public traded as nyse cri founded 1865 1865 mm headquarters atlanta georgia u.s. number of locations 669 september 2016 1 products clothing subsidiaries oshkosh b gosh website www.carters.com carter s inc. also known as the william carter company is a major american manufacturer of children s apparel . it was founded in 1865 by william carter . carter s acquired competitor oshkosh b gosh in 2005 . contents 1 history 2 headquarters 3 references 4 external links history edit william carter was the founder of william carter company in 1865 in needham massachusetts . william carter 1830 1918 was born in alfreton derbyshire england . he arrived in america on january 28 1857 . he married martha lee 1842 1873 . they had four children william henry carter 1864 1955 who served two terms in the u.s. house of representatives 1915 1919 prior to being elected president of the william carter company in 1918 ; mary elizabeth carter 1865 1961 ; john j. carter 1867 1939 ; and horace a. carter 1869 1959 . by the early 1960s the william carter company manufactured at seven mills in massachusetts and the south . the carter family sold the business in 1990 . 1 in 2012 carter s inc. announced that braselton georgia would receive their one million square foot 50 million distribution center that will support their e commerce retail and wholesale businesses . the company hopes to create 1 000 jobs at the facility by 2015 . headquarters edit in october 2012 the atlanta business chronicle reported that carter s inc. was likely to lease in the phipps tower in buckhead for its headquarters . 2 in december 2012 carter s inc. announced that it was moving its headquarters from midtown atlanta . the lease of 222 730 square feet 20 692 m2 of space is one of the largest headquarters leases to have occurred to date . the estimated value of the lease except for concessions and escalation was 70 million . the lease in midtown was scheduled to be terminated on december 31 2013 . 3 the company consolidated its out of state jobs into the new facility with 200 additional jobs going to buckhead . manulife financial corp owns both the proscenium and the phipps tower so carter s terminated its lease early in one building and moved to the other . 4 the company now has its headquarters in suite 1800 at phipps tower 5 in buckhead atlanta . references edit http ir.carters.com phoenix.zhtml c 135392 & p irol irhome sams douglas . carter s hq likely moving to buckhead . atlanta business chronicle . october 12 2012 . updated october 22 2012 . retrieved on may 23 2013 . sams douglas . carter s moving hq to phipps tower . atlanta business chronicle . december 14 2012 . updated on december 17 2013 . retrieved on may 23 2013 . carter s moves to buckhead . archive atlanta business chronicle . p. 2 3 . 2014 annual report . carter s inc. phipps tower 3438 peachtree road ne suite 1800 atlanta georgia 30326 address of principal executive offices including zip code external links edit atlanta portal companies portal fashion portal official site the william carter company needham historical society retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title carter % 27s inc. & oldid 743264555 categories children s clothing brandscompanies listed on the new york stock exchangemanufacturing companies based in atlanta navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 21 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view