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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-17-000721
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170105
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170105

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:		17508664

	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: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 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-top: 0; margin-bottom: 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-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 5, 2017</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">THE CHILDREN&rsquo;S PLACE, INC.</P>

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Charters)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Delaware</P>

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of Incorporation)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">07094</TD></TR>
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Area Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since
Last Report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Check the appropriate box below if the 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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On January 5, 2017, the
Company issued a press release announcing comparable retail sales through the first nine weeks of the Company&rsquo;s fourth fiscal
quarter of 2016 and updating its previously announced guidance for comparable retail sales and adjusted net income per diluted
share for each of fourth quarter and fiscal year 2016.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">A copy of the Company&rsquo;s
January 5, 2017 press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: left">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;Press release, dated January 5, 2017, issued by the Company.</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>Forward Looking Statements</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>This Current Report on Form 8-K, including
the attached exhibit, 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 strategic initiatives 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.</I> <I>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 January 30, 2016. 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 weakness in the economy that continues to affect the Company&rsquo;s target
customer, 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 of delays, interruptions and disruptions in the Company&rsquo;s global supply chain, including
resulting from foreign sources of supply in less developed countries or more politically unstable countries, 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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 31.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Date: January 5, 2017</P>

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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; text-decoration: none"><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="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: 0; text-align: center"><B>THE CHILDREN&rsquo;S PLACE RAISES FOURTH
QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR 2016 COMPARABLE RETAIL SALES AND ADJUSTED DILUTED EPS GUIDANCE</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Announces Comparable Retail Sales of Positive
6.9% Through the First Nine Weeks of the Fourth Quarter</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Increases Fourth Quarter 2016 Adjusted EPS
Guidance to $1.53 to $1.58 vs Previous Guidance of $1.43 to $1.48 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Increases Fiscal 2016 Adjusted EPS Guidance
to $5.10 to $5.15 vs Previous Guidance of $5.00 to $5.05 </B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Secaucus, New Jersey &ndash; January 5, 2017 &ndash; The Children&rsquo;s
Place, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCE),</B> the largest pure-play children&rsquo;s specialty apparel retailer in North America, today increased
guidance for fourth quarter and fiscal year 2016 comparable retail sales and adjusted net income per diluted share (&ldquo;adjusted
diluted EPS&rdquo;).</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Jane Elfers, President and Chief&nbsp;Executive Officer, announced:&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Our&nbsp;comparable
retail sales were positive&nbsp;6.9% through the first nine weeks of the fourth quarter, compared to positive 7.3% in the comparable
nine week period in the fourth quarter of 2015. Based on these outstanding results, we&nbsp;are increasing our fourth quarter and
fiscal year 2016 guidance for comparable retail sales and adjusted diluted EPS.&rdquo;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Ms. Elfers concluded: &quot;Our strong performance is the result
of consistent execution against our long term strategic growth initiatives led by a best in class management team.&rdquo;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The Company also announced that it will participate at the 2017
ICR Conference in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday January 10<SUP>th</SUP>, 2017.</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The Company is updating its outlook for the fourth quarter of 2016
and now expects adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of $1.53 and $1.58. This compares to the Company&rsquo;s previous guidance
for adjusted diluted EPS of $1.43 to $1.48 and to adjusted diluted EPS of $1.19 in the fourth quarter of 2015. This guidance assumes
a comparable retail sales increase of approximately 6% to 7% for the quarter compared to a 6.7% increase in the fourth quarter
of 2015 and previous guidance of a low single digit increase.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The Company is also updating its outlook for fiscal year 2016 and
now expects adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of $5.10 to $5.15. This compares to the Company&rsquo;s previous guidance for
adjusted diluted EPS of $5.00 to $5.05 and to adjusted diluted EPS of $3.60 in fiscal 2015. This guidance assumes a comparable
retail sales increase of approximately 5% for the year. This guidance for adjusted diluted EPS excludes net charges of approximately
$0.2 million as of the end of the third quarter, primarily related to asset impairment charges and income related to the release
of reserves for prior year uncertain tax positions that the Company believes are not reflective of the performance of its core
business.</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The Company&rsquo;s updated outlook is set forth in this press release
on an as adjusted, non-GAAP basis. Adjusted net income per diluted share and adjusted diluted EPS are non-GAAP measures, and are
not intended to replace GAAP financial information and may be different from non-GAAP measures reported by other companies. The
Company believes the items excluded as non-GAAP adjustments are not reflective of its core business and that providing this supplemental
disclosure to investors will facilitate comparisons of the past and present outlook for its core business. The Company uses non-GAAP
measures to evaluate and measure operating performance, including, as previously disclosed, to measure performance for purposes
of the Company&rsquo;s annual bonus and long-term incentive compensation plans.</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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 at retail and wholesale, 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 October 29, 2016, the Company operated 1,061
stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, an online store at www.childrensplace.com, and had 139 international points
of distribution open and operated by its 6 franchise partners in 17 countries.</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><I>This press release 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 strategic initiatives 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.</I> <I>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 January 30, 2016. 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 weakness in the
economy that continues to affect the Company&rsquo;s target customer, 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 of delays, interruptions and disruptions
in the Company&rsquo;s global supply chain, including resulting from foreign sources of supply in less developed countries or more
politically unstable countries, 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>

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

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

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