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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
PETTY JAMES C
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O CARTER'S, INC., THE PROSCENIUM
1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 900
(Street)
ATLANTA GA 30309
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/04/2007 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CARTERS INC [ CRI ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President of Retail Stores
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 10,000(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) (2) 06/15/2017 Common Stock 40,000 27.06 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. These shares are subject to restrictions that lapse in four equal, annual installments beginning on June 5, 2008.
2. These options are exercisable in four equal, annual installments beginning on June 5, 2008.
/s/ Brendan M. Gibbons, Attorney-in-Fact for James C. Petty 06/13/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Brendan M. Gibbons, Secretary of Carter's, Inc.,
signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer and/or director of Carter's, Inc. (the
Company), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Act), and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 and to timely file such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to the attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all the acts such attorney-in-fact shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not
assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required
to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date
listed below.


Date:  June 13, 2007

By:  /s/ James C. Petty
Name:  James C. Petty