Children’s Place files for bankruptcy and seeks a buyer for its assets

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The Children’s Place filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late on Sunday and is seeking a buyer for substantially all of its assets. CNBC reports that bids are due by Dec. 9, with a goal of closing a deal by the end of December. The company says its stores and online sites remain open for now, but it will close certain stores during the process, the Boston Globe reports. The New York Post, citing a court filing, reports assets of $742.3 million and liabilities of $881.3 million as of Aug. 1. The retailer operates 514 North American stores.

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The Children’s Place filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is seeking buyers for its assets.
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The Boston Globe
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CNBC
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New York Post
Bids for the company are due by Dec. 9.
One outletCNBC· Center
The company is soliciting proposals to sell substantially all its assets, sell the Children’s Place and Gymboree brands, or potentially liquidate.
One outletNew York Post· Right
The Boston Globe reports that the company’s Massachusetts stores could be on the chopping block.
One outletThe Boston Globe· Far Left

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All sides report that The Children’s Place filed for bankruptcy and is seeking buyers for its assets. The left stresses possible store closures in Massachusetts, the center the December bid deadline and a demographic explanation, and the right the company’s losses and a possible liquidation.

the left
1 outlet
The Boston Globe leads with the bankruptcy filing and turns quickly to the possible loss of its Massachusetts stores.
The Children’s Place has filed for bankruptcy. Its Mass. stores could be on the chopping block.
The Boston GlobeFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
1 outlet · 1 opinion
CNBC’s headline states the filing and the search for a buyer plainly, while MarketWatch frames the story around whether falling birth rates explain the company’s troubles.
Children’s Place files for bankruptcy protection, seeks buyer
CNBCCenterAll center headlines
the right
1 outlet
The New York Post’s own headline, on a Reuters report, ties the filing to big losses and a sale or liquidation, and the text is Reuters’s work rather than the Post’s.
Children’s Place files for bankruptcy, seeks buyer after suffering big losses
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hand-me-downsMore neutral: its business
A jokey pun on the retailer’s name that mocks its merchandise rather than describing its business.
…filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday as it searches for a buyer to take on its hand-me-downs.
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Bankruptcy filing
Possible Massachusetts store closures

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The Boston GlobeFar Left
The Children’s Place has filed for bankruptcy. Its Mass. stores could be on the chopping block.
The Children’s Place, a popular clothing retailer with several Massachusetts outposts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday as it searches for a buyer to take on its Loaded modifier“hand-me-downs”A jokey pun on the retailer’s name that mocks its merchandise rather than describing its business.More neutral: its businessDisagree with this highlight?. …
1 day agoRead at The Boston Globe (opens in a new tab)

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Bankruptcy protection and buyer search
Bid deadline of Dec. 9
Demographic causes, per MarketWatch

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CNBCCenter
Children’s Place files for bankruptcy protection, seeks buyer
The Children's Place has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is seeking bids from potential new owners by Dec. 9.
2 days agoRead at CNBC (opens in a new tab)
MarketWatchCenterOpinion
One reason Children’s Place is going bankrupt? Not enough children.
People might be having fewer children, but that isn’t the only thing to blame for Children’s Place filing for bankruptcy.
1 day agoRead at MarketWatch (opens in a new tab)

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Big losses
Sale of assets or brands, or liquidation

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New York PostRightReuters report
Children’s Place files for bankruptcy, seeks buyer after suffering big losses
The Secaucus, NJ-based company is soliciting proposals to sell substantially all its assets, sell the Children's Place and Gymboree brands, or potentially liquidate.
3 days agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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1 day 6 hr later
Its first report, Nov 10, 5:41 PM EST
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5 hr 15 min later
Its first report, Nov 9, 3:57 PM EST
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New York Post, Nov 9, 10:42 AM EST

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New York PostRightNov 9, 10:42 AM EST
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Children’s Place files for bankruptcy and seeks a buyer for its assets

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The Children’s Place has filed for bankruptcy. Its Mass. stores could be on the chopping block.

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Children’s Place files for bankruptcy protection, seeks buyer

One reason Children’s Place is going bankrupt? Not enough children.

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Children’s Place files for bankruptcy, seeks buyer after suffering big losses

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