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REVENUE RECOGNITION
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2022
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
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The Company’s revenues are earned from contracts or arrangements with retail and wholesale customers and licensees. Contracts include written agreements, as well as arrangements that are implied by customary practices or law.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The Company sells its products directly to consumers (“direct-to-consumer”) and to other retail companies and partners that subsequently sell the products directly to their own retail customers. The Company also earns royalties from certain of its licensees. Disaggregated revenues from these sources for fiscal years 2021, 2020, and 2019 were as follows:
Fiscal year ended January 1, 2022 (52 weeks)
(dollars in thousands)U.S. RetailU.S. WholesaleInternationalTotal
Wholesale channel$— $1,126,415 $171,703 $1,298,118 
Direct-to-consumer1,899,262 — 289,060 2,188,322 
$1,899,262 $1,126,415 $460,763 $3,486,440 
Royalty income, net$8,541 $15,808 $4,332 $28,681 
Fiscal year ended January 2, 2021 (53 weeks)
(dollars in thousands)U.S. RetailU.S. WholesaleInternationalTotal
Wholesale channel$— $996,088 $120,244 $1,116,332 
Direct-to-consumer1,671,644 — 236,358 1,908,002 
$1,671,644 $996,088 $356,602 $3,024,334 
Royalty income, net$8,732 $13,120 $4,424 $26,276 
Fiscal year ended December 28, 2019 (52 weeks)
(dollars in thousands)U.S. RetailU.S. WholesaleInternationalTotal
Wholesale channel$— $1,205,646 $163,793 $1,369,439 
Direct-to-consumer1,884,150 — 265,697 2,149,847 
$1,884,150 $1,205,646 $429,490 $3,519,286 
Royalty income, net$12,990 $17,670 $3,977 $34,637 
Accounts Receivable from Customers and Licensees
The components of Accounts receivable, net, were as follows:
(dollars in thousands)January 1, 2022January 2, 2021
Trade receivables from wholesale customers, net$233,928 $180,830 
Royalties receivable5,769 5,733 
Tenant allowances and other receivables10,352 12,315 
Total receivables$250,049 $198,878 
Less: Wholesale accounts receivable reserves(*)
(18,695)(12,366)
Accounts receivable, net$231,354 $186,512 
(*)Includes allowance for credit losses of $7.3 million and $5.9 million for the periods ended January 1, 2022 and January 2, 2021, respectively.
Information regarding Wholesale accounts receivable reserves is as follows:
(dollars in thousands)Wholesale accounts receivable reserves
Balance at December 29, 2018$11,866 
Additional provisions9,047 
Charges to reserve(7,939)
Reclassification to Trade receivables(1)
(1,691)
Balance at December 28, 2019$11,283 
Additional provisions9,625 
Charges to reserve(2)
(8,542)
Balance at January 2, 2021$12,366 
Additional provisions13,282 
Charges to reserve(6,953)
Balance at January 1, 2022$18,695 
(1)The Company reclassified $1.7 million of customer support related items from Wholesale accounts receivable reserves into Trade receivables from wholesale customers, net for the period December 28, 2019.
(2)Charges to the reserve include total write-offs of $6.5 million related to the bankruptcy of customers during fiscal 2020.
Contract Assets and Liabilities
The Company’s contract assets are not material.
Contract Liabilities
The Company recognizes a contract liability when it has received consideration from a customer and has a future obligation to transfer goods to the customer. Total contract liabilities consisted of the following amounts:    
(dollars in thousands)January 1, 2022January 2, 2021
Contract liabilities - current:
Unredeemed gift cards$21,619 $18,300 
Unredeemed customer loyalty rewards5,659 5,241 
Carter’s credit card - upfront bonus(1)
714 714 
Total contract liabilities - current(2)
$27,992 $24,255 
Contract liabilities - non-current(3)
$2,143 $2,857 
Total contract liabilities$30,135 $27,112 
(1)The Company received an upfront signing bonus from a third-party financial institution, which will be recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement. This amount reflects the current portion of this bonus to be recognized as revenue over the next twelve months.
(2)Included with Other current liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.
(3)This amount reflects the non-current portion of the Carter’s credit card upfront bonus.
Composition of Contract Liabilities
Unredeemed gift cards - the Company is obligated to transfer goods in the future to customers who have purchased gift cards. Periodic changes in the gift card contract liability result from the redemption of gift cards by customers and the recognition of estimated breakage revenue for those gift card balances that are not expected to be redeemed. The majority of our gift cards do not have an expiration date; however, all outstanding gift card balances are classified by the Company as current liabilities since gift cards are redeemable on demand by the valid holder. The majority of the Company’s gift cards are redeemed within one year of issuance.
Unredeemed loyalty rewards - points and reward certificates earned by customers under the Company’s loyalty program represent obligations of the Company to transfer goods to the customer upon redemption. Periodic changes in the loyalty program contract liability result from reward certificate redemptions and expirations. The earning and redemption cycles for our loyalty program are under one year in duration.