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4, 2009, The Children&#8217;s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a press
release containing the Company's sales results for the four-week period ended
May 30, 2009.&#160;&#160;A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</font></div>
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B.2 of Form 8-K, the information under this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on
Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise
subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as
shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.</font></div>
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including Exhibit 99.1, contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.&#160;&#160;Forward-looking statements typically are identified by use of
terms such as &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221;
&#8220;estimate&#8221; and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are
expressed differently.&#160;&#160;Forward-looking statements represent the
Company&#8217;s management&#8217;s judgment regarding future events.&#160;&#160;Although the
Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to be correct.&#160;&#160;All statements other than
statements of historical fact included in this Current Report on Form 8-K are
forward-looking statements.&#160;&#160;The Company cannot guarantee the accuracy
of the forward-looking statements, and you should be aware that the Company&#8217;s
actual results could differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including the statements
under the heading &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; contained in the Company&#8217;s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></div>
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The Children&#8217;s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCE)</font> today announced
net sales of $101.7 million for the four-week period ended May 30, 2009, a 7%
decrease compared to net sales of $109.4 million for the four-week period ended
May 31, 2008.&#160;&#160;Comparable retail sales, which include online sales,
declined 9% in May 2009 following a 12% increase for the same period last year.
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release, you are invited to listen to the Company&#8217;s pre-recorded monthly sales
call, which will be available beginning at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time today through
Thursday, June 11, 2009.&#160;&#160;</font> To access the call, please visit the
Investor Relations section of the Company&#8217;s website at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">http://www.childrensplace.com</font>.</font></div>
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Children&#8217;s Place Retail Stores, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of
children&#8217;s merchandise.&#160;&#160;The Company designs, contracts to manufacture
and sells high-quality, value-priced merchandise under the proprietary &#8220;The
Children&#8217;s Place&#8221; brand name.&#160;&#160;As of May 30, 2009, the Company owned
and operated 926 The Children&#8217;s Place stores and an online store at <font style="COLOR: black"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">www.childrensplace.com</font>.</font></font></div>
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statements regarding future circumstance</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">s</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">. These forward-looking statements are
based upon the Company's current expectations and assumptions and are subject to
various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially.&#160;&#160;Some of these risks and uncertainties are described in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in
the &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; section of its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended January 3</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">1</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">, 2009. Included among the risks and
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">uncertainties that could
caus</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">e actual results,
events and performance to differ materially are</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000"> 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&#8217;s business
and its dependence on consumer spending patterns, which may be affected by the
downturn in the economy.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">&#160;&#160;Readers (or listeners on the
cal</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">l</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">) 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></font></div>
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