CARTERS INC
Carter's, Inc. (NYSE: CRI) operates as North America's largest apparel company exclusively focused on babies and young children. The company maintains its corporate headquarters with an investor relations website at ir.carters.com and corporate website at corporate.carters.com. From the company’s description.
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What CARTERS INC does
In the company’s own words
Carter's, Inc. (NYSE: CRI) operates as North America's largest apparel company exclusively focused on babies and young children. The company maintains its corporate headquarters with an investor relations website at ir.carters.com and corporate website at corporate.carters.com.
Founded in 1865, Carter's has built a portfolio of complementary brands serving the zero to ten-year-old market. The company's core Carter's brand holds approximately nine percent market share in the zero to ten-year-old segment, with particularly strong positioning in the zero to two-year-old baby market at approximately twenty-one percent share. The OshKosh B'gosh brand, acquired in 2005, commands approximately one percent market share and focuses on high-quality playclothes for toddlers and young children. Additional brands include Skip Hop, acquired in 2017 and recognized as the number one diaper bag brand, along with Little Planet, a sustainable and organic-focused brand launched in 2021, and Otter Avenue, a toddler-specific brand launched in 2025. The company also operates exclusive brands for major retailers including Child of Mine at Walmart, Just One You at Target, and Simple Joys on Amazon.
Carter's operates through three reportable segments: U.S. Retail, U.S. Wholesale, and International. The U.S. Retail segment encompasses company-operated stores and eCommerce channels, while U.S. Wholesale includes sales to major retailers such as Costco, Kohl's, Target, and Amazon. The International segment comprises operations in Canada and Mexico, plus wholesale and licensing arrangements across over ninety countries.
As of January 3, 2026, the company operated 1,068 company-owned retail stores in North America, with distribution through approximately 19,500 wholesale locations and over 1,100 international locations. The company employed approximately 15,400 people globally, with approximately seventy-nine percent working in retail stores, ten percent in corporate offices, and ten percent in distribution centers.
Carter's sources substantially all products from a global network of third-party suppliers, primarily in Asia, with Vietnam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India collectively representing approximately seventy-five percent of sourcing spend. The company maintains a multichannel business model integrating retail stores, eCommerce websites, mobile applications, and wholesale distribution channels to serve families across North America and internationally.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry
- Apparel & Textiles
- Headquarters
- ATLANTA, GA
- Fiscal year end
- January
- CIK
- 1060822
- SIC
- 2300
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2026 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns CARTERS INC — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · CARTERS INC’s weight in each
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