Myntra adds 26,000+ seasonal workers ahead of Big Fashion Festival

Myntra is scaling festive fulfilment and last-mile capacity with more than 26,000 seasonal jobs, including 8,000 delivery partners and 2,700 customer-service roles, across five fulfilment centres.

— Source publishedThu, 24 Sept, 2026, 16:55 IST·First seen Thu, 24 Sept, 2026, 17:04 IST·Source Business Today · Latest

What happened

Myntra will add over 26,000 seasonal workers for its Big Fashion Festival, including 8,000 delivery partners and 2,700 service roles, expanding fulfilment and

Key facts

  • 26,000+ seasonal employment opportunities
  • 8,000 delivery partners
  • 2,700 customer service roles
  • 350+ roles for differently abled individuals
  • 30% women in fulfilment-centre workforce
  • 5 fulfilment centres
  • more than double last year's seasonal workforce

Why this matters

Myntra’s scaled seasonal workforce strengthens its e-commerce logistics moat, raising the bar for potential partners or acquisition targets in last-mile delivery, fulfilment automation and customer-service technology.

What to watch

  • Big Fashion Festival order growth, app traffic and conversion relative to the prior year.
  • Delivery promised-date adherence, cancellation rates and customer-support response times during peak days.
  • Return and exchange rates, especially for apparel sizing, and the resulting reverse-logistics burden.
  • Delivery-partner incentive levels, rider availability and any labour-related disruptions.
  • Average order value, discount depth and contribution-margin commentary from Flipkart/Myntra or parent Walmart.
  • Post-festival workforce offboarding pace and whether temporary roles convert into permanent capacity.
  • Increase delivery-partner incentives and hyperlocal staffing in high-order-density metros and tier-2 cities as festival demand peaks.
  • Use the expanded customer-service workforce to speed return, exchange and refund resolution, limiting fashion-category dissatisfaction and chargebacks.
  • Prioritize inventory allocation toward fast-moving festive, ethnicwear, beauty and premium-brand SKUs at the five fulfilment centres.
  • Deploy targeted app and CRM offers to convert festival shoppers into repeat purchasers after the event.
  • Highlight hiring of differently abled workers to strengthen employer-brand and inclusion positioning amid scrutiny of gig and warehouse labour practices.