The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE)

Children's clothing stores, 7,800 employees, 68% part-time. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 31, 2026, filed April 10, 2026. Ranked 23 of the 184 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

A children's clothing retailer whose filing counts its 7,800 employees by stores and by corporate offices and distribution centers, so the stores lead and the counted office and center staff take management of companies.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 25% now, 33% at the end of 2027, 36% at the end of 2028, 37% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 37% desk work, 26% people work and 36% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 62% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 24% becomes checking a model's work and 12% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

7,800 employees as of January 31, 2026 (stated). Not stated: the filing counts by kind of work, not by country; Canada is 9% of revenue.

The filing: “As of January 31, 2026, we had approximately 7,800 employees, approximately 1,430 of whom were based at our corporate offices and distribution centers. Approximately 1,070 were full-time store employees and approximately 5,300 were part-time and seasonal store employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 7,800 employees as of January 31, 2026 (7,900 a year earlier): about 1,430 at the corporate offices and distribution centers, 1,070 full-time store employees, 5,300 part-time and seasonal store employees (68%); the human capital excerpt is otherwise accounting text.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• TJX (TJX, 377,000 employees)24% now, 31% by 2028
• Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST, 111,000 employees)23% now, 29% by 2028
• Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL, 83,309 employees)24% now, 31% by 2028
• The Gap, Inc. (GAP, 79,000 employees)24% now, 32% by 2028
• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO, 45,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF, 43,200 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
• Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU, 39,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
• Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN, 31,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

11 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it is using AI and machine learning across its business, that competitors may incorporate AI more successfully, and that it may need to invest more in AI capabilities and safeguards.

• “Rapidly evolving technological and regulatory developments related to artificial intelligence ("AI") and related technologies may also increase competitive, legal, and security risks facing the Company.”
• “While we are utilizing AI and machine learning capabilities across our business, our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products, services and operations more successfully, which could impair our ability to compete effectively, or adversely affect our results of operations or our ability to improve operational efficiency.”
• “To effectively compete, we may need to increase investments to innovate new capabilities and processes incorporating AI as well as to develop appropriate protections, safeguards, and policies for handling data and mitigating information security, data privacy and legal risks.”
• “Furthermore, the regulatory and legal landscape regarding AI is rapidly evolving and we may be challenged to timely comply in a cost-effective manner.”
• “AI also presents emerging ethical, regulatory and environmental issues and if our use or perceived use of AI becomes controversial, we may experience brand or reputational harm, competitive harm, or legal liability.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20240median 4
• Fiscal 202511median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The U.S. share is not stated.
• The 1,430 at the corporate offices and distribution centers are counted together, so the distribution centers' people sit inside the management pattern.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-024672, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.