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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-053099
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150831
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150901
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150901

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:		151086289

	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"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CURRENT
REPORT</B></FONT></P>

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</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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August 31, 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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)</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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of Incorporation)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">07094</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></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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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 5.02</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On August 31, 2015, upon the recommendation
of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) of The Children&rsquo;s
Place, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), the Board appointed Marla Malcolm Beck as an independent director of the Company within
the meaning of the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. Ms. Beck will serve as a Class II director, holding office
until the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company to be held in 2017. Ms. Beck is the mutually acceptable additional independent
director contemplated by the Agreement dated May 22, 2015 by and among the Company, Barington Companies Equity Partners, L.P. (and
certain affiliates thereof), and Macellum Advisors GP, LLC (and certain affiliates thereof).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Ms. Beck, 45, is the Chief Executive Officer
of Bluemercury, a retailer and online seller of upscale beauty products and spa services founded in 1999 by Ms. Beck. Bluemercury
was acquired by Macy&rsquo;s, Inc. in 2015 and operates as a stand-alone business with Ms. Beck as its CEO reporting directly to
the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Macy&rsquo;s, Inc. Prior to 1999, Ms. Beck was a consultant for Consolidated Capital
Partners LLC and McKinsey &amp; Company, Inc. She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA and MPA from
Harvard University.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">There is no arrangement or
understanding between Ms. Beck and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Beck was appointed as a director of the Company.
Ms. Beck will be eligible to participate in all non-management director compensation plans and arrangements available to the
Company&rsquo;s other independent directors. Accordingly, on the date of her appointment as a director, Ms. Beck was granted
time-based restricted stock units under the Company&rsquo;s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) representing
695 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.10 per share, which shares are deliverable to Ms. Beck on the
first anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A copy of the press release announcing the
appointment of Ms. Beck as a Class II director of the Company is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&#9;Exhibits</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">99.1</TD><TD>Press Release, dated September 1, 2015, issued by the Company regarding the Company&rsquo;s appointment of Ms. Beck as a member
of the Board.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: September 1, 2015</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Jane Elfers</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B><U>Exhibit 99.1</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; color: #2F2F2F">THE
CHILDREN'S PLACE APPOINTS MARLA MALCOLM BECK,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; color: #2F2F2F">FOUNDER
&amp; CEO OF MACY&rsquo;S, INC. UPSCALE BEAUTY RETAILER BLUEMERCURY, TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; color: #2F2F2F"><B>Proven
Specialty Retail Entrepreneur and Operator Further Enhances Board</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #2F2F2F"><B>Secaucus,
New Jersey &ndash; September 1, 2015 - The Children's Place, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCE)</B>, the largest pure-play children's specialty
apparel retailer in North America, today announced that it has appointed Marla </FONT>Malcolm <FONT STYLE="color: #2F2F2F">Beck
to the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Beck will serve as an independent Class II Director and will stand
for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; color: #2F2F2F">Ms.
Beck, 45, is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bluemercury, a retailer and online seller of upscale beauty products
and spa services. Bluemercury was founded in 1999 and acquired by Macy's, Inc. in 2015. Today it operates as a stand-alone business
with Ms. Beck serving as CEO and reporting directly to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Macy's, Inc.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">&quot;Marla
is a customer-focused specialty retail visionary who brings broad-based leadership and managerial experience in areas critical
to our business, including omni-channel retail, marketing and consumer insights,&quot; said Norman Matthews, Chairman of the Board.
&quot;We are thrilled to welcome Marla to our team and we look forward to working with her as the Company continues to drive meaningful
progress.&quot;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">Ms. Beck qualifies as an independent
director within the meaning of the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. Ms. Beck is the mutually acceptable additional
independent director contemplated by the Agreement dated May 22, 2015 among the Company, Barington Companies Equity Partners, L.P.
(and certain affiliates), and Macellum Advisors GP, LLC (and certain affiliates).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">Ms. Beck
currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Retail Federation. Prior to founding Bluemercury, Ms. Beck
was a consultant at McKinsey and Company. She received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and holds
an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPA from Harvard University&rsquo;s John F. Kennedy School of Government.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">About The Children's Place,
Inc.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">The Children's Place is the largest
pure-play children's specialty apparel retailer in North America. The Company designs, contracts to manufacture, sells at retail
and wholesale, and licenses to sell fashionable, high-quality merchandise at value prices, primarily under the proprietary &quot;The
Children's Place,&quot; &quot;Place&quot; and &quot;Baby Place&quot; brand names. As of August 1, 2015, the Company operated 1,086
stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, an online store at www.childrensplace.com, and had 85 international stores
open and operated by its franchise partners in 11 countries.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">Forward Looking Statements</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #2F2F2F; text-align: justify">This press release may contain
certain forward-looking statements regarding future circumstances, including statements relating to the Company's strategic initiatives.
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 &quot;Risk Factors&quot; section
of its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. 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's business and
its dependence on consumer spending patterns, which may be affected by the weakness in the economy that continues to affect the
Company's target customer, the risk that the Company'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>

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

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