Bio
April Sabral served as a senior retail executive for over 25 years, leading sales and operations on three continents UK, USA, and CA, working for brands such as; Apple, Starbucks, Gap, Holt Renfrew, Laura Canada, and DAVIDsTEA.
- In 2018, April decided to take all of her expertise and experience and founded retailu.ca an online 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. 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 Marquis Who's Who directory in 2019. Following this April wrote her first book and launched April Sabral leadership, 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 2023/24 April was named one of the top retail experts by RETHINK retail, a global media organization.
- Now that April has moved back to South Florida, she serves on the board as our retail expert. After spending three decades in stores she is our goto on staffing, operations, building sales, and training for our retail members. Along with this April has offered access to retailu at a discounted rate and will be hosting webinars and workshops etc.
