<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001060822-25-000094.txt : 20250407
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001060822-25-000094
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250403
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250407
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250407

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Palladini Douglas C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002063978
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31829
		FILM NUMBER:		25818368

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3438 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CARTERS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001060822
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	APPAREL & OTHER FINISHED PRODS OF FABRICS & SIMILAR MATERIAL [2300]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				133912933
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PHIPPS TOWER
		STREET 2:		3438 PEACHTREE ROAD NE SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326
		BUSINESS PHONE:		678-399-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PHIPPS TOWER
		STREET 2:		3438 PEACHTREE ROAD NE SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CARTER HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980430
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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        <footnote id="F1">These restricted shares are subject to restrictions that lapse in four equal annual installments beginning one year from the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The performance-based restricted stock will be earned upon achieving share price hurdles for 20 consecutive trading days over a three-year performance period, starting on the award grant date and ending on the third anniversary of the award grant date. Share price hurdles were established using the closing price of stock on the grant date, using the following growth rates:
1/3 at 30% growth;
1/3 at 60% growth;
1/3 at 90% growth.

The growth objectives may be achieved at any time over the three-year period, and the corresponding number of shares earned, but the shares will not vest until the end of the three-year period.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Derek Swanson, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-04-07</signatureDate>
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