Reliance Retail Opens First Netmeds Physical Store In Chennai

Reliance Retail has moved its acquired online pharmacy brand Netmeds into brick-and-mortar with a debut physical store in Chennai, marking an omni-channel push into offline pharma retail alongside its existing digital pharmacy operations.

— Filed Thu, 16 Jul, 2026, 09:34 IST · Source Inc42 · Quick Commerce · Updated

Reliance Retail entered offline pharmacy retail by opening its first Netmeds physical store in Chennai, expanding the acquired online pharmacy brand into brick-and-mortar operations alongside its existing digital pharmacy business.

Why this matters

Netmeds shifts from a purely online pharmacy to physical retail with its first Chennai store, part of Reliance's stated plan to open 2,000+ outlets in a year and build an omni-channel pharma presence.

Store-opening activity is steady, with 1,178 signals recorded over the past 90 days.

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