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Hot Defensive Stocks To Invest In Right Now: The Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.(PLCE)

The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. operates as a children's specialty apparel retailer in North America. It provides apparel, accessories, and shoes for children from newborn to 10 years of age. The company designs, contracts to manufacture, and sells merchandise under The Children's Place brand name. It serves the wardrobe needs of girls and boys, baby girls and boys, and newborn. As of January 28, 2012, the company operated 1,049 The Children's Place stores, including 732 stores located in malls, 140 in strip centers, 135 in outlet centers, and 42 street stores; and an Internet store at childrensplace.com. The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is based in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Dieterich]

  What about apparel companies and retailers? Morgan Stanley likes companies that target brands that are most popular with “lower-income consumers,” who they deem as most likely to put the money they save into new purchases. Analysts like The Children's Place (PLCE), Foot Locker (FL), Finish Line (FINL), Brown Shoe (BWS), and Skullcandy (SKUL). The same applies for retailers including Aeropostale (ARO) Burlington Stores (BURL) and Ross Stores (ROST).

• [By Jake L'Ecuyer]

  The Children's Place Retail Stores (NASDAQ: PLCE) shares tumbled 7.26 percent to $50.738 after the company reported an 18% drop in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and issued a weak outlook.

• [By Jake L'Ecuyer]

  The Children's Place Retail Stores (NASDAQ: PLCE) shares tumbled 6.62 percent to $51.08 after the company reported an 18% drop in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and issued a weak outlook.

• [By Anna Prior]

  Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade! in Thursday’s session are Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.(PLCE), Costco Wholesale Corp.(COST) and Staples Inc.(SPLS)

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