Breaking · 8 November 2026
The Children’s Place has filed for Chapter 11
On Sunday The Children’s Place, the American children’s clothing chain, filed for Chapter 11 in New Jersey and said it plans to sell most of its business.
Announced by the company on 8 November in a filing with the US market regulator, and reported by NJBIZ (Kimberly Redmond) on 9 November.
The case is open in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey; the court has not approved a sale. Bids are due on 9 December, as of the pages I opened on 10 November.
On Sunday 8 November The Children’s Place filed for Chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, NJBIZ reports. It plans to sell most of its assets through a court-supervised process.
The company is 57 years old and has its head office in Secaucus, New Jersey. It sells children’s clothes under The Children’s Place, Gymboree, Sugar & Jade and PJ Place, in about 500 shops in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, and online. It has closed more than 700 shops over the past decade.
In February 2024 it warned that it was short of cash. Mithaq Capital, a Saudi family investment firm, became its majority shareholder and has lent it more than $208 million since, NJBIZ reports.
In the three months to 1 August its sales were $241.8 million, 18.9% lower than a year earlier. It reported assets of $742.3 million and debts of $881.3 million.
Bids are due on 9 December, and the company aims to complete a sale by the end of 2026. Rudy Morando, its co-chief restructuring officer, called the filing “an important step in our efforts to secure the best path forward”.
What it means
- For customers: the shops and the website are expected to keep trading during the case, NJBIZ reports.
- For staff: a notice filed with New Jersey’s labour department lists 732 jobs in the state that could go by 2 February 2027.
- For suppliers: debts owed before 8 November are frozen in the Chapter 11 case and must be claimed in it.
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- The Children’s Place files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (NJBIZ, Kimberly Redmond, 9 Nov 2026) · njbiz.com
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