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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-001276
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150108
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150108
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150108

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Childrens Place, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041859
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651]
		IRS NUMBER:				311241495
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23071
		FILM NUMBER:		15514840

	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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHILDRENS PLACE RETAIL STORES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970702
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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DC 20549</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CURRENT
REPORT</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">
</FONT>to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"> S</FONT>ecurities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 8, 2015</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">THE CHILDREN&rsquo;S
PLACE, INC.</P>

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in Their Charters)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">Delaware</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">31-1241495</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Commission File Number)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, New Jersey</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">(201)
558-2400</P>

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Area Code)</P>

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Since Last Report)</P>

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Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
(<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8.01&#9;Other Events.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On January 8, 2015,
the Company issued a press release updating its previously announced fourth fiscal quarter guidance for comparable retail sales
and adjusted net income per diluted share. The Company stated that it expects that comparable retail sales and adjusted net income
per diluted share for its fourth fiscal quarter will be in the upper end of the range previously announced in its November 20,
2014 third fiscal quarter earnings press release.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On January 8, 2015,
the Company also announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new $100 million share repurchase program, authorizing the
Company to repurchase its common stock. Under the share repurchase program, the Company may repurchase shares in the open market
at current market prices at the time of purchase or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing and actual number of shares
repurchased under the program will depend on a variety of factors including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, and other
business and market conditions, and the Company may suspend or discontinue the share repurchase program at any time, and may thereafter
reinstitute purchases, all without prior announcement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">A copy of the Company&rsquo;s
January 8, 2015 press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01&#9;Financial Statement and Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 13%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Exhibits</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit&nbsp;&nbsp;99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press release, dated January 8, 2015, issued by the Company. </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B><U><BR>
Forward Looking Statements</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>This Current Report
on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to statements relating to the Company&rsquo;s forecasts regarding
comparable retail sales and adjusted net income per diluted share. Forward-looking statements typically are identified by use
of terms such as &ldquo;may,&rdquo; &ldquo;will,&rdquo; &ldquo;should,&rdquo; &ldquo;plan,&rdquo; &ldquo;project,&rdquo; &ldquo;expect,&rdquo;
&ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimate&rdquo; and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently.
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 and performance to differ materially. Some of these risks and uncertainties
are described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo;
section of its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014. Included among the risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially are the risk that the Company will be unsuccessful in gauging
fashion trends and changing consumer preferences, the risks resulting from the highly competitive nature of the Company&rsquo;s
business and its dependence on consumer spending patterns, which may be affected by the economic factors that continue to affect
the Company&rsquo;s target customer or by other factors such as an increase in the cost of food, the risk that the Company&rsquo;s
strategic initiatives to increase sales and margin are delayed or do not result in anticipated improvements, the risk that the
cost of raw materials or energy prices will increase beyond current expectations or that the Company is unable to offset cost
increases through value engineering or price increases, and the uncertainty of weather patterns. 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.</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;January 8, 2015</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>THE CHILDREN&rsquo;S</B> <B>PLACE, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0.125in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jane Elfers</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jane Elfers</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE CHILDREN&rsquo;S PLACE UPDATES FOURTH
QUARTER COMPARABLE RETAIL SALES AND ADJUSTED EPS GUIDANCE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: center"><B>BOARD AUTHORIZES NEW $100
MILLION STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">WILL PARTICIPATE AT THE ICR XCHANGE
IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA ON JANUARY 12<SUP>th</SUP>, 2015</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Secaucus, New Jersey &ndash; January
8, 2015 &ndash; The Children&rsquo;s Place, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCE)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Jane Elfers, President and Chief Executive Officer, announced,
&ldquo;Today, we are updating our fourth quarter guidance for comparable retail sales and adjusted EPS. We expect to deliver both
comparable retail sales and adjusted EPS in the upper end of the guidance range we provided in our third quarter earnings press
release. Customer reaction to our Spring merchandise has been strong and our inventories are in excellent shape entering 2015,
with a significant decline in carryover inventory.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ms. Elfers continued, &ldquo;In addition, our Board has authorized
a new $100 million share repurchase, reflecting our Company&rsquo;s commitment to return excess capital to our shareholders. Over
the past five years, we have returned over $487 million to our shareholders through share repurchases and dividends. This new authorization
reflects our confidence in our ability to execute our growth strategies.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Company also announced that it will participate at the 2015
ICR XChange conference in Orlando, Florida on Monday January 12<SUP>th</SUP>, 2015.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>Updated Outlook</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Company expects to achieve results in the upper end of the
guidance range for both fourth quarter fiscal 2014 comparable retail sales, previously guided to increase low single digits, and
adjusted net income per diluted share, previously guided to be between $0.83 and $0.93.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>About The Children&rsquo;s Place, Inc.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Children&rsquo;s Place is the largest pure-play children&rsquo;s
specialty apparel retailer in North America. The Company designs, contracts to manufacture, sells and licenses to sell fashionable,
high-quality merchandise at value prices, primarily under the proprietary &ldquo;The Children&rsquo;s Place,&rdquo; &ldquo;Place&rdquo;
and &ldquo;Baby Place&rdquo; brand names. As of November 1, 2014, the Company operated 1,117 stores in the United States, Canada
and Puerto Rico, an online store at <FONT STYLE="color: Blue"><U>www.childrensplace.com</U></FONT>, and had 67 international stores
open and operated by its franchise partners.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>Forward Looking Statements</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements
regarding future circumstances, including statements relating to the Company&rsquo;s strategic initiatives and adjusted net income
per diluted share. 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 and performance to differ materially. Some of these risks and
uncertainties are described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the &ldquo;Risk
Factors&rdquo; section of its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014. Included among the risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially are the risk that the Company will be unsuccessful
in gauging fashion trends and changing consumer preferences, the risks resulting from the highly competitive nature of the Company&rsquo;s
business and its dependence on consumer spending patterns, which may be affected by economic factors that continue to affect the
Company&rsquo;s target customer or by other factors such as an increase in the cost of food, the risk that the Company&rsquo;s
strategic initiatives to increase sales and margin are delayed or do not result in anticipated improvements, the risk that the
cost of raw materials or energy prices will increase beyond current expectations or that the Company is unable to offset cost increases
through value engineering or price increases, and the uncertainty of weather patterns. 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Contact: Robert Vill, Group Vice President, Finance, (201) 453-6693</P>

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