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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets ) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Apr. 03, 2021	Sep. 26, 2020	Mar. 28, 2020	Jan. 01, 2022	Jan. 02, 2021	Dec. 28, 2019
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment				$ 0	$ 17,742	$ 0
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)				0	26,500	30,800
Goodwill				212,023	211,776	229,026
Skip Hop Trade Name [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite intangible assets				15,000	15,000
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)	$ 11,000	$ 30,800
Oshkosh Tradename [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite intangible assets				70,000	70,000
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)	15,500
Wholesale Segment [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment					0
Goodwill				74,454	74,454	74,454
Wholesale Segment [Member] | Skip Hop Trade Name [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)		19,100	$ 6,800
Wholesale Segment [Member] | Oshkosh Tradename [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)			1,600
International Segment [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment					17,742
Goodwill				53,635	53,388	70,638
International Segment [Member] | Skip Hop Trade Name [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)		10,500	3,700
International Segment [Member] | Oshkosh Tradename [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)			300
Retail Segment [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment					0
Goodwill				83,934	$ 83,934	$ 83,934
Retail Segment [Member] | Skip Hop Trade Name [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)		1,200	500
Retail Segment [Member] | Oshkosh Tradename [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)			$ 13,600
Other International Reporting Unit Member [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment	$ 17,700
Goodwill				$ 11,700
Other International Reporting Unit Member [Member] | Skip Hop Goodwill [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment		9,400
Other International Reporting Unit Member [Member] | Carters Mexico [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment		3,100
Other International Reporting Unit Member [Member] | Carter's Goodwill [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment		$ 5,200

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