Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
BLOOM BRADLEY M
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CARTERS INC [CRI] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O BERKSHIRE PARTNERS LLC, ONE BOSTON PLACE, SUITE 3300		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/04/2006
(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02108		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/04/2006   J(1)   3,628,752 D $ 67.6 (2) 32,038 I By an affiliated investment entity and family members' trusts (3) (4)
Common Stock               150,002 (5) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
BLOOM BRADLEY M
C/O BERKSHIRE PARTNERS LLC
ONE BOSTON PLACE, SUITE 3300
BOSTON, MA 02108		   X      

Signatures

 By: /s/ Bradley M. Bloom   05/08/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On May 4, 2006, Berkshire Fund V, Limited Partnership ("Fund V"), Berkshire Fund V Coinvestment Fund, Limited Partnership ("Coinvest Fund"), and Berkshire Investors LLC ("Investors") distributed a total of 3,628,752 shares of common stock of the Issuer (the "Common Stock") pro rata to their respective limited partners and members.
(2) The price listed in the table above is the designated price per share distributed in the pro rata distribution pursuant to the funds' governing documents. No consideration was paid in connection with the distribution.
(3) Of these shares, 2,622 shares are held by Berkshire Partners LLC ("Berkshire Partners"), of which Mr. Bloom is a member (shares include 1,311 shares granted pursuant to the issuer's incentive plan on May 12, 2005 for Mr. Bloom's service as a director and 1,311 shares granted pursuant to the issuer's incentive plan on the same date for the director service of another member of Berkshire Partners; pursuant to agreements between these individuals and Berkshire Partners, these shares were issued directly to Berkshire Partners).
(4) The Reporting Person disclaims any beneficial ownership of any shares in which he does not have a pecuniary interest. The remaining 29,416 shares are held in four trusts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children. The Reporting Person is not the trustee of, and does not retain investment control over, any of the trusts. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities in the trusts, and the filing of this report is not an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(5) Of the 3,628,752 shares of Common Stock distributed on May 4, 2006, Fifth Berkshire Associates LLC ("FBA"), as the sole general partner of Fund V and Coinvest Fund, has a pecuniary interest in 563,489 shares, which FBA received as part of the distribution and promptly transferred to the members of FBA. As a managing member of FBA and Investors, the Reporting Person had a pecuniary interest in, and received 66,634 shares of Common Stock. An additional 29,416 shares were distributed to trusts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children -- see footnote (4).

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