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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-14-036198
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140604
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140606
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140606

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHILDRENS PLACE RETAIL STORES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041859
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651]
		IRS NUMBER:				311241495
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2015582400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sobbott Susan
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001597001

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23071
		FILM NUMBER:		14896945

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 VESEY STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10285
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    <remarks>Exhibit List Exhibit 24.1 Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ James E. Myers, as Attorney-In-Fact for Susan Sobbott</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-06-06</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.4in">Know all
by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael Scarpa, Bradley P. Cost, and James E. Myers
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Schedules 13D and 13G, Form ID, and Forms 3, 4 and
5 in accordance with Sections 13 and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;),
and the rules promulgated thereunder;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">2.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Schedules 13D or 13G, Form ID, and Forms
3, 4 or 5, and the timely filing of such schedules and forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
other authority; and</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">3.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, including, without
limitation, the execution and filing of a Form 4 with respect to a transaction which may be reported on a Form 5, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.</TD></TR></TABLE>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned
hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully and to
all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that such
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the
undersigned&rsquo;s responsibilities to comply with Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any Schedules 13D and 13G and Forms 3,
4 and 5 in accordance with Sections 13 and 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by The Children&rsquo;s Place Retail Stores, Inc., unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorneys-in-fact.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 15<SUP>th</SUP> day of May, 2014.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Susan Sobbott</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Susan Sobbott</FONT></TD></TR>
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