s place type public traded as nasdaq plce industry apparel founded 1969 headquarters secaucus new jersey products children s apparel and accessories revenue us 1.725 billion fy 2016 net income us 57.88 million fy 2016 total assets us 897.95 million fy 2016 number of employees 10 000 2016 website www.childrensplace.com the children s place tcp is a secaucus new jersey based specialty retailer of children s apparel and accessories . 1 the company also markets apparel under the children s place place and baby place brand names . 2 as of october 31 2015 the company operated 1 085 stores in the united states canada and puerto rico an online store at www.childrensplace.com and had 90 international stores open and operated by its franchise partners in 12 countries . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 disney stores 2 operations 3 criticism 4 references history edit the company was founded in 1969 . they became publicly traded on the nasdaq exchange in 1997 under the ticker symbol plce . on december 11 2009 the children s place retail stores announced the appointment of former lord & taylor ceo jane t. elfers as president and chief executive officer ceo of the company effective january 4 2010 . 4 she has also been named to the company s board of directors . disney stores edit between 2004 and 2007 the company owned and operated 335 disney stores through a subsidiary hoop holdings hoop retail stores llc . in june 2007 the company began negotiations to sell the rights back to the walt disney company . on march 26 2008 hoop holdings hoop retail stores llc and related subsidiaries of tcp that operated disney store retail locations filed for bankruptcy . 5 on may 1 2008 231 disney stores in north america once again became the property of disney operating under the disney consumer products arm . 6 operations edit children s place stores are divided into 6 specific size ranges sections big girls and big boys 4 16 toddler girls and toddler boys 12 months 5t and baby girls and baby boys up to 7 lbs 12 months . most of the children s place stores are located in and around regional malls but also include some strip shopping centers outlets and street stores . the majority of their stores are small traditional mall stores although some children s place outlets are in a big box format . criticism edit in the summer of 2013 the store withdrew a t shirt from the stores with four options for my best subjects including shopping music dance and math . while shopping music and dance were checked math was left unchecked because as the t shirt stated nobody s perfect 7 there was a factory which produced children s place merchandise in the rana plaza building that collapsed just outside dhaka bangladesh in april 2013 . 8 the company then joined alliance for bangladesh worker safety along with other north american apparel retailers and former u.s. senators george mitchell and olympia snowe . the alliance s mission is a five year plan to improve conditions in bangladeshi garment factories . references edit vernon joan . secaucus n.j. based children s place seeks to convert browsers into buyers . the record february 27 2004 . accessed july 16 2008 . yahoo finance plce profile http finance.yahoo.com q pr s plce investor relations corporate overview . corporate ir.net . retrieved 2016 03 04 . children s place names new ceo the record december 11 2009 unit of children s place that operates disney stores files for bankruptcy . nj.com . 2008 03 27 . retrieved 2016 03 04 . chmielewski dawn c. september 6 2011 . head of disney consumer products group steps down . los angeles times . retrieved 15 november 2012 . http www.salon.com 2013 08 06 the worst shirts for girls western firms feel pressure as toll rises in bangladesh . nytimes.com . 2013 04 25 . retrieved 2016 03 04 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the children % 27s place & oldid 744253882 categories retail companies of the united statescompanies based in hudson county new jerseycompanies established in 1969private equity portfolio companiescompanies listed on nasdaq navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 02 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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