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Jeanel Alvarado

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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…

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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.

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Beauty M&A Shines Amid 24.2% Consumer Deal Volume Drop

Beauty M&A Shines Amid 24.2% Consumer Deal Volume Drop

Beauty remains one of the strongest corners of the consumer economy heading into 2026, and the latest Capstone Partners analysis shows that merger and acquisition activity is holding up far better than in other retail categories. While overall Consumer deal…

Retail
Inside What Fuels Fashion? 2025 Report

Inside What Fuels Fashion? 2025 Report

Big fashion’s climate promises are unravelling under scrutiny, and Fashion Revolution’s latest What Fuels Fashion? 2025 Report makes that painfully clear. The index ranks 200 billion-dollar brands, worth a combined $2.7 trillion, on how transparently they disclose their climate and…

Retail
SPREEAI And Sergio Hudson to bring AI-Powered Virtual Try On

SPREEAI And Sergio Hudson to bring AI-Powered Virtual Try On

SPREEAI and Sergio Hudson are teaming up to bring AI-powered virtual try-on into the heart of luxury fashion, blending couture-level design with cutting-edge fit technology in a way that keeps the designer’s hand front and center. Launching in the United…

Retail
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