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26 Jun

Harry Styles’ Pleasing Names Shaun Kearney First Chief Executive Officer

LONDON — Harry Styles’ lifestyle brand Pleasing has named Shaun Kearney its first chief executive officer, effective July 17. “We're delighted to have Shaun join the Pleasing team. His exceptional vision and extensive experience can be invaluable as we enter the subsequent chapter of Pleasing. We're excited to proceed to explore ideas, categories, and characters alongside him,” said the British singer-songwriter.  Kearney can be leaving his post as chief design and merchandising officer at Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop, where he began six years ago as senior vice chairman of fashion. “I'm thrilled to be joining Pleasing as we set the brand up for future scale and success. We have now a singular opportunity to make a positive impact on people’s lives and...
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30 May

Converse Names Jared Carver as Latest President, Chief Executive Officer

Converse has a latest leader. Jared Carver has been named president and chief executive officer of the Nike-owned brand, effective June 1. Carver’s promotion is a component of a bigger leadership realignment that Nike revealed last week. He succeeds G. Scott Uzzell, who was named vp/general manager for North America of Nike. Carver was most recently vp and general manager of North America of Converse, its largest countryside, for the past 4 years and was instrumental in driving the brand’s growth from $1.9 billion in fiscal yr 2019 to $2.3 billion in fiscal yr 2022. Prior to his most up-to-date role, Carver also served in quite a lot of roles at Converse, including vp and general manager of world digital direct; vp of...
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