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Carter’s, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 10/1/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 10/28/22, at 12:22pm ET   ·   For:  10/1/22   ·   Accession #:  1060822-22-186   ·   File #:  1-31829

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

10/28/22  Carter’s, Inc.                    10-Q       10/01/22   67:7.3M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.84M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-32.0     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
10: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    125K 
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     44K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     89K 
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     38K 
                Income                                                           
15: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    105K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
16: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    115K 
17: R8          The Company                                         HTML     22K 
18: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     26K 
19: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    109K 
20: R11         Leases                                              HTML     44K 
21: R12         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     29K 
22: R13         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    101K 
23: R14         Common Stock                                        HTML     37K 
24: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     42K 
25: R16         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     35K 
26: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     24K 
27: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     25K 
28: R19         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     56K 
29: R20         Other Current Liabilities                           HTML     37K 
30: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     21K 
31: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML     90K 
32: R23         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     27K 
33: R24         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML    106K 
34: R25         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     44K 
35: R26         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     29K 
36: R27         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    104K 
37: R28         Common Stock (Tables)                               HTML     34K 
38: R29         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     37K 
39: R30         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     35K 
40: R31         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     56K 
41: R32         Other Current Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     37K 
42: R33         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     87K 
43: R34         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     27K 
44: R35         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R36         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Contract Liabilities          HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R37         LEASES - Operating lease Terms of Contract          HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R38         LEASES - Cost and Supplementary Information         HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R39         LEASES - Maturities of lease liabilities (Details)  HTML     39K 
49: R40         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)      HTML     30K 
50: R41         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Goodwill by        HTML     38K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
51: R42         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Carrying Value of  HTML     66K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
52: R43         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Estimated          HTML     31K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
53: R44         COMMON STOCK - Share Repurchases (Details)          HTML     33K 
54: R45         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML    107K 
55: R46         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     32K 
56: R47         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     28K 
57: R48         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Investments (Details)     HTML     25K 
58: R49         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Borrowings (Details)      HTML     35K 
59: R50         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     72K 
60: R51         Other Current Liabilities (Details)                 HTML     41K 
61: R52         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     50K 
62: R53         Segment Information Segment Charges (Details)       HTML     42K 
65: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    116K 
63: XML         XBRL Instance -- cri-20221001_htm                    XML   2.23M 
64: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    113K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cri-20221001_cal                XML    186K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cri-20221001_def                 XML    297K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cri-20221001_lab                      XML   1.16M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cri-20221001_pre               XML    649K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cri-20221001                          XSD    116K 
66: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              320±   466K 
67: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001060822-22-000186-xbrl      Zip    336K

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