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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 2 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Nov. 01, 2014
Aug. 02, 2014
May 03, 2014
Feb. 01, 2014
Nov. 02, 2013
Aug. 03, 2013
May 04, 2013
Jan. 31, 2015
Feb. 01, 2014
Feb. 02, 2013
Mar. 24, 2015
Jan. 07, 2015
Subsequent Events                          
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares                 (1,493)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares (1,298)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares (1,800)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares    
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid $ 0.1325us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.1325us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.1325us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.1325us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid         $ 0.15us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid        
Business Exit Costs $ 85,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ (286,000)us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ (98,000)us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ 231,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ (144,000)us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ 200,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ 61,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ (1,023,000)us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ (68,000)us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ (906,000)us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 $ 11,088,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1    
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity 200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity       150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity       200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity 150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity      
Line Of Credit Facility Accordion Borrowing Capacity 25,000,000plce_LineOfCreditFacilityAccordionBorrowingCapacity               25,000,000plce_LineOfCreditFacilityAccordionBorrowingCapacity        
2014 Share Repurchase Program [Member] [Member]                          
Subsequent Events                          
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares                       200us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
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Value of shares repurchased                 73,500,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue
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    13,300,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue
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2014 Share Repurchase Program [Member] [Member]                          
Subsequent Events                          
Share repurchase                         $ 100,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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