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Group 1 –

Greeshma Tom Himanshu Khandelwal Naman Sharma Manish Hemnani

JABONG FAILURE ?

CASE STUDY

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CONTENT

  • Jabong.com
  • Market Scenario
  • Failure Cause and Effect Analysis
  • What could be done differently

Jabong.com

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Introduction

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Jabong.com (2011) was an Indian fashion and lifestyle e-commerce portal founded by Praveen Sinha, Lakshmi Potluri, Arun Chandra Mohan

and Manu Kumar Jain. The company's headquarter was in Gurugram, NCR,

India.

Disclaimer - (German Origin) Operation’s starts in 2012

Jabong also had an international online shopping store called Jabongworld.com, which receives its highest amount of traffic from

the United States, closely followed by Malaysia and Mauritius among other countries.

Jabongworld.com was shut down in mid-2016.

Jabong.com

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Company Size

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  • 2011-12 – 50-70
  • 2012-16 – 500-1000

Fy 11-12

FY 12-13

FY 13-14

FY 14-15

Revenue

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203

527

1083

PAT

-0.7

-0.2

-16.6

-43.6

203

527

1083

-0.7

-0.2

-16.6

200

4

0

-43.6

-200

400

600

1000

800

1200

Cr.

Revenue

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Investors History

Year

Round

Investor

Amount

2011

Seed

Rocket Internet & Kinnevik

$167.7 M

2012

Seed

HV Capital

-

2014

Venture

CDC Group

$ 27.5 M

2016

Venture

Global Fashion Group

$ 20 M

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Business Model

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3

JABONG

Inventory

Warehouse business method

Logistic Operation

JaVAS, Express delivery, 30-Days return policy, Open-box Delivery

Controlled Market Place

Facilitator between buyer & seller

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Customer

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-Mainly from Tier -II cities

Analysis

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Products

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-More than 1000 brands

Analysis

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Service

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- Provided: a broad selection of products, superior buying experience, on-time delivery of products, quick resolution of any concern

- 6000 - 7000 orders shipped daily

Analysis

23%

20%

22%

18%

5%

6% 6%

Category

women's Apparel Men's Apparel

Accessories Kids

Women's Footwear Men's Footwear Others

2.19

3.2

0

0.5

1.5

1.18

1

2

2.5

3

3.5

H1-FY 13

H1-FY 14

H2-FY 13

Orders (m)

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About Market

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Going to examine how Jabong

entered in the Indian market.

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Market Competitor

Jabong.com

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Social-Economic Factors

FACTORS

ECONOMIC

Inflation

Recession

SOCIAL

Demography

Cultural

Norms

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Jabong.com

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Market Position

12649

12425

11924

8447

8109

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

13173

Myntra

Flipkart

Jabong

Amazon

SnapDeal

Home Shop 18

Unique Visitors [2013]

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Media & PR

The company launched its first TV campaign in March 2012.Other television campaigns appeared in September 2012 and during

2013 Jabong.

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Jabong.com launched the India Online Fashion Week in 2014

November 2013

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Effect Analysis

  • Failure Causes
  • PR or Media reputation damage
  • Socioeconomic causes
  • Business Decisions to cope up with the market demand

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Failure Causes

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3

JABONG

LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS

All CEO’s left in initial period

over the time

FUNDING CRUNCHES

Lack of major Investors

interest

NO SINGLE GOAL

New CEO’s - New Mindset

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Media & PR Reputation Damage

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COPE UP

Decisions

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Attracting New

Customers

Creating Loyalty Among Customers

For instance, the company offers 70% off on selected products and 30% off on new arrivals.

For instance, Jabong has a ‘Jabong First’ program under which customers can avail of exclusive benefits such as early access to sales, free

shipping, and exclusive deals .

For instance, the company offers a same-day delivery service in Delhi and NCR. Jabong also has a 24×7 customer support team to help its customers with any issues they may face.

30% -70% OFF

Jabong.com

JABONG First

Enhancing the Customer

Experience

24X7 Customer

Support

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Is JABONG was a Failure ?

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Jabong.com

RIGHT DECISION,

BUT WHEN ?

Loss making Company ?

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ROCKET’s BUSINESS MODEL

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Jabong.com

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Truth About JABONG

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Jabong.com

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References :

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Jabong.com

  • Raw Content files –

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1w9-5UMa5C_uIq0Cfk8i_B4Wj4eEJ9hbs?usp=share_link

  • Major Articles and Data are in the slides itself.

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Thank You Open To Questions

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Jabong.com