SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
		Feb. 03, 2018		Oct. 28, 2017	Jul. 29, 2017	Apr. 29, 2017	Jan. 28, 2017		Oct. 29, 2016	Jul. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use		$ 529	[1]	$ 3,203	$ 974	$ 484	$ 808	[2]	$ 392	$ 2,826	$ 0	$ 5,190	$ 4,026	$ 2,371
Percentage of entity-wide sales qualifying purchaser as major customer (as a percent)												10.00%
Net sales:
Total net sales		569,972	[1]	490,026	373,601	436,676	520,772	[2]	473,777	371,416	419,351	$ 1,870,275	1,785,316	1,725,777
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit		209,926	[1]	202,433	128,405	170,591	187,854	[2]	194,517	123,871	165,351	711,355	671,593	625,132
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)		51,858	[1]	64,149	3,219	42,284	48,658	[2]	62,080	(2,940)	39,610	$ 161,510	$ 147,408	$ 90,080
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												8.63563%	8.25669%	5.21968%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization		19,699	[1]	16,789	15,979	15,692	16,796	[2]	16,586	15,891	16,461	$ 68,159	$ 65,734	$ 62,685
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												58,657	34,684	42,145
Business Exit Costs		(4)		$ 4	$ 6	$ 4	6		$ 17	$ 191	$ 68	10	282	98
Total assets:
Total assets		940,228					910,499					940,228	910,499
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	271,026					269,602					271,026	269,602
The Children's Place U.S.
Net sales:
Total net sales												1,650,620	1,567,556	1,518,117
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)												$ 132,152	$ 113,376	$ 65,221	[4]
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												8.0062%	7.23266%	4.29618%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization												$ 60,732	$ 58,626	$ 55,937
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												57,360	33,447	41,304
Total assets:
Total assets		750,670					735,953					750,670	735,953
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	258,660					253,940					258,660	253,940
The Children's Place Canada [Member]
Net sales:
Total net sales	[5]											219,655	217,760	207,660
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)												$ 29,358	$ 34,032	$ 24,859
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												13.36551%	15.62821%	11.97101%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization												$ 7,427	$ 7,108	$ 6,748
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												1,297	1,237	$ 841
Total assets:
Total assets		189,558					174,546					189,558	174,546
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	11,119					14,385					11,119	14,385
The Children's Place Asia [Member] [Member]
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	$ 1,247					$ 1,277					$ 1,247	$ 1,277

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[3] raphic InformationThe Company's long-lived assets are located in the following countries: February 3, 2018 January 28, 2017 (In thousands)Long-lived assets(1): United States $258,660 $253,940Canada 11,119 14,385Asia 1,247 1,277Total long-lived assets $271,026 $269,602____________________________________________(1)The Company's long-lived assets are comprised of net property and equipment and other assets.

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[5] Net sales from The Children's Place International are primarily derived from revenues from Canadian operations.