SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
		Feb. 01, 2020		Nov. 02, 2019	Aug. 03, 2019	May 04, 2019	Feb. 02, 2019		Nov. 03, 2018	Aug. 04, 2018	May 05, 2018	Jan. 30, 2021	Feb. 01, 2020	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use		$ 4,731	[1]	$ 839	$ 121	$ 348	$ 464	[2]	$ 396	$ 3,979	$ 1,257		$ 6,039	$ 6,096	$ 5,190
Percentage of entity-wide sales qualifying purchaser as major customer (as a percent)													10.00%
Net sales:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax		513,019	[1]	524,796	420,470	412,382	530,557	[2]	522,495	448,718	436,314		$ 1,870,667	1,938,084	1,870,275
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit		166,358	[1]	198,125	138,846	151,976	164,232	[2]	204,366	154,806	160,192		655,305	683,596	711,355
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)		29,533	[1]	57,951	3,836	5,038	13,643	[2]	64,605	10,022	23,058		$ 96,358	$ 111,328	$ 161,510
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)													5.20%	5.70%	8.60%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization		18,911	[1]	$ 18,821	$ 18,472	$ 18,584	17,479	[2]	17,404	16,595	17,406		$ 74,788	$ 68,884	$ 68,159
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures													57,502	71,114	58,657
Business Exit Costs							191		$ (1,246)	$ 0	$ 0		0	(1,055)	10
Total assets:
Total assets		1,181,397					727,046						1,181,397	727,046
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	718,576					273,901						718,576	273,901
The Children's Place U.S.
Net sales:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax												$ 1,671,165		1,727,907	1,650,620
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)													$ 77,989	$ 86,983	$ 132,152	[4]
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)													4.70%	5.00%	8.00%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization													$ 67,416	$ 61,487	$ 60,732
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures													56,598	67,476	57,360
Total assets:
Total assets		1,080,665					651,728						1,080,665	651,728
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	673,432					261,932						673,432	261,932
The Children's Place Canada [Member]
Net sales:
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	[5]											$ 219,655	199,502	210,177
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)													$ 18,369	$ 24,345	$ 29,358
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)													9.20%	11.60%	13.40%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization													$ 7,372	$ 7,397	$ 7,427
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures													904	3,638	$ 1,297
Total assets:
Total assets		100,732					75,318						100,732	75,318
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	44,236					10,718						44,236	10,718
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]	$ 908					$ 1,251						$ 908	$ 1,251

[1]
    Fiscal Year Ended February 2, 2019     First Quarter   Second Quarter   Third Quarter   Fourth Quarter     (in thousands, except earnings per share) Net sales   $ 436,314
  $ 448,718
  $ 522,495
  $ 530,557
Gross profit   160,192
  154,806
  204,366
  164,232
Selling, general, and administrative expenses   118,471
  124,210
  123,207
  132,455
Asset impairment charges   1,257
  3,979
  396
  464
Other (income) costs   —
  —
  (1,246 )   191
Depreciation and amortization   17,406
  16,595
  17,404
  17,479
Operating income   23,058
  10,022
  64,605
  13,643
Income before provision for income taxes   22,761
  9,076
  63,774
  12,913
Provision (benefit) for income taxes   (8,776 )   1,590
  13,861
  889
Net income   $ 31,537
  $ 7,486
  $ 49,913
  $ 12,024
                  Diluted earnings per share   $ 1.78
  $ 0.45
  $ 3.03
  $ 0.74
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding   17,734
  16,715
  16,496
  16,277
                  Cash dividends declared and paid per common share   $ 0.50
  $ 0.50
  $ 0.50
  $ 0.50

[2]     Fiscal Year Ended February 2, 2019     First Quarter   Second Quarter   Third Quarter   Fourth Quarter     (in thousands, except earnings per share) Net sales   $ 436,314
  $ 448,718
  $ 522,495
  $ 530,557
Gross profit   160,192
  154,806
  204,366
  164,232
Selling, general, and administrative expenses   118,471
  124,210
  123,207
  132,455
Asset impairment charges   1,257
  3,979
  396
  464
Other (income) costs   —
  —
  (1,246 )   191
Depreciation and amortization   17,406
  16,595
  17,404
  17,479
Operating income   23,058
  10,022
  64,605
  13,643
Income before provision for income taxes   22,761
  9,076
  63,774
  12,913
Provision (benefit) for income taxes   (8,776 )   1,590
  13,861
  889
Net income   $ 31,537
  $ 7,486
  $ 49,913
  $ 12,024
                  Diluted earnings per share   $ 1.78
  $ 0.45
  $ 3.03
  $ 0.74
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding   17,734
  16,715
  16,496
  16,277
                  Cash dividends declared and paid per common share   $ 0.50
  $ 0.50
  $ 0.50
  $ 0.50

[3] raphic Information The Company’s long-lived assets are located in the following countries:     February 1,
2020   February 2,
2019     (In thousands) Long-lived assets⁽¹⁾:         United States   $ 673,432
  $ 261,932
Canada   44,236
  10,718
Asia   908
  1,251
Total long-lived assets   $ 718,576
  $ 273,901
____________________________________________ (1) The Company’s long-lived assets are comprised of net property and equipment, ROU assets, tradenames, and other assets.

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