April Sabral served as a senior executive and has worked in retail for over 30 years, leading sales and operations teams on three continents, including the UK, USA, and CANADA working for brands such as; Paul Smith, Apple, Starbucks, Gap, Banana Republic, Holt Renfrew, Laura Canada, Armani Exchange, and DAVIDsTEA. Working her way up after being kicked out of home at 17 from a PT sales job to a Senior Vice President of 300 stores. FUN FACT: April put the name on the cup back in 2000 as a Starbucks Manager, she has always created positive change that rippled throughout organizations which she attributes to her success.
In 2018, April decided to take all of her expertise and experience and foundedretailu.ca an online on-demand leadership development portal for field leaders. retailu develops leadership competencies through micro-sized learning modules and practical activities that store teams can integrate into their week to develop the necessary skills for leading people. Read reviews HERE.
She then went on to study and achieved multiple coaching certifications, such as John C. Maxwell, The World Association of business coaching, and is now a member of the Forbes coaching council. She was named one of the emerging leaders to look out for in the Marques Who's Who directory in 2019. Following this April wrote her first book and launched The Positivity Company, introducing leadership tools such as self-coaching cards and a self-development workbook to accompany her book 'The Positive Effect". April now coaches, speaks and facilitates sessions on leadership, specifically the power of positive leadership. In 2023 April was named one of the top retail influencers by RETHINK retail in 2022 and 2023, a global media organization and is often asked for her perspective on retail stores, trends and the power of positive leadership.
April is currently studying her bachelors in Metaphysics with the University of Sedona.
February 2023 Read full article from the WOMEN IN RETAIL NAPCO Live group call HERE
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April has interviewed over 50 retail executives on this fun engaging LinkedIn Live Broadcast. We talk shop, career and the positive effect of leadership and why this matters, now more than ever.
Featured Press, Podcasts and Interviews
May 2022 Retail Insider Interview video
May 2022 FASHINNOVATION BLOG
2022/2023 Forbes Articles
March 2022 ReThink Podcast
March 2022 Tech Done Different Podcast
April 2022 Just Stories Podcast
May 2022 The Retail Razor Show Podcast
May 2022 The HR Power Hour Radio Show
August 2021 A seat at the table Podcast
July 2021 The Retail Code Podcast
April 2021 The Merchant Life Blogpost
July 2021 Retail Tech Podcast
July 2021 Retail Insider Blog Post
February 2021 Think Retail Podcast
April 2021 Speikerman speaks retail Podcast
July 2021 Pivot with Purpose podcast
September 2020 Marquis Press
January 2021 Voice of Retail Podcast
July 2020 Running Really Great Stores Podcast
February 2021 Meghan Houle Blog
December 2019 Voice of Retail Podcast
November 2020 Press Release
February 2021 Retail Insider Article
January 2022 Rethink Retail
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