One reason Children’s Place is filing for bankruptcy? Not enough children.
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Falling birth rates plus $881 million in debt is a reminder that some demand curves are demographic, not cyclical. If your category is tied to cohort size — kids, students, retirees — your 5–10 year planning needs demographic data at the same level of seriousness as pricing and channel strategy.
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