeting, stockholders of record as of May&nbsp;1, 2009 elect three
highly qualified and experienced incumbent directors to the Company&#146;s Board of
Directors.&#160; The Children&#146;s Place&#146;s
nominees are Sally Frame Kasaks, Malcolm Elvey, and Norman Matthews.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Children&#146;s Place has a nine member Board of Directors which includes former
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Ezra Dabah, who resigned as CEO of the
Company in 2007, and Stanley Silverstein, Mr.&nbsp;Dabah&#146;s father-in-law.&#160; The Children&#146;s Place has received notice that
Mr.&nbsp;Dabah intends to nominate three individuals to serve as
directors.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Dabah&#146;s nominees are
NOT endorsed by the board of The Children&#146;s Place.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chuck
Crovitz, a director and interim Chief Executive Officer, said, &#147;We are pleased
to nominate these three highly qualified independent directors to the board of
The Children&#146;s Place.&#160; Our nominees, who
currently sit on the Company&#146;s board, have extensive industry experience and
outstanding corporate governance credentials.&#160;
Sally and Malcolm have been influential in overseeing the dramatic
improvement in the Company&#146;s financial and operational performance following Mr.&nbsp;Dabah&#146;s
resignation from the Chief Executive position in September&nbsp;2007.&#160; In the short period that Norman has been a
director, his unparalleled knowledge of retail and specialty apparel has been a
tremendous asset.&#160; For these reasons, the
board strongly recommends that the Company&#146;s stockholders vote for these
outstanding nominees.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Crovitz
continued, &#147;During the past 18 months, The Children&#146;s Place has performed very
well and continues to improve despite a recessionary economy and negative
industry trends.&#160; Since Mr.&nbsp;Dabah&#146;s
resignation, the Company has taken a number of decisive actions that have
significantly strengthened the business and created substantial value for
stockholders including reducing inventory levels and lowering our cost
structure, strengthening the balance sheet, successfully re-launching the
Company&#146;s e-commerce business, and exiting from the Disney Store North America
business.&#160; We believe Sally, Malcolm and
Norman will be instrumental in continuing this positive momentum.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company&#146;s three independent nominees form an experienced team that will focus
on continuing to increase value for the benefit of all stockholders. They are:</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sally
  Frame Kasaks </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sally
  Frame Kasaks, 64, is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Sunwear of
  California,&nbsp;Inc., a position she assumed in May&nbsp;2007, after having
  served as interim Chief Executive Officer of the company since
  October&nbsp;2006.&nbsp; From 1997 to
  May&nbsp;2007, Ms.&nbsp;Kasaks served as a retail and marketing business
  consultant to a number of retailers through ISTA Incorporated. From 1983 to
  1985 and again from 1992 to 1996, Ms.&nbsp;Kasaks served as the Chief
  Executive Officer of Ann Taylor Stores,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp; Ms.&nbsp;Kasaks has also served as Chief
  Executive Officer of both Abercrombie&nbsp;&amp; Fitch and Talbots,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp; During her career, Ms.&nbsp;Kasaks has
  served as a director to numerous companies, including Coach,&nbsp;Inc.,
  Tuesday Morning,&nbsp;Inc., The White House,&nbsp;Inc., Cortefiel S.A and
  Crane&nbsp;&amp; Co.,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp; In
  addition, Ms.&nbsp;Kasaks has served as Advisor to the board of the Army Air
  Force Exchange Service (AAFES).&nbsp; Ms.&nbsp;Kasaks
  joined the board of The Children&#146;s Place in 2002, has served as lead director
  since 2005 and acting Chair since January&nbsp;2007.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Malcolm
  Elvey</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Malcolm
  Elvey, 67, is currently Managing Partner of Collaborative Capital, a venture
  capital fund focused on early-stage technology companies. From 2004 to 2006, Mr.&nbsp;Elvey
  served as the Chief Executive Officer of LimoRes.net, a ground transportation
  company he helped found in New York. Mr.&nbsp;Elvey has also founded other
  companies, most notably, Esquire Communications, Ltd., a court reporting and
  legal services company, and Metro Cash&nbsp;&amp; Carry, a publicly-traded
  South African warehouse club.&nbsp; Prior to
  founding Esquire Communications, Mr.&nbsp;Elvey served for two years as a
  board member and as head of several divisions of ADT Ltd., a nationally
  recognized electronic security services provider.&nbsp; During his career, Mr.&nbsp;Elvey has
  served on the boards of public companies in the United States, Italy, the
  United Kingdom and South Africa, most notably, Pritchard Services and The
  Hawley Group, both United Kingdom-based companies.&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Elvey also coaches and runs
  workshops for public, private and not-for-profit organizations. He has been a
  member of the Young President&#146;s Organization/World President&#146;s Organization
  (YPO/WPO) since 1973 and has been an adjudicator of business plans at the
  Columbia Business School since 1999.&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Elvey
  has an MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and is a</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">chartered
  accountant. He has served as a director of The Children&#146;s Place since December&nbsp;2002.</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" height="10" valign="top" style="height:.1in;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:83.5%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 2.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Norman Matthews</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 2.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 2.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Norman Matthews, 75, currently serves on the boards of The
  Progressive Corporation, Henry Schein,&nbsp;Inc., and Finlay Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp; Previously, he served on the boards of
  Sunoco,&nbsp;Inc., Toys &#147;R&#148; Us,&nbsp;Inc., and Federated Department
  Stores.&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Matthews served as
  President of Federated Department Stores until his retirement in 1988.&nbsp; He joined Federated Department Stores in
  1978 as Chairman - Gold Circle Stores Division.&nbsp; He was promoted to Executive Vice President
  of Federated Department Stores in 1982, to Vice Chairman in 1984 and to
  President in 1987.&nbsp; Prior to joining
  Federated Department Stores, Mr.&nbsp;Matthews served as Senior Vice
  President, General Merchandise Manager for E.J. Korvette, and as Senior Vice
  President, Marketing and Corporate Development for Broyhill Furniture
  Industries.&nbsp; In 2005, Mr.&nbsp;Matthews
  was named as one of eight outstanding directors by the Outstanding Directors
  Exchange.&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Matthews has served
  as a director of the Children&#146;s Place since March&nbsp;2009.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Children&#146;s Place will be sending stockholders WHITE proxy cards which should be
returned to vote FOR the Company&#146;s three director nominees.&#160; To vote FOR these nominees, stockholders
should sign, date and return the WHITE proxy card as soon as it is received.&#160; MacKenzie Partners,&nbsp;Inc. is acting as
The Children&#146;s Place proxy solicitor and can be reached toll-free at (800)
322-2885 or call collect at (212) 929-5500. You can also reach them by e-mail
at childrensplace@mackenziepartners.com.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-2.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About The Children&#146;s Place Retail
Stores,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Children&#146;s Place Retail Stores,&nbsp;Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of
children&#146;s merchandise. The Company designs, contracts to manufacture and sells
high-quality, value-priced merchandise under the proprietary &#147;The Children&#146;s
Place&#148; brand name. As of May&nbsp;2, 2009, the Company owned and operated 922
The Children&#146;s Place stores and an online store at www.childrensplace.com.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Forward-Looking Statements</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
press release may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding future
circumstances. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company&#146;s
current expectations and assumptions and are subject to various risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. &nbsp;Some
of these risks and uncertainties are described in the Company&#146;s filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the &#147;Risk Factors&#148; section
of its annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;30,
2009. Included among the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results, events and performance to differ materially are the risk that the
Company will be unsuccessful in gauging fashion trends and changing consumer
preferences, and the risks resulting from the highly competitive nature of the Company&#146;s
business and its dependence on consumer spending patterns, which may be
affected by the downturn in the economy. &nbsp;Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date they were made. The Company undertakes no obligation to release
publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to
reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. The inclusion of any statement in this
release does not constitute an admission by the Company or any other person
that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Important Information</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with
election of directors and any other matters to be presented at the 2009 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, the Company has filed a Schedule 14A with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) on May&nbsp;13, 2009, containing a
preliminary proxy statement. This material is not a substitute for the definitive
proxy statement or any other documents the Company will file with the SEC.
Stockholders are urged to read the definitive proxy statement and any other
such documents, when available, which will contain important information about
the election of directors and any other matters to be presented at the 2009
Annual Meeting of Stockholders.&#160;
Stockholders may obtain free copies of the proxy statement and related
documents filed by the Company and other documents filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission at the Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s web site at
www.sec.gov.&#160; Stockholders also may
access a copy of the Company&#146;s proxy statement and other related documents
filed by the Company at www.childrensplace.com.&#160;
In addition, stockholders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement
(when available) by contacting MacKenzie Partners toll-free at (800) 322-2885
or call collect at (212) 929-5500.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company, its
directors, nominees and some of its executive officers may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the matters to be
considered at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Information about the
Company&#146;s directors, nominees and executive officers is contained in the proxy
statement.&#160; Information about the participants&#146;
direct or indirect interests in the matters to be considered at the 2009 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders is also contained in the proxy statement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CONTACT:</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Investors</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jane
Singer</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice
President, Investor Relations, The Children&#146;s Place Retail Stores,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(201)
453-6955</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Media:</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George
Sard/Paul Caminiti/Nathaniel Garnick</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sard
Verbinnen&nbsp;&amp; Co</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(212)
687-8080</font></p>

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