Carter's Clothing Store To Close 150 Stores, Blames Trump's Policies

[turbinetree]

150 stores will close hundreds of positions will be cut after an 80% profit drop.



By Red Painter — October 30, 2025

Yet another large American retailer - and iconic children's clothing company - is suffering huge losses due to Donald Trump's horrific economic policies. This time it is Carter's, the company behind OshKosh, Otter Avenue, Skip Hop and Carter's. They are closing 150 stores and conducting large scale mass layoffs of staff - and they are blaming Donald Trump's policies in part.

Initially, they planned to close 100 stores, but that number rose to 150 recently. They said that tariffs were "largely to blame" for it's financial downfall, which is forcing them to take dramatic cost-cutting steps to save the company.

Profits fell last quarters to $11.6 million. That is 80 percent LESS than the same quarter in 2024. Shocking.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/10/carters-clothing-store-close-150-stores

[dalton99a]

1. The tyrant and his Midas touch

[Botany]

2. They said that tariffs were "largely to blame" for its financial downfall ..... FAFO

How many Carter’s execs voted for Trump? Fuck ‘em just like Trump voting farmers although
I feel bad for the employees. BTW didn’t.OshKosh used to be an American manufacturer?

[haele]

3. Yeah, OshKosh is headquartered in Atlanta now,

Making it still a "US"company, but the clothes have been made in Mexico and Honduras since the 2000's.

[Botany]

4. OshKosh was a name that parents, grandparents, families, and friends would look to buy for really good ....

…. children’s clothing that was so good they could be passed on to younger siblings and other kids
for generations. My son born in 1994 grew up in them until I found out OshKosh off shored their
manufacturing. Which now is hurting the parent company with Trump’s tariffs.

[mopinko]

5. my late mil shopped at their outlet store a.lot.

i wanted all cotton clothes for my kids, born in the 80’s- early 90’s. she was a ‘shopping grandma’, and there was a carter’s outlet that she went to often.
those kids looked so cute in their oshkosh overalls. and pj’s.

[Botany]

7. Very well made and timeless

Kids could get pee, poop, mud, grass and or mud stains on them and you could wash them
and then they were good as new and ready to be worn until the kid outgrew them @ which
point they went to a younger sibling or neighbor’s kid or were donated to charity.

[mopinko]

8. they went through 4 kids.

[3catwoman3]

6. I found a very cute OshKosh sweatshirt at a consignment shop...

...when our now 35 yr old older son was a baby. It has a charming little bear on it and says OshKosh Bear Gosh. It was so cute I couldn't "bear" to part with it, so I put in on a big teddy bear, where it remains to this day. It looks brand new.