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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

InsightsNews

Snap Reveals Snapchatters Created Nearly 2 trillion Snaps in 2025

Snap Inc. has revealed that users created nearly 2 trillion Snaps on Snapchat in 2025, the first time the company has shared an annual volume figure…

April 2, 2026

FashionMarketing

L’Agence Partners with Google on an AI Virtual Try On Experience for Its Fall 2026 Campaign

L’AGENCE is making a big New York fashion statement with its Fall 2026 collection, ‘Seduction’, and a new Google partnership that turns its runway into an…

March 30, 2026

LuxuryNews

Dior unveils a Marvelous South Coast Plaza Pop-Up for Jonathan Anderson’s Debut

Dior has transformed South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California, into a cinematic couture universe with a new pop up that Monsieur Christian Dior would have…

March 27, 2026

NewsRetail

Lululemon Opens Its 100th EMEA Store in Warsaw, Marking Its First Entry into Poland

Lululemon has hit a major retail milestone in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), opening its 100th store in the region and its first ever…

March 27, 2026

BusinessNews

GARAGE Opens at Bluewater and Hits Oxford Street on March 27 in Its UK Retail Debut

GARAGE has officially crossed the Atlantic, opening its first United Kingdom stores at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent and on Oxford Street in London, marking the…

March 25, 2026

BusinessNews

Meta Signs 10-Year Lease on Fifth Avenue to Turn Its NYC Pop Up Into a Permanent Flagship

Meta is turning its experimental Meta Lab concept into a full blown experiential retail network, adding flagship and pop up locations in New York City, Las…

March 25, 2026

FinanceLaw

Hudson’s Bay Landlords Win CA$2.4 Million Costs Award After Failed Ruby Liu Lease Deal

Hudson’s Bay Company’s landlords have won a rare CA$2.4 million costs award in Ontario court, as reported by Retail Insider, capping a multi year fight over…

March 24, 2026

NewsSkincare

Facile Brings Dermatologist Backed Skincare to the UK With a 20 Location Space NK Launch

Facile, the Los Angeles based dermatologist founded skincare brand, is now officially available at Space NK across 20 locations in the U.K. and Ireland, marking the…

March 23, 2026

BeautyNews

K Beauty World Brings 17 Viral Korean Beauty Brands to Ulta Beauty Marketplace in as Little as 9 Weeks

K Beauty World, the curated retail concept created by Landing International in partnership with Ulta Beauty, is expanding its presence on the Ulta Beauty Marketplace with…

March 23, 2026

BusinessStrategy

Kering Just Created a Jewelry Division to Rival Cartier and Bulgari

Kering is doubling down on fine jewelry, launching a dedicated Kering Jewelry division and naming group COO Jean Marc Duplaix as its CEO, in a move…

March 17, 2026