Exhibit 31.2

CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF SARBANES OXLEY ACT
2002

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|I, John J. Sullivan,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Trans World
Entertainment Corporation (the Company), certify that:
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|                                                                                                                                                  | (1) | I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10Q of the Company;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|                                                                                                                                                  | (2) | Based
on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
quarterly report;     
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|                                                                                                                                                  | (3) | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company
as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;                           
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|                                                                                                                                                  | (4) | The
Companys other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a  15(f) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
and we have:
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|                                                                                                                                                  |     | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | designed
such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;
|                                                                                                                                                  |     | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;   
|                                                                                                                                                  |     | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | evaluated
the effectiveness of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                          
|                                                                                                                                                  |     | (d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | disclosed
in this report any change in the Companys internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Companys most recent fiscal quarter that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Companys internal control over financial reporting; and                                                                     
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|                                                                                                                                                  | (5) | The
Companys other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
Companys auditors and the audit committee of the Companys board of
directors:                                                                                              
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|                                                                                                                                                  |     | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Companys ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and                                                                                                    
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|                                                                                                                                                  |     | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the Companys internal control over financial
reporting.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Dated:   September
9, 2010

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| | /s/ John J. Sullivan                                 | 
| | John J. Sullivan                                    
| | Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
| | Trans World Entertainment
Corporation               

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