April Sabral has spent over 25 years in various sales and operations roles. She has now taken her knowledge and passion for people and retail and created retailu, an online learning retail leadership development company. April has a new book coming out called The Positive Effect. After you listen to this podcast, head on over to retailu.ca to find content to strengthen and develop yourself.
Get to the Root Cause of Store Performance with the 5 Whys When store performance is off, one of the most important things a retail leader can do is get
Providing wow customer experiences has always been the requirement to be successful in retail. COVID-19 has upped the ante and made it even more of a mandate than it was
Introduction Are you ready for the 10 busiest days of holiday? It is important to be strategic and intentional about how you operationalize and plan for these days in order
Winning at holiday begins with purposeful planning. A SWOT analysis is a great way to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of your store.
Execute Well and Win; Execute Poorly and Lose Here is what I believe: Excellence is a choice. Choose to execute well, and you give yourself a much better chance of
Introduction I love cars. Fast cars. Vintage cars. Muscle cars. If they have an engine, chances are good I am going to want it. I have bought more cars in
When I started Running Great Stores, I blogged day and night. As the business ramped up, clients got all my time and the blogging slowed way down. Life is about
