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    <periodOfReport>2005-11-23</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000874396</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LIFETIME BRANDS, INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LCUT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001227433</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>COHEN BRUCE</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1 EVANS DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BROOKVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11545</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-11-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>359029</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20.24</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>318394</value>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>.</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated November 17, 2005, and in connection with the registered public offering of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;) of Lifetime Brands, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), by the Company and certain selling stockholders, including four irrevocable trusts for the benefit of Bruce Cohen's siblings (Jodie Glickman and Laura Miller) of which Bruce Cohen, Jodie Glickman and Laura Miller are the trustees (the &quot;Trusts&quot;) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-129345) filed by the Company which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2005, which offering was consummated on November 23, 2005, the Trusts sold, in the aggregate, 359,029 shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents shares held in the Trusts.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Bruce Cohen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-11-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
