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Jeanel Alvarado

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About Jeanel Alvarado

Jeanel Alvarado is a marketer and retail strategist, leveraging 15+ years of cross-disciplinary expertise in retail, e-commerce, technology, consumer and shopping trends. She is the former Senior Managing Director of the School of Retailing at the University of Alberta. Jeanel’s insights appear in Nasdaq, Entrepreneur, Fortune, TIME, and the US Chamber of Commerce, among others, with recurring commentary on top retailers and brands for financial markets, consumer insights, shopping trends, tech Innovation, and the luxury sector.

Articles by Jeanel Alvarado

Retail

Sally Beauty Appoints Diana Ferguson As Board Chair

Sally Beauty, a leader in professional hair and beauty supplies retailer, sold and distributed globally has announced a change in its Board of Directors as part…

Dec 16, 2022

ExclusiveRetail

Livestream Is Revolutionizing The Way Customers Shop In Stores

ShopShops is the first US-based, global livestream shopping app for fashion, beauty, & lifestyle products and this years recipient of the 2022 Retail Tech Awards –…

Dec 15, 2022

Retail

MAPCO Opens Its First Grabango-powered Checkout-free Store

MAPCO opened its first Grabango-powered checkout-free store. Now available in Brentwood, Tennessee, Grabango lets shoppers save time and skip the line with one-second checkout. MAPCO is…

Dec 15, 2022

Retail

Walmart Brings Drone Delivery To Arizona with DroneUp

Walmart’s drone delivery service is now available in the Arizona market for select customers. From last minute meal solutions to a package of Christmas cookies, Walmart…

Dec 15, 2022

BeautyExclusive

Gregory MacDonald Founder of Bathorium Talks Exotic Bath Soaks

As seen in Harpers Bazaar, Elle, BuzzFeed, Clin d’ceil, Business Insider, and NarCity, Bathorium is a wellness brand founded on the concept of benefits based on…

Dec 12, 2022

FootwearRetail

Balena Biodegradable Footwear Brand Sells Out At Launch

The world’s addiction to fast fashion has resulted in staggering volumes of clothing and footwear waste generated each year – an estimated 92 million tons of…

Dec 8, 2022

GroceryRetail

Cardi B Vodka Infused WhipShots Expands Across US Retailers

Tis’ the season for whipped cream? Whipshots, launched last December in partnership with global artist and icon Cardi B, recently surpassed one million cans sold in under…

Dec 8, 2022

ExclusivePrograms

Sephora Announces Participants For 2023 Accelerate

Sephora North America has announced this years participants for its 2023 Accelerate brand incubator program, with a cohort of seven BIPOC brand founders spanning fragrance, makeup,…

Dec 7, 2022

Retail

Rebag Introduces First Rebag Wallet to Power Premium Payouts

Rebag has announced it’s launch into the payment’s world with it’s own Rebag Wallet, a tool that centralizes seller payouts, known as Seller Funds, as well…

Dec 7, 2022

Retail

Zara: Self-Checkout, Shoppers are the New Retail Employee

Self-checkout is speeding from grocery retailers to fashion and lifestyle stores including Zara, H&M, Kohl’s and Uniqlo are all testing out self-checkout at select stores. Zara…

Dec 6, 2022