Reliance Retail Takes Netmeds Offline With First Physical Pharmacy In Chennai

Reliance Retail has opened a Netmeds physical pharmacy store in Chennai, extending the previously online-only brand into brick-and-mortar healthcare. The move signals an omni-channel pharma play and direct competition with offline chains in a fragmented market.

— Filed Wed, 15 Jul, 2026, 14:19 IST · Source Inc42 · Quick Commerce · Updated

Reliance Retail launched a Netmeds physical pharmacy store in Chennai, marking its entry into offline pharma retail and extending the previously online-only Netmeds brand into brick-and-mortar healthcare operations.

Why this matters

Netmeds crosses from digital-only into physical retail, mirroring reports of Reliance opening its first offline Netmeds pharmacy in Chennai and signaling an omni-channel pharma push against established offline chains.

Store-opening activity is steady with 1,142 signals over the past 90 days.

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