** Shares of children's apparel chain Carter's Inc CRI.N
down 2.4% at $79.37 in early trading
** CRI forecasts annual and Q3 sales below Wall Street
estimates, citing inflation and related impact on consumer
demand urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw7D0KDMa
** Q2 revenue decreased 6.1% to $700.7 mln vs. ests of
$744.3 mln, according to Refinitiv data
** "After a strong start to the year, our sales slowed in
the second quarter" - CEO
** Stock down ~72% YTD
(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru)
((tiyashi.datta@thomsonreuters.com))