R Ajay is a highly experienced professional with a diverse background in retail and international business. R currently works as a Business Strategist & Consultant, specializing in the retail and international business sector. In their previous role at Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited, they held the position of Chief, where they were responsible for strategic planning, business development, and category management. During their tenure, Ajay achieved significant milestones, such as onboarding over 60 brands and establishing the first-ever Shop-in-Shop of Hamleys in the world. R also played a pivotal role in expanding 40 stores, contributing to over 2 million square feet in retail. Prior to that, Ajay served as the Vice President of Partner Brands at Arvind Brands, where they managed a portfolio of over 200 brands and oversaw retail planning, visual merchandising, brand staffing, and space management. R'swork experience also includes a role as Vice President of Sourcing at Lifestyle International (Pvt.) Ltd. Overall, Ajay's work experience showcases their expertise in strategic planning, business development, category management, and brand management in the retail industry.
R Ajay's education history includes an MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. No specific start or end year is provided for this educational experience.
Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd
Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited is engaged in the business of fashion. The Company offers textiles, wearing apparel, shoes, jewelry, furniture and other fashion goods/accessories. The Company has a portfolio of fashion brands that cover a range of fashion categories, including formal menswear, casual wear, active or sportswear, women's ethnic wear, women's denim wear, women's casual wear and footwear. The Company has approximately 40 domestic and foreign brands that are present in every segment within the fashion space, including, menswear, activewear, partywear, women's ethnic and formal wear, kidswear, footwear and accessories. The Company's brands include Cover Story, Indigo Nation, Mohr, CERIZ, Lee Cooper, Urbana, Scullers, Lombard, John Miller, Giovani, aLL, Jealous 21, UMM, Daniel Hechter, Bare, Urban Yoga, UMBRO, Champion, Converse, RIG, Spalding and Holii. The stores in the Company's retail chains include Central, Brand Factory, I Am In, aLL, Planet Sports and Lee Cooper.