SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
		Feb. 02, 2019		Nov. 03, 2018	Aug. 04, 2018	May 05, 2018	Feb. 03, 2018		Oct. 28, 2017	Jul. 29, 2017	Apr. 29, 2017	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use		$ 464	[1]	$ 396	$ 3,979	$ 1,257	$ 529	[2]	$ 3,203	$ 974	$ 484	$ 6,096	$ 5,190	$ 4,026
Percentage of entity-wide sales qualifying purchaser as major customer (as a percent)												10.00%
Net sales:
Total net sales		530,557	[1]	522,495	448,718	436,314	569,972	[2]	490,026	373,601	436,676	$ 1,938,084	1,870,275	1,785,316
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit		164,232	[1]	204,366	154,806	160,192	209,926	[2]	202,433	128,405	170,591	683,596	711,355	671,593
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)		13,643	[1]	64,605	10,022	23,058	51,858	[2]	64,149	3,219	42,284	$ 111,328	$ 161,510	$ 147,408
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												5.74423%	8.63563%	8.25669%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization		17,479	[1]	17,404	16,595	17,406	19,699	[2]	16,789	15,979	15,692	$ 68,884	$ 68,159	$ 65,734
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												71,114	58,657	34,684
Business Exit Costs		191		$ (1,246)	$ 0	$ 0	(4)		$ 4	$ 6	$ 4	(1,055)	10	282
Total assets:
Total assets		727,046					940,228					727,046	940,228
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	273,901					271,026					273,901	271,026
The Children's Place U.S.
Net sales:
Total net sales												1,727,907	1,650,620	1,567,556
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)												$ 86,983	$ 132,152	$ 113,376	[4]
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												5.03401%	8.0062%	7.23266%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization												$ 61,487	$ 60,732	$ 58,626
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												67,476	57,360	33,447
Total assets:
Total assets		651,728					750,670					651,728	750,670
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	261,932					258,660					261,932	258,660
The Children's Place Canada [Member]
Net sales:
Total net sales	[5]											210,177	219,655	217,760
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)												$ 24,345	$ 29,358	$ 34,032
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												11.58309%	13.36551%	15.62821%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization												$ 7,397	$ 7,427	$ 7,108
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												3,638	1,297	$ 1,237
Total assets:
Total assets		75,318					189,558					75,318	189,558
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	10,718					11,119					10,718	11,119
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]	$ 1,251					$ 1,247					$ 1,251	$ 1,247

[1] Fiscal Year Ended February 3, 2018 FirstQuarter SecondQuarter ThirdQuarter FourthQuarter(1) (in thousands, except earnings per share)Net sales $436,676 $373,601 $490,026 $569,972Gross profit 170,591 128,405 202,433 209,926Selling, general, and administrative expenses 112,127 108,227 118,288 137,844Asset impairment charges 484 974 3,203 529Other costs 4 6 4 (4)Depreciation and amortization 15,692 15,979 16,789 19,699Operating income 42,284 3,219 64,149 51,858Income before income taxes 42,246 2,928 64,049 51,980Provision (benefit) for income taxes 6,017 (11,362) 19,972 61,878Net income (loss) 36,229 14,290 44,077 (9,898) Diluted earnings (loss) per share $1.97 $0.79 $2.44 $(0.57)Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding 18,401 18,177 18,090 17,359 Cash dividends declared and paid per common share $0.4000 $0.4000 $0.4000 $0.4000

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[3] raphic InformationThe Company's long-lived assets are located in the following countries: February 2, 2019 February 3, 2018 (In thousands)Long-lived assets(1): United States $261,932 $258,660Canada 10,718 11,119Asia 1,251 1,247Total long-lived assets $273,901 $271,026____________________________________________(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.