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The William Carter Company
 PROFILE
The William Carter Company would like to see you walk into its stores with one bundle and leave with two. With manufacturing facilities throughout North America, the company is a leading US maker of brand-name apparel for fashionable babies and children. Its principal products include newborn layette clothing, sleepwear, and playwear; it also licenses its name for underwear, strollers, toys, and shoes. William Carter markets its products under the Carter's and Carter's Classics names, among others, through department and specialty stores and more than 145 company outlet stores nationwide. Boston-based investor group Berkshire Partners is buying William Carter from investment firm Investcorp.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 471.40
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 13.7%
Employees: 6,948
Revenue per employee: $67,846.86

 KEY PEOPLE
• Frederick J. Rowan
    CEO
• Michael D. Casey
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1590 Adamson Pkwy., Ste. 400
Morrow, GA 30260
US
Phone: 770-961-8722
Fax: 770-960-1636
Online: Web Site

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