Talk of Myntra and how it can modify its app. To enhance user engagement by creating personalised apparel e-stores for users for different occasions based on their preferences thereby increasing brand loyalty, customer retention & revenue. Product roadmap, features, success metrics, analysis. After a quarter of introducing the proposed features, the Success metrics for 3 different clusters can be compared. Based on the result, final feature(s) will be decided and rolled out to tier-2 and 3 cities.
Style Me: User needs to select for whom to shop, what occasion and Myntra would suggest apparels for that occasion. Additionally, user can also post picture of their outfit/part of outfit and Myntra would help to style it better.
Region Based: Based on the user’s region, occasions would be more specific to that region thus more apparel options for that specific occasion.
Virtual Trial: See how your selected apparel suits you in our virtual trial room through auto-generated avatars via photos/previously mentioned dimensions.
Twinning: Users can select with whom they want to coordinate (besties, couple, cousins, etc) their outfits and Myntra would suggest apparels for both .
Size of the fashion e-commerce market in India is around $8-10 billion & is set to grow 35% to around $30 billion in next 5 yrs
Flipkart & Myntra continue to hold 60% market share in online fashion retail where 56.40% of Myntra users are male while 43.60% are female
In July 2022, about 90% of monthly website traffic of Myntra was from India
Myntra claims to have on-boarded 6,000 brands showcasing around 15 lakh styles on its platform for "Big Fashion Festival" sale
Tier-1 customers make 55% of the current BPC customer base & the rest from Tier 2 cities & beyond.
Size of the fashion e-commerce market in India is around $8-10 billion & is set to grow 35% to around $30 billion in next 5 yrs
Flipkart & Myntra continue to hold 60% market share in online fashion retail where 56.40% of Myntra users are male while 43.60% are female
In July 2022, about 90% of monthly website traffic of Myntra was from India
Myntra claims to have on-boarded 6,000 brands showcasing around 15 lakh styles on its platform for "Big Fashion Festival" sale
Tier-1 customers make 55% of the current BPC customer base & the rest from Tier 2 cities & beyond.
Size of the fashion e-commerce market in India is around $8-10 billion & is set to grow 35% to around $30 billion in next 5 yrs
Flipkart & Myntra continue to hold 60% market share in online fashion retail where 56.40% of Myntra users are male while 43.60% are female
In July 2022, about 90% of monthly website traffic of Myntra was from India
Myntra claims to have on-boarded 6,000 brands showcasing around 15 lakh styles on its platform for "Big Fashion Festival" sale
Tier-1 customers make 55% of the current BPC customer base & the rest from Tier 2 cities & beyond
Size of the fashion e-commerce market in India is around $8-10 billion & is set to grow 35%
1. 2
Business Objective
To enhance user engagement by creating personalised apparel e-stores for users for different occasions based
on their preferences thereby increasing brand loyalty, customer retention & revenue.
Market Size
• Size of the fashion e-commerce market in India is around $8-10
billion & is set to grow 35% to around $30 billion in next 5 yrs
• Flipkart & Myntra continue to hold 60% market share in online
fashion retail where 56.40% of Myntra users are male while
43.60% are female
• In July 2022, about 90% of monthly website traffic of Myntra was
from India
• Myntra claims to have on-boarded 6,000 brands showcasing
around 15 lakh styles on its platform for "Big Fashion Festival" sale
• Tier-1 customers make 55% of the current BPC customer base & the
rest from Tier 2 cities & beyond
2. 3
Competitors Features
Nykaa
This year Nykaa had a ‘Festive Edit’ section to help users find the desired
product easily & numerous options owing to various partnerships
Ajio
Launched campaign to celebrate the changing face of Kerala in particular and
to position Ajio as the top fashion shopping and gifting destination during
Onam; also planning it to extend to other festivities
Flipkart
Added AR-powered 'view in my room' feature to offer an immersive
ecommerce experience in categories like furniture, luggage & large
appliances; planning to extend it to beauty products
Purple
Users can filter items/outfits by descriptors like colour, stats tool to help
surface clothes that user never wears/overlooked, clothing catalogue & ability
to assemble and save looks
Stylebook
Powerful auto categorisation capabilities to organise items in the wardrobe
by filters like season, occasion, colour & brand. It enables you to plan outfits
in advance
Smart Closet
Build you own personal lookbook, share your pairings, shop for items that
will complement your personal style & browse outfit ideas posted by fellow
fashionistas
Research Methodology
● As part of primary research we checked Myntra’s existing features, market share, target audience,
competitor analysis
● As part of secondary research we conducted a survey and in-person interviews to gauge the need of
personal apparel store for different occasions
● Nearly 95% respondents were aged between 18-
34
● 20% check for new features while 61% check
new features sometimes only
● Only 27% users like Myntra's recommendations
while 69% sometimes like it
● Price, brands and reviews are major levers that
drive user’s purchasing decisions
● People usually shop on Myntra at "No Particular
Occasion" & "Festivals"
● People buy for others in this order:
self > family / relatives > friends
● Women shop for family/friends while men tend
to shop for self/loved ones only
Survey Findings
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Stylist Sonam
Age - 21, College student
Coder Chinmay
Age - 28, IT professional
Purchasing
Habits
● Loves the idea of fast fashion
● Buys outfits for all festivals
majorly based on the looks
● Wants to match her outfit with
peers
Challenges
Spends lot of time and energy to find
desired outfit among the massive
ocean of suggestions which often
leads to wrong or no buying at all
Purchasing
Habits
Challenges
● Possesses ample interest in trying
out trendy outfits
● Lacks knowledge, time & patience
to find the perfect style
Usually prefers quick online purchases
without browsing many options and
ends up buying clothes that doesn’t
serve his purpose/style
Myntra’s target audience is essentially young, fashion-conscious online consumers with a significant online presence
Target Persona
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Twinning: Users can select with whom they want to
coordinate (besties, couple, cousins, etc) their outfits and
Myntra would suggest apparels for both
Style Me: User needs to select for whom to shop, what
occasion and Myntra would suggest apparels for that occasion.
Additionally, user can also post picture of their outfit/part of
outfit and Myntra would help to style it better
Region Based: Based on the user’s region, occasions would be
more specific to that region thus more apparel options for that
specific occasion
Solutions
Virtual Trial: See how your selected apparel suits you in our
virtual trial room through auto-generated avatars via
photos/previously mentioned dimensions
6. 6
Feature - MVP
Style Me
Get to know what suits you with our
personalized recommendations
2 3 4
Experiments to run
● A/B test with select set of users to understand if this feature is
accessible and being used as intended
● Flow analysis to understand how users are interacting with UI
● Observe how users are interacting with the feature
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Feature - MVP
Virtual Trial
Use virtual trial to check out how the
clothes you selected will look on you
Experiments to run
● A/B test with and without the feature to understand if the feature is
working as hindrance for user experience
● A/B test to understand the total volume of orders placed and time spent
before placing with and without the feature
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Feature - Future Scope
Region Based Recommendation Twinning
Myntra will recommend for region
specific festivals to the users
Get matching apparel with your partner for
the special occasion
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Success Metrics
Feature Description
Style Me Positive Metrics ● Number of recommendations: Count of the number of times the feature is being used
by the end users per week.
● Average recommendations per user: This will indicate the stickiness of the feature. If a
user is using the same feature repeated number of times then it indicates stickiness.
● Average interaction time per user: This indicates if the users are finding value out of
the feature.
● Number of photos uploaded: To track feature adoption.
● Total number of items: To track if uses finds utility.
● Volume of business: To track if uses finds utility.
● Daily active user: Total unique active users using the feature.
Negative Metrics ● Bugs reported: Total bugs reported for this feature.
● Social media sentiment: Overall and feature specific sentiment.
● Bounce rate: To track utility of feature.
Virtual Trial Positive Metrics ● Daily active users: Total unique active users using the feature.
● Average time spent: This indicates if the users are finding value out of the feature.
● Total number of items: To track if uses finds utility.
● Volume of business: To track if uses finds utility.
Negative Metrics ● Bugs reported: Total bugs reported for this feature.
● Social media sentiment: Overall and feature specific sentiment.
● Bounce rate: To track utility of feature.
North Star Metric: Total number of orders placed per day
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Associated Risks & Mitigation
Features Associated Risks Mitigation Strategies
Style Me ● New user journey
● Increased reverse logistic
● Expectation management
● Unable to categorize
occasion
● Use demos to explain user journey
● Collect feedback and rate products
● Depending on user response increase/decrease occasion
categories
Virtual Trial ● New user journey
● Expectation management
● Increased reverse logistic
● Use demos to explain user journey
● Collect feedback, product ratings and use returned
products data in personalization
Region Based ● Expectation management
● Collaboration with vendors
● Use Myntra’s credibility to encourage vendors to
collaborate
Twinning ● Expectation management
● Difficult to find appropriate
pairing for other person
● Technological complexities
● Work extensively on user preferences to find appropriate
apparels
● Give different size options
● Repetitive testing
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Go-to-Market Strategy
Cluster 1
Introduce
“Style Me”
Cluster 2
Introduce
“Virtual Trial”
Cluster 3
Assemble both the
features
Based on the target persona aforementioned, we choose tier-1 cities to launch the beta
version of the application. The potential customers are divided into 3 clusters randomly and
introduce our features as mentioned below :
After a quarter of introducing the proposed features, the Success metrics for 3 different
clusters can be compared. Based on the result, final feature(s) will be decided and rolled
out to tier-2 and 3 cities.