SECAUCUS, N.J., May 01, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCE) today announced that in conjunction with its April sales release, you are invited to listen to the Company's pre-recorded monthly sales call on Thursday, May 8, 2008, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

To access the call, please visit the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at:

http://www.childrensplace.com

or dial (402) 220-2661

An online archive of the broadcast will be available through Thursday, May 15, 2008.

The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of children's merchandise. The Company designs, contracts to manufacture and sells high-quality, value-priced merchandise under the proprietary "The Children's Place" brand name. As of March 1, 2008, the Company owned and operated 906 The Children's Place stores and its online stores at www.childrensplace.com and www.disneystore.com.

This press release (and above referenced call) may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding future circumstances. 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 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 "Risk Factors" section of its reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Risks and uncertainties relating to the exit of the DSNA business, including the risk that claims may be asserted against the Company or its subsidiaries other than Hoop, whether or not such claims have any merit, and the Company's ability to successfully defend such claims, the risk that Disney may bring litigation against the Company and assert various claims under the agreements relating to the Company's exit from the DSNA business, in addition to the risk that the Company may not be able to access, if necessary, additional sources of liquidity or obtain financing on commercially reasonable terms or at all, as well as risks and uncertainties relating to other elements of the Company's strategic review, could cause actual results, events and performance, to differ materially. Readers (or listeners on the call) 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. The inclusion of any statement in this release does not constitute an admission by the Company or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material.

SOURCE: The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc.

The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc.
Heather Anthony, Investor Relations, 201-558-2865