Netmeds Opens First Offline Pharmacy in Chennai, Marking Reliance's Push Into Physical Pharma

Reliance Retail has taken its Netmeds brand offline, launching its debut brick-and-mortar pharmacy in Chennai. The move signals an omni-channel play in pharma retail, blending online medicine delivery with physical store presence in a competitive market.

— Filed Mon, 13 Jul, 2026, 12:19 IST · Source Inc42 · Quick Commerce · Updated

Reliance Retail launched its first Netmeds physical pharmacy store in Chennai, expanding the Netmeds brand from online-only medicine delivery into offline brick-and-mortar pharma retail.

Why this matters

Netmeds, previously an online-only pharmacy under Reliance Retail, now moves offline with its first Chennai store, echoing recent signals of Reliance taking Netmeds physical to build an omni-channel pharma presence.

Store-opening activity is steady with 1,012 signals in the last 90 days.