Carter S Inc's Business Segments

We are the largest branded marketer in the U.S. and Canada of apparel exclusively for babies and young children. We own two of the most highly recognized and most trusted brand names in the childrens apparel industry, Carters and OshKosh Bgosh (or "OshKosh"). Established in 1865, our Carters brand is recognized and trusted by consumers for high-quality apparel for children sizes newborn to eight. Established in 1895, OshKosh is a well-known brand, trusted by consumers for apparel for children sizes newborn to 12, with a focus on playclothes for toddlers and young children. Given each brands product category emphasis and brand aesthetic, we believe they provide a complementary product offering. We have extensive experience in the young childrens apparel market and focus on delivering products that satisfy our consumers needs. Our strategy is to market high-quality, essential core products at prices that deliver an attractive value proposition for consumers.

CARTERS BRANDS – United States

Under our Carters brand, we design, source, and market a broad array of products, primarily for sizes newborn to eight. Our Carters brand is sold in department stores, national chains, specialty stores, off-price sales channels, through our Carters retail stores, and online at www.carters.com. Additionally, we sell our Child of Mine brand at Walmart and our Just One You and Precious Firsts brands at Target. In fiscal 2015, we sold over 342 million units of Carters, Child of Mine, Just One You, and Precious Firsts products in the U.S., an increase of approximately 4.4% from fiscal 2014. Our strategy is to drive sales growth through our focus on essential, high-volume, core apparel products for babies and young children. Such products include bodysuits, pajamas, blanket sleepers, gowns, bibs, receiving blankets, and playwear. We believe that our core baby and sleepwear products are essential consumer staples and less dependent on changes in fashion trends.

We have cross-functional product teams focused on the development of our Carters baby, sleepwear, and playclothes products. These teams are skilled in identifying and developing high-volume, core products. Each team includes members from merchandising, design, sourcing, product development, forecasting, and supply chain logistics. These teams follow a disciplined approach to fabric usage, color rationalization, and productivity and are supported by a dedicated art department and state-of-the-art design systems. We also license our brand names to other companies to create a broad collection of lifestyle products, including bedding, hosiery, shoes, room décor, furniture, and toys. The licensing team directs the use of our designs, art, and selling strategies to all licensees.

We believe this disciplined approach to core product design results in compelling product offerings to consumers, reduces our exposure to short-term fashion trends, and supports efficient operations. We conduct consumer research as part of our product development process and engage in product testing in our own stores.

CARTERS BRAND POSITIONING – United States

Our strategy is to drive our brand image as the leader in baby and young childrens apparel and to consistently provide high-quality products at a great value to consumers. We employ a disciplined merchandising strategy that identifies and focuses on core products. We believe that we have strengthened our brand image with the consumer by differentiating our core products through fabric improvements, new artistic applications, and new packaging and presentation strategies. We also attempt to differentiate our products through store-in-store fixturing, branding and signage packages, and advertising. We have invested in display fixtures for our major wholesale customers that more clearly present our core products on their floors to enhance brand and product presentation. We also strive to provide our wholesale customers with a consistent, high-level of service, including delivering and replenishing products on time to fulfill customer needs. Our retail stores and websites focus on the customer experience through store and website design, visual enhancements, clear product presentation, and experienced customer service.

CARTERS PRODUCTS – United States

Baby

Carters brand baby products include bodysuits, pants, dresses, three-piece sets, receiving blankets, layette gowns, bibs, caps, and booties both as single units and multi-piece sets. In fiscal 2015, we generated approximately $1.05 billion in net sales of these products in the U.S., representing 34.9% of our consolidated net sales.

Our Carters brand is the leading brand in the baby category in the U.S. In fiscal 2015, in department stores, national chains, outlet, specialty stores, and off-price sales channels, our aggregate Carters brand market share in the U.S. was approximately 25.2% for baby ages zero to two, which represents more than five times the market share of the next largest brand. We sell a complete range of baby products for newborns, primarily made of cotton. We attribute our leading market position to our brand strength, distinctive print designs, artistic applications, reputation for quality, and ability to manage our dedicated floor space for our wholesale customers. We tier our products through marketing programs targeted toward experienced mothers, first-time

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mothers, and gift-givers. Our Carters Little Layette product line, the largest component of our baby business, provides parents with essential core products and accessories, including value-focused multi-piece sets. Our Little Collections product line consists of coordinated baby programs designed for first-time mothers and gift-givers.

Playclothes

Carters brand playclothes products include knit and woven cotton apparel for everyday use in sizes newborn to eight. We continue to focus on building our Carters brand in the playclothes market by developing a base of essential, high-volume products that utilize original print designs and innovative artistic applications.

Sleepwear

Carters brand sleepwear products include pajamas and blanket sleepers primarily in sizes 12 months to eight. Our Carters brand is the leading brand of sleepwear for babies and young children within the department store, national chain, outlet, specialty store, and off-price sales channels in the U.S. As with our baby product line, we differentiate our sleepwear products by offering high-volume, high-quality core products with distinctive print designs and artistic applications.

Other Products

Our other product offerings include bedding, outerwear, swimwear, shoes, socks, diaper bags, gift sets, toys, and hair accessories.

OSHKOSH BRANDS – United States

Under our OshKosh brand, we design, source, and market a broad array of young childrens apparel, primarily for children in sizes newborn to 12. Our OshKosh brand is currently sold in our OshKosh retail stores, department stores, national chains, specialty stores, through off-price sales channels, and online at www.oshkoshbgosh.com and www.oshkosh.com. In fiscal 2015, we sold 49.2 million units of OshKosh products in the U.S. through our retail stores, to our wholesale customers, and online, an increase of approximately 4.8% from fiscal 2014. We also have a licensing agreement with Target Corporation ("Target") through which Target sells products under our Genuine Kids from OshKosh brand.

OSHKOSH BRAND POSITIONING – United States

We believe our OshKosh brand provides for high-quality playclothes in sizes newborn to 12. Our core OshKosh brand products include denim, overalls, t-shirts, fleece, and other playclothes. Our OshKosh brand is generally positioned towards an older segment (young children, sizes 2 to 7) and at slightly higher average prices than our Carters brand. We believe our OshKosh brand has significant brand name recognition, which consumers associate with high-quality, durable, and authentic playclothes for young children.

OSHKOSH PRODUCTS – United States

Playclothes

Our OshKosh brand is best known for its playclothes products. OshKosh brand playclothes products include denim apparel products with multiple wash treatments and coordinating garments, overalls, woven bottoms, knit tops, bodysuits, and playclothes products for everyday use in sizes newborn to 12.

We believe our OshKosh brand represents a significant opportunity for us to increase our market share in the playclothes category as the young childrens playclothes market in the U.S. is highly fragmented.

INTERNATIONAL

Our international segment includes Company-operated retail stores, wholesale, and online operations in addition to royalty income from our international licensees.